Should I become a doctor?

ace550
Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:40:19 +0000

I have a son (HS Junior) who has about the same GPA as yours except that his PSAT is not as good. He once asked me about Northwestern’s 7 year medical honor program. I told him that we will talk about it if he can get 2300 on SAT since NW’s honor students have an average about 2270. I am encouraging him to go to a very good in-state university with a good prospect of full ride scholarship. In your case, you may look into NW’s honor program if you really want to be a doctor. You can get some more idea about your capability when you take the AP Cal, AP Chem, AP Bio while improving further on your SAT and EC’s to increase your chance.

Now, it appears that you also like drama/acting. I would guess that you may have talents that are very valuable to a number of other careers. You may be doing very well in business, engineering, law, etc. My son is good at cello and tennis but not at debate/drama. I think that bluedevilmike’s & philescere’s advices seem to be prudent.