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What classes should I start to take if I want to go into medicine?

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Richard’s Answer

In the US, to apply to medical school, you need a bachelor's degree. Any 4-year university should suffice.

Pick a major that interests you so you don't mind devoting a majority of your hours to studying. You will need to get good grades in college in order to apply for medical school. At the medical school I attended, the average GPA is reported to be 3.85, so even one or two B's can hurt your chances of acceptance.

Aside from this, any major is acceptable as long as you complete the prerequisite courses.

Typical medical school prerequisites include:
Biology: Lecture – 4 semesters; Lab – 1 semester
General Chemistry: Lecture – 2 semesters; Lab – 1 semester
Organic Chemistry: Lecture – 2 semesters; Lab – 1 semester
Biochemistry: Lecture – 1 semester
General Physics: Lecture – 2 semesters; Lab – 1 semester
Math: Statistics – 1 semester
English: Rhetoric (Composition) and Literature – 2 semesters
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Jessica’s Answer

The word "medicine" is a very broad word and means a lot to the medical field. I think before you start planning your classes you should think more about what you want to do in the field of medicine. Do you want to work with kids, adults, animals, old people? Or do you not want to work with people or animals but work in a lab with actual medicine? Once you have these answers you'll need to think about what you want to do in your career. Do you want to do surgeries? Do you want to work with kids who have cancer? Do you want to research cancer? Do you want to become a veterinarian? For a specific animal? Do you want to hang out in labs researching medicines? Do you want to have relationships with regular clients? What interests you about medicine? The mind? The body? Do you want to work in a hospital? Or a clinic? Your answers to these questions will help you figure out how long you'll need to go to school, and only then should you start planning your classes. :)

Jessica recommends the following next steps:

Start researching about all of the fields of medicine. Think about what's drawing you to the medical field. Do you have a passion for people or research or animals? The medical field can be expensive to enter because there are a lot of classes and can take you anywhere between four and eight years of school so spend time researching the different types of jobs, and then research the types of degrees needed to get those jobs.
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