<p>Well, I decided on Dartmouth! (referring to a previous post about Dartmouth v. Cornell)
I got the 44-page "Excel" Package from Dartmouth detailing all of the classes that Dartmouth has to offer. </p>
<p>I really want to become an Emergency Room Doctor, so what classes do you think I should look into before I flip through "Excel?" I also want to throw in some Fine Arts (maybe for Medical Illustration or some other related conglomerate of Art/Bio), so....</p>
<p>What do you think? I really would appreciate any advice.</p>
<p>There are no classes you can take in college that will have any impact on what kind of doctor you become (aside from sparking/quelling interest). You should speak with students and advisors at Dartmouth, the best we can tell you here is to fulfill the pre-med requirements and to fulfill whatever requirements Dartmouth has for completing a major and graduating.</p>
<p>^^IWBB is absolutely correct.</p>
<p>D1 may specialize in EM (emergency medicine) so she’s researched this and done practicums in EM in med school–there is absolutely nothing you can do as undergrad to make yourself a better candidate for an EM residency. That’s a matter of USMLE scores and aptitude/interest that you demonstrate in med school.</p>
<p>Although if you’d like, getting your EMT-I or EMT-P certification (EMT-B is pretty useless by itself) will be useful since EM docs work closely with and supervise the local ambulance services and paramedics. Doing month-long ride alongs with police and fire dept paramedics is part of the training that EM interns do.</p>
<p>"I really want to become an Emergency Room Doctor, so what classes "
-If you are talking about UG, there are no classes that will help you with that. If you are talking about Med. School, everybody is taking the same classes, there are no choices, and again nothing will help you with your goal. You will learn your specialty in Residency. You will apply and hopefully match to residency AFTER Med. School.<br>
Talk to pre-med advisor / current students to figure out your college schedule.</p>