Bhavishnakumar
What steps should I take to get into a good medical school and become an oncologist?
Im a 10th grader in North Carolina, USA. I have a weighted gpa of 3.8 and it should go up by a lot as I've started taking only honors and AP courses, and I have been focusing on getting only A grades. well now since I am doing good but not good enough to be top of my class or anything, and I want to study for med, but I have an interest in computer science and mathematics/stats, I thought of double majoring in biology and computer science, then minoring in mathematics/stats.. so I can cover my interest and still get a good pre med major. but I've heard these are hard subjects, and my goal is to be an oncologist. so for that I would need a top gpa and high MCAT score and other important stuff. is there anything I can start doing now itself to make my med school application very good? Im probably going to do my UG in UNC- Charlotte, and for med school I was looking at unc chapel hill med school, wake forest med school, Brody(ecu) med school and also duke med school, as these are in NC.
Iam strong in math, and I have several interests in other stem areas too.
I wish to be an oncologist
Im 7 minutes from unc Charlotte so that is probably where I will go for my UG
Im thinking of double majoring in computer science and biology or biochemistry with a minor in Math/stats
*Note: Question edited for clarity by admin
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Tyler White
Tyler’s Answer
I'd recommend getting a job or volunteering in a hospital type setting. It's one thing to be interested in a subject, and it's another to be around the environment.
This will not only help you confirm the Oncology field you want to go into, but also give you great experience to put on a resume when you apply for colleges. They'll love that.
Best of luck!
-Tyler