<p>Yikes, I didn’t realize the OP is a freshman in HS! That’s putting the cart WAY before the horse.</p>
<p>Yeah, me too.</p>
<p>OK, if you think you want to become a doctor, here’s what you need to do.</p>
<p>While you’re in high school, take serious science classes, and do well in them. Be sure to study biology, chemistry and physics, all with lab. Take honors or AP classes if you can.</p>
<p>Choose a college with good premedical advising. If you want to go to medical school, you’ll probably find it easiest to major in one of the sciences, but you don’t have to. Get very good grades in college, especially in your science classes. </p>
<p>There’s plenty of time to worry about all the rest later. Right now, you need to focus on being a good science student, and a good student overall, so that you can have as many options as possible available to you later.</p>
<p>I take all the highest classes except for math. The reason why I’m looking so early is because I want to have a plan and stick to it. I don’t want to be one those who don’t know what they want to do, even in college. I’m sure I want to be a family doctor, because I’m most suited for it and I love medicine. I really would love to go to college in a liberal arts college in Massachusetts for undergrad, if not I’ll just stay in Georgia. I’ll just have to work real hard for it. :)</p>
<p>“My dr. Son in Law recommends state med school in a city with a major trauma hospital. He thinks you get better experience.”</p>
<p>He’s right! </p>
<p>OP-you are over focusing on specific med schools and residencies. For a family practice doctor, it really doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>Why are you talking about MD as someone who hasn’t even gotten into an undergrad school yet?</p>
<p>The above questions are pertinent ones 
but also, just tossing in what I’ve heard from successful doctors in general. </p>
<p>Try hard in high school if you want to, but especially try hard in undergrad, where it counts. Then, try and get into Med School and decide a specialty then.</p>
<p>Med school name doesn’t really make too much of a difference, unless you’re really into prestige/specific research. For instance, a school in Canada (not naming) has this sick med program where people finish medical school in 3 years and also can do MS or PhD or even MBA if they get into another program. The time to do the degrees is closely regulated and most PhDs take max 4 years (5 is the average), MS (1-2 years). People get into really good residencies from here too- people do them at Rockefeller, Harvard, famous places like that.</p>
<p>My family doctor’s nephew went to McGill, got into Med school at 19, graduated at the age of 23 and will be doing a neurosurgery residency at Harvard. </p>
<p>So, don’t worry about prestige yet and chill/enjoy yourself, especially as a HS frosh! I think I want to be a clinician scientist myself, and it seems like most good schools have MD/PhD or MD/MsC programs so there really are lots of options for anyone out there that has the necessary goods.</p>
<p>(Also a HS junior, but I’ve been talking to a lot of doctors lately- for good and bad (health) reasons )</p>
<p>Thanks ecouter11, this post made me realize I have to take it slow a little. I just want to be prepared that’s all. Thank you everyone for posting :)</p>