<p>I want to be a doctor. I've always wanted to be a doctor. But this year (11th grade) I started taking AP Bio and my teacher is horrible (as a person)...we were all talking about what we wanted to do and some people say you know "engineering, research, etc." I told her I wanted to be a doctor and she says "Are you kidding me?" and just starts laughing.</p>
<p>I'll be honest. I'm not a book person. I'm more of a hands on person and I have to be on the field to get better at whatever I'm doing. My AP Bio average for the first marking period was a C- and this year I'm about C, C+ so I'm not the best.</p>
<p>Because I'm getting C's in an AP Bio class, does that mean that I have no chance on being a doctor. And the fact me teacher, who has a double PhD says I can't do it?</p>
<p>If you want to become a doctor, then nothing anyone else says should change your mind. It doesn't matter that much if you're getting a few bad grades in AP Bio, you will take biology in college, so do better then. </p>
<p>...also: what kind of teacher laughs at their student's aspirations.</p>
<p>Yeah, I know. But she always says things like "If you're getting C's in my class, what school do you expect to go to?" or "You want to go to college? A 4 year college?" and laughs</p>
<p>And she's a double doctorate in chemistry in biochemistry and something else (don't remember) so she must have some experience with these things.</p>
<p>But yeah, I'm really going to brush it off and just pursue my dream. My sister is doing pre-med now and is a freshman in college and I'm really learning the things of what to do and what NOT to do so I really want to strive to to better in college as well as presently.</p>
<p>What you do in HS has no bearing on what you'll do in college and if you'll get into medical school. Certainly there are trends and such (which is why colleges look at what you did in HS) but as long as you can get into a college (any college) you have a shot at med school. Some people don't hit their stride academically until college. </p>
<p>It will be hard work and you won't be able to get routinely get C's while in college (though 1 or 2 won't sink you) if you wish to get into medical school. GPA is very important in the process, and if you can't maintain about a 3.5 or higher, you'll have a difficult time getting in.</p>
<p>On the other side, don't be afraid to look at other career options. Most HS students have little idea about the number and breadth of career options available to them. They get stuck thinking that they have to be a doctor, lawyer, engineer, teacher or businessperson and that's all they can ever be when that's certainly not the case. Just because you've always wanted to be a doctor doesn't mean that's really what you should be.</p>
<p>how closely do med schools look upon your HS records? like as long as you passed all classes?
and how do we get them the records? are they part of our college stuff?</p>
<p>they don't look at your HS records. That's why it has no bearing on you getting into medical school.</p>
<p>I'm not really worried about medical school not accepting me because of 11th grade AP Bio...just that is this class foreshadowing what I'll do in college, but it's becoming clearer that it's not.</p>
<p>bigredmed, I know what you mean about career choices a bit I guess. For a while I wanted to forget about science in general and go into business but that was just a phase I'll assume. But I guess I'm never going to know what I want to study until I'm in college. College IS where I'm supposed to find myself, lol.</p>
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This is the only thing that should concern you. BRM is right that nobody looks at HS records. If this is representative -- and with a very bad teacher, it might not be -- then it's a bad sign. But if it's an isolated incident, then hey. It's an isolated incident.</p>
<p>oh sry BRM my bad, i accidentally misread colleges as med schools b/c it was in the sentence above lol</p>
<p>If you want to be a doctor, by all means go for it. Just make sure you understand what you missed in AP bio.</p>
<p>As said by Nike
JUST DO IT</p>
<p>First of all, there's a lot more to being a doctor than AP Bio. Struggling in an AP Bio class in no way hinders your chances of becoming a doctor.</p>
<p>Good luck</p>