<p>So, you’re a high school student and you’ve already decided where your entire life is headed. Me too, at that age. Just realize that there are a lot of steps and a lot of years between now and a career in neurosurgery, as has already been pointed out.
Keep an open mind, though. It’s possible that once you start your classes you will not be able to keep up the GPA necessary for pre-med with the increased difficulty of college. Or you will spend some time volunteering in a hospital and discover that medicine is not the field for you. Or, you might get to medical school, do your rotations, and find another speciality way more appealing once you actually get a chance to try it hands on. I’m not saying you won’t end up being a neurosurgeon, but I’m saying there are a lot of diverging paths on the way to that goal, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with choosing a different direction somewhere along the way.</p>