**HELP** Please! HS student

[andyO4you]

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🙂 I am still on HS junior year, I want to know what i have to do to become a Cardiovascular surgeon after 12th grade (where to go )...tell me something about fellowship...in which i know little..or any other important topic of interest about this medical field , also include years of fellows.. and trainings. Thank you very much.. 😛

 

[abraxas]

1. get into college...
2. go to college...
3. get a life while in college (what you have now in high school is not a life it is mearly existing)...
4. Take MCAT...
5. Apply to medical school...
6. Get accepted to medical school...
7. Graduate from College...
8. Go to medical school...


Work on these before worring about fellowships and stuff like that...

 

[andyO4you]

1. get into college...
2. go to college...
3. get a life while in college (what you have now in high school is not a life it is mearly existing)...
4. Take MCAT...
5. Apply to medical school...
6. Get accepted to medical school...
7. Graduate from College...
8. Go to medical school...


Work on these before worring about fellowships and stuff like that...

5. Apply to medical school... (is the same to get into a normal college?7. Graduate from College...)))) right? whats that 4 years in college then 5+ year in medical School?

 

[sga814]

5. Apply to medical school... (is the same to get into a normal college?7. Graduate from College...)))) right? whats that 4 years in college then 5+ year in medical School?

HAHAHAHA!!! No, getting into medical school is NOTHING like getting into "normal" college. It's as rough as trying to hug a porcupine!!!

Now for the fun part---- Cardiovascular surgery.....
a) you have to get into a general surgical residency
b) spend SIX years there
c) then get into a cadiovascular surgery residency/fellowship
d) spend THREE years there (at least)

so- 4 years of undergraduate, 4 years of medical school, six years surgical residency, 3 years cardiovascular specialization residency = 17 YEARS IN PREPARATION/TRAINING

That's why they won't just let any douche cut someone's ticker!!!

 

[sacrament]

SDN needs to have a trap door, and as soon as anybody says anything about being a high school student who wants to be a neurosurgeon or a cardiothoracic surgeon or the surgeon general of the united states, we could pull the lever and they could, you know... be killed.

 

[abraxas]

SDN needs to have a trap door, and as soon as anybody says anything about being a high school student who wants to be a neurosurgeon or a cardiothoracic surgeon or the surgeon general of the united states, we could pull the lever and they could, you know... be killed.

that is such a good idea...

But in all honesty to the OP... GET A ****ING LIFE... go out and enjoy yourself a little bit, go to a good college, think of some place better then chico state though. Just live your life and come back after you have to O chem, or at least started it...

 

[andyO4you]

cool..!hmm i have researched that only about 45% is the Acceptance rate for medical schools..! eh!?unless i am wrong .. , to tired hehe been studying all day! heh! 😴

 

[abraxas]

true 1 in 2 ppl get into medical school but worrying about it in high school wont help u...

 

[sga814]

cool..!hmm i have researched that only about 45% is the Acceptance rate for medical schools..! eh!?unless i am wrong .. , to tired hehe been studying all day! heh! 😴

hm... well if you want some REALLY good advice... get yourself into a guaranteed admission program, like Northwestern's HPME, then you won't have to worry about that 45% thing... and uh, actually, getting into any one particular school is usually less than 5%... but getting into a guaranteed admissions program is far easier... although you have to be a damn good HS student with damn good test scores.

 

[andyO4you]

hm... well if you want some REALLY good advice... get yourself into a guaranteed admission program, like Northwestern's HPME, then you won't have to worry about that 45% thing... and uh, actually, getting into any one particular school is usually less than 5%... but getting into a guaranteed admissions program is far easier... although you have to be a damn good HS student with damn good test scores.

SGA814 i will do that.. and be top 10 in my class.. also i have 4 years of health Sciences while studying in high school. it should help when getting into college.

 

[andyO4you]

SGA814 i will do that.. and be top 10 in my class.. also i have 4 years of health Sciences while studying in high school. it should help when getting into college.

how do i contact those guaranteed admissions programs? like the one you mention!

 

[sga814]

Get a copy of MSAR- Medical School Admissions Requirements- best place to find it (without having to buy it) would be at your closest university pre-med advising office and/or library. The guaranteed program info comes right before the regular admissions info.

 

[Jason110]

SDN needs to have a trap door, and as soon as anybody says anything about being a high school student who wants to be a neurosurgeon or a cardiothoracic surgeon or the surgeon general of the united states, we could pull the lever and they could, you know... be killed.

Before getting on any high schooler's case about cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, etc., lets just remember that many high schoolers are ill-informed (and some even misinformed) regarding the path to a medical career. It's hard when you haven't been exposed to it to fully understand how many years it takes. That's why he/she is posting here on SDN.

Jason

 

[PowderHound]

Before getting on any high schooler's case about cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery, etc., lets just remember that many high schoolers are ill-informed (and some even misinformed) regarding the path to a medical career. It's hard when you haven't been exposed to it to fully understand how many years it takes. That's why he/she is posting here on SDN.

Jason

I agree...It wasn't so long ago that plenty of us were high school, and I'm pretty sure the only way I survived high school was to think about the future and things to come, so leave him alone. I can't think of a more frustrating thing to hear when looking for information than "Don't worry about it right now"