<p>To begin with, my first two years of high school consisted of little to no care for my grades. This has left me with roughly a 1.8 gpa the beginning of my junior year. Im on the road to changing my act and im now getting As and Bs which i guess is average. I would love to pursue a career in the medical field either as a orthopedic surgeon or a plastic surgeon. I realize with my grades currently it will be difficult to raise them enough to be accepted into a college and in prepared to take more time to go to a community college first then move on from there. I live in Miami so colleges such as FIU or UF are colleges in mind. Any advice on classes i should take that would help my odds is much appreciated. Also, do things such as community service at a hospital look good on my applications next year. Any advice given is much appreciated im open for judgement. Thanks for reading.</p>
<p>Volunteering in a hospital is a good idea. Surgery is about 9 years of education beyond college, and best to have a clearer idea of what it’s like to work in a hospital before shooting for something like that. Also try to take as many advanced-level courses as you feel you can get good grades in, especially those in areas of interest to med schools (bio, chem, math, physics). You also might want to look into what kind of record it takes to get into med school at the colleges you are considering. I’m sure the competition is tough, but keep in mind there are many jobs in and related to the medical field and they don’t all require an MD.</p>
<p>It’s possible, but you’ve got your work cut out for you. Community college then transferring is definitely a reasonable option; the name of the college you graduate from is not a very important part of applying to medical school at all.</p>
<p>Since you’re still in high school, though, I wouldn’t stress out about things like medical school applications yet! Focus on succeeding in your high school classes, perhaps especially in the sciences.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses, yeah im trying hard to do well in my sciences and making up credits for the sciences i didnt do well in such as bio and chem. Florida has grade replacement so im making them up and that should help raise my gpa. When you transfer from a community college to a university medical schools dont care? My girlfriends dad is a plastic surgeon and he told me that it took him several attempts before he got accepted into a medical school and it was in new jersey. I believe he went to UM.</p>
<p>I think it’s pretty good that you’re working hard now to go after your goal. It shouldn’t matter if you went to a community college or not when applying to medical schools. People go to community college for many different reasons, not just because they weren’t able to get into a university (some people just want to save money, for example). </p>
<p>Just make sure you keep up the good work in college because that’s what will matter to medical schools (seriously, don’t be like my friend who is currently in college and saying she will become a neurosurgeon but all she does is skip her science classes and party all the time). Applying to medical school isn’t like applying to a university out of high school though. Not everyone gets in on their first try and that’s okay. My mom went to community college and then university, and it took her a couple years to get into a pharmacy school. I think a lot of people who don’t get accepted into medical school (or any professional school for that matter) just continue on and pursue their masters while also keep on trying to apply for med school. It’s no big deal. So yeah, in college, you should work as hard as possible to try and stand out on your applications to increase your chances of getting in on the first try.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for the feedback really helped , gave me motivation to keep on.</p>