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I am a high school junior, and I need advice.
I want to be a doctor. I have passion for it. It is everything that I want in an occupation.
I have planned out three routes to go to medical school:
1) CHSPE
The CHSPE is an exam in California that allows you to graduate high school early. It is equivalent to a diploma, and if I pass, I will be completing high school. However, after this I will be applying to a Community College, and then I will transfer to a 4 year university to receive my Bachelor's. The schools I have in mind are USC, UCLA, UCI, and CalTech
2) Normal Route
This is the normal route. I graduate high school, and during the fall of my senior year, I apply to a university. Again, the schools I have in mind are USC, UCLA, UCI, and Cal Tech
3) Community College Route
I will graduate high school normally, go to a Community College, then transfer to a university. The difference between this route and the first one is that the first one will do the same thing, except I'll be younger.
I want to go to the best medical school in Southern California.
Say I had outstanding grades for all routes, and I did plenty of research and volunteer work, high MCAT, high GPA. Would I look bad if I took the first route (CHSPE)? I want to get out of high school because I feel that the pace is way too slow, and I do not want to just "skip a grade". I just feel weighed down in my abilities. I have a GPA of 3.83 (unweighted) right now, and I'm not sure if I would get accepted to USC or UCLA as readily than if I was a transfer student.
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!
I want to be a doctor. I have passion for it. It is everything that I want in an occupation.
I have planned out three routes to go to medical school:
1) CHSPE
The CHSPE is an exam in California that allows you to graduate high school early. It is equivalent to a diploma, and if I pass, I will be completing high school. However, after this I will be applying to a Community College, and then I will transfer to a 4 year university to receive my Bachelor's. The schools I have in mind are USC, UCLA, UCI, and CalTech
2) Normal Route
This is the normal route. I graduate high school, and during the fall of my senior year, I apply to a university. Again, the schools I have in mind are USC, UCLA, UCI, and Cal Tech
3) Community College Route
I will graduate high school normally, go to a Community College, then transfer to a university. The difference between this route and the first one is that the first one will do the same thing, except I'll be younger.
I want to go to the best medical school in Southern California.
Say I had outstanding grades for all routes, and I did plenty of research and volunteer work, high MCAT, high GPA. Would I look bad if I took the first route (CHSPE)? I want to get out of high school because I feel that the pace is way too slow, and I do not want to just "skip a grade". I just feel weighed down in my abilities. I have a GPA of 3.83 (unweighted) right now, and I'm not sure if I would get accepted to USC or UCLA as readily than if I was a transfer student.
SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!