Thumper1 is correct about the long road to becoming a surgeon. Tomorrow is my daughters last day of her surgery fellowship, and that was after 7 years of Surgical Residency, at ridiculously low pay for the COL in her NE city. So you figure 4 years in UG, 4 years in Med School (my D did 5, an extra research year) 7 years in Residency and 1 year of Fellowship. So in total 17 years since graduating from HS. I do agree that it is WAY too early to be thinking about a specialty. 3rd year rotations will give your child an idea of their specialty interests. For my D, she “knew” that surgery was for her because she wanted to talk about her day every night during that rotation.
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