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As with anything else at UCLA there is advice & resources available for premeds but it is going to be on your D’s shoulders to find them and make contact. </p>
<p>An excellent overview of the premed path is online at Amherst and I suggest she read thru it: <a href=“https://www3.amherst.edu/~sageorge/guide1.html[/url]”>https://www3.amherst.edu/~sageorge/guide1.html</a> </p>
<p>A guide from the UCLA career center is at [UCLA</a> Career Center - premed](<a href=“http://career.ucla.edu/students/gradprofschcounseling/PreHealthCareerServices/Medicine.aspx]UCLA”>http://career.ucla.edu/students/gradprofschcounseling/PreHealthCareerServices/Medicine.aspx)</p>
<p>It is probably better to find out as soon as possible whether she has a real interest in medicine. An unofficial requirement to get into med school is exposure thru work or volunteering to the field, and there’s no reason she can’t start this summer. </p>
<p>Also she shouldn’t be too quick to decide that if she wants a career in medicine the way to do it is to be a doctor. There are a gamut of medical jobs with varying levels of patient contact, pay, and training. As a doctor you are looking at 11 years of schooling/training after HS, add up to 5 more on top of that for specialties. Many decide the trek just isn’t worth it. I know one doctor who said that if she was doing it again she would have gone for nursing instead of an MD.</p>