Colleges for Obstetricians

<p>-I have a 3.0 gpa, junior in hs
-I want to become an obstetrician but i heard that u need 12 years of School in order to become a certified Obstetrician. This is my dream, and i dont want to give that up but is there any colleges that offer early advanced placement for becoming an obstetrician. I want to finish my career on point. </p>

<p>In the US please</p>

<p>There is no such thing as a “college for obstetricians.” Obstetrics is taught in medical school. Here is a good website that will help you understand the path to becoming a physician:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/education-careers/becoming-physician.page”>http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/education-careers/becoming-physician.page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>As you can see, it is a long and arduous process that starts with an undergraduate degree (typically a four-year endeavor, though if you have a lot of AP credits, you may be able to secure your undergrad degree in less time), and after that there are no shortcuts. Admission to medical school is extremely competitive. I would venture to guess that the vast majority of med school students had much higher than 3.0 GPA’s in both high school and college. If you are interested in obstetrics, you may want to consider other professions in that field, such as obstetrical nursing and midwifery, where the preparation is less time consuming and less challenging–though still requiring great skill and commitment.</p>

<p>Fortunately for you, med schools aren’t going to ask your high school GPA. They’re only going to want to know your college GPA and the rigor of the college program. So go to a college that fits YOU and not someone else’s idea of where you should be, major in nursing or bio or english but take the pre-med math and science courses, burn the midnight oil, and by the end of first year you should know whether you have a shot at med school. If you don’t have a 3.5 at the end of first year with As and maybe one B in Chem i and II and Calc I and II, forget about med school and think about nursing or a physician’s assistant program or some other pre-health field. </p>

<p>There are combined BS/MD programs which allow one to graduate from college and med school in 6 years instead of 8. I don’t know much about these except that they are very hard to get into. Is this what you mean by advanced placement? But you’re getting way ahead of yourself here.</p>