<p>I'm going to community college in Pennsylvania. I actually have a GED and yes I did drop out of high school. It is my first semester right now and I have 2 B's and 2 A's or 3.5GPA. Lately, I've been contemplating what I want to become and i've been thinking engineer or computer science, but honestly i dont wanna do any of this stuff. It's not for me! I rather do well to people health wise. Maybe do some traveling as a doctor to help underdeveloped nations or peace corps. I want to transfer to PITT for pre-med, however, Im not sure what exact courses I should take and what i should even major in? Can I still become a doctor and HOW?</p>
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<p>^^^ There are many careers that “do well to people health wise”. Have you thought about Nursing, PA programs, dental schools?</p>
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<p>^^^ What concerns me is that you have a 3.5 at a community college. If you can maintain a 3.5 at a 4 year university, then you should be fine gpa wise. However, if your only make a 3.5 at a community college, then it will be much harder to do well at a 4 year university. </p>
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All pre-meds need to take 1 year of english, 1 year of bio, 1 year of chem, 1 year of physics, 1 year of organic chemistry. Other courses required vary by med. school. You can major in whatever you want.</p>
<p>AND THENNNNNNNN???/ which career is better? doctor, vet, surgeon, engineer, computer science?</p>
<p>^whichever one is better for you. You have to ask yourself, nobody else will know.</p>
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<p>Doctor, veterinarian, and surgeon all require four more years of tuition after you finish college. Engineering or computer science will provide much more money “right out of school.”</p>
<p>…if you have job, many do not.</p>
<p>“Right out of school” – that is, immediately after college – absolutely zero doctors and veterinarians and surgeons have jobs.</p>
<p>But all others do not have jobs very many times in their lives, and sometime they take jobs that pay half of what previous was paying. I am talking from life long experience, not theoretically.</p>
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<p>I am very familiar with engineering, Computer Science…fileds, jobs and have extensive personal experience in many industries as well many friends working in these fields for decades and others who are MD’s. First, it is very wrong idea to choose profession based on pay, it will backfire badly if one does not like what he is doing for most of his day. Second, there is no comparison between job security of MD and almost any other. Pay is secondary, since if you do not have a job, you will not be paid. Situation currently is not pretty at all and especially bad for people without experience. You have to be willing to relocate and some even looking for job internationally. Families get separated internationally and having hard time reuniting because then you are talking about whose job is more important and kids are not willing to leave their surroundings and friends. One thing is to go to college for 4 more years and another thing is looking for a job for potentially longer than year or so, than feel settled, get married, mortgage and kids and loose jobs many times with all these responsibilities looming over you. Than you better find a spouse who is MD. </p>
<p>But it is OP’s choice, and he needs to research much more thouroughly than asking questions here and focus more on what is his personal choice vs. future pay.</p>
<p>OP, you might want to ask how many doctors recommend becoming doctors to their kids.I think I’d say be a PA if one of my kids was interested in “helping people.”</p>