<p>See I was on heavy meds freshman year because I have cerebral palsy.. my gpa to follow was a 1.8 last year, that all changed as a sophomore I got a gpa of 3.67 both semesters raising my gpa to 2.7, now here comes the part that makes my father think I'm going to flush a few thousand dollars down the toilet, I know nothing of college because no one in my family has graduated but I want three little letters after my name, PhD. I'm pretty good at science but my math skills could use a bit of work. </p>
<p>I am not in the healthcare program of the school as well I'm a little too late for that. I'm in networking classes but from what I understand colleges don't care about career-center classes that much, that and networking is a really livable safety net. </p>
<p>Aside from my networking, I'm bulking up on science and math classes...</p>
<p>I meant indeed MD I was hoping that would be implied through the forum I was posting in… the reason its written like this is so I could get warmed up for creative writing nevertheless the point of this thread remains…</p>
<p>What kind of college are you at? Many colleges that offer networking classes (I assume this refers to setting up a computer network) don’t offer premedical requirements like biology, organic chemistry, etc.</p>
<p>I’m not in college, I’m in high school. Just one with a career center, and if you don’t choose a career center class you have to pretty well take every class in the high school.</p>
<p>EDIT: The fact that this is a high school forum should have told me the information in #6.</p>
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<p>EDIT: If you’re asking “Is it still possible for me to go to medical school?” the answer is yes. Medical school admissions happens during senior year OF COLLEGE. Nothing you do during high school remotely matters except insofar as you have to be on track to get an undergraduate degree first.</p>
<p>I know I needed an undergraduate degree… I guess the real question is, how much does med schools care about high school… by your response I’m guessing little at all.</p>
<p>I’ll be honest, it’ll be pretty hard getting into Med School or finding patients who would allow someone with cerebral palsy to operate on them.</p>
<p>squ1s1, it’s the hard truth. Many medical schools do have basic physical requirements for admission. Having cerebral palsy may in fact make it harder for you to get into medical school. There really aren’t many doctors in wheel chairs, for example. The few that exist tend to be in chairs because they are old and have years of experience to make them valuable in other ways. As a medical student, you are expected and required to perform surgical techniques even if you don’t want to be a surgeon. You should keep this in mind, but I think the first blind US medical student just graduated recently, actually so physical disabilities can be overcome.</p>
<p>The answer to your follow up question is they don’t care about high school at all.</p>
<p>Also, I don’t see why your creative writing skills couldn’t have used MD instead of PhD. Regardless of the forum when someone says they want a PhD I don’t automatically translate that to MD without question.</p>
<p>You will forgive me if I doubt your statement that loads of doctors have cerebral palsy. Beyond the physical disabilities that many people with palsy have, you yourself have mentioned elsewhere that your medications stone you out. Mental acuity is even more important than physical dexterity in medicine. I bet that most of the physicians with neurologic disorders developed them later in life after they were doctors rather than getting them as children. Further, given the range of disability that this group of diseases can cause, I’m sure that most of those in medicine have the very mildest of presentations. So, what is more useful than pointing to other people who have made it into medicine is you describing the severity of your situation. If, without your medicine, you simply have a mild tremor or something then you may not be at as much of a disadvantage compared to someone with seizures and profound spasticity. I’m not trying to discourage you from following your dream, but definitely keep a realistic view of your chances if you have significant physical impairments.</p>