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Im just entering undergrad so I got a long ways. Never too early to get tips . Plastics is what I want to do. Its where my passion is and where it has been for a long while.
cdql said:Tip #1: Get into med school (Study, study, study!)
Tip #2: Keep an open mind. It is certainly nice to have a goal to shoot towards. But being dead set on plastics at this point in the game means you're basing all your judgements on something else besides medical experience. (I'm guessing Nip/Tuck or Dr. 90210) I'm glad you feel some passion towards plastics but I doubt it has been for a long while.
After all, I have yet to meet a high schooler whose life calling is plastic surgeon.
Best of luck in college!
cdql said:I'm sorry to hear about your accident as a baby.
But your experience did bring up an interesting point.
I've always wondered if it was a good idea to bring up past medical issues as a reason for going into a medical field. I've always thought that if you aren't lying, then it seems like a perfectly valid reason. It is an experience that has affected you and that you now show an academic interest in.
However, all I keep hearing from residency directors is that they absolutely hate it when kids tell them, "I've worn glasses since I was 5 and that is why I want to go into ophtho" or "I have psoriasis and that is why I want to enter derm"
My question is then, how do you answer this question: "Why do you want to enter [insert field here]?"