Hi everyone, I just joined SDN to get more information on how to improve my chances of a medical career in the future. I am only 15 years old, Freshman in high school, but i'm a guy that likes to look way into the future, on where I'm going to live and stuff like that. Right now I have a 3.7 GPA. Next year, I'm gonna work my butt off for at least a minimum GPA of 3.8/3.9. My sister had a boyfriend that she broke up with recently, but he was going to medical school and applying and everything, he was my main source of information about this stuff, but now he's gone. He had a 4.0 GPA, around 37/38 MCAT score and he still was not accepted to many of the medical schools he applied, too. So my plan right now (Will definitely change as I get older) is to get a 3.8-4.0 GPA in Sophmore, Junior, and Senior year in high school. For my SAT scores I would want to get maybe a 1800-1900, if that's good or not. Later I would like to be accepted to UC Davis or schools close to that, but may go to community college to save some money and then transfer (Maybe). Then apply for Medical School. But if I am not accepted to the good schools for example, UCSF, what other schools are good to try to apply to? Also, for my life point of view, my dad bought our house when he was around mid-30's. It cost about 550,000. I don't know his salary from back then, but I've always wanted to live in a snowy area, with forests and lots of trees, so I always wanted to live in Lake Tahoe, maybe Truckee. I always look at real estate for Truckee and there are plenty of houses for 450,000+/700,000-. Before he bought the house, he rented an apartment then rented a house close to this one until finally he bought it. I don't know about if the houses are gonna go up in price when I actually want to buy one, but lets say it stays the same. If I planned to rent an apartment until I had enough to afford a house in Truckee for maybe 550,000 average, could I do it? Would I be making enough money. Because in my mid-thrities, I would be done with my fellowship. But if I was planning on being an internist, to focus on everything kind of, would I need a fellowship or just a shorter one? Please give me your full opinion! Thank you (Also, if I got bad grades in Freshman year, but not in the other years, would that effect me a lot?)