Hello, I am 22 years of age and I want to become a plastic surgeon. However, I have taken a non tradition route to get in medical school and majoring in human relations. I have a 4.0 grade point average but I need to get medical hours and 4 classes. I have applied to the hospitals but getting a job there is extremely hard. Moreover, I have taken all the classes except physics and inorganic chemistry and have done really well. The problem is the school I attend it a satelight school and therefore the classes that I need to take are not offered there at that time. I am about to graduate college and I was thinking about becoming a nurse then back tracking into medical school because I can not afford to pay for the class out of my pocket. Or I could take out a loan and use that money to pay for school. Or I was thinking about becoming a emt . Being self sufficient and takin care of myself is important while attending medical school because I don't have anyone to rely on. What is the best option becoming an emt or going to nursing school.? Help
1) It's far too early for you to think you want to be a plastic surgeon. Focus on getting into med school first.
2) It doesn't help you get accepted into med school by becoming either an EMT or a nurse. Med school admissions committees don't really care about that generally speaking. Although it might help you see whether you like the hospital environment, what doctors do, that sort of thing.
3) What primarily helps you get into med school is doing really well in the pre-med classes you haven't taken (i.e., a high GPA, especially science GPA) and doing really well on your MCAT.
4) Apply for a post-bacc program. Look for a cheap one, though you may still need to take out loans to pay for it.
5) Or if a post-bacc program is still too expensive for you, then you could take classes at a community college. However, many med schools (including the top ones) might not consider community college classes sufficient. So you won't be eligible to apply to those med schools. However, there are many other med schools which do accept community college classes.
6) You might consider posting this in the pre-med forums. You might get more answers there.