<p>Hey guys, I'm interested in the medical field and plan to become a neurosurgeon when I grow up... I have few questions: what are some extracurricular activites/ job experiences I can do in relation to this field and what are some prestigious classes I should take to get into a prestigious pre-med college????</p>
<p>There is no such major as “pre-med,” so schools aren’t really ranked on their “pre-med” prestige. You can look at the percentage of undergrad students who apply for medical and get in from certain undergrad institutions, but those numbers obviously reflect most of the USNWR rankings. </p>
<p>Most undergraduate students planning on applying to medical school major in a hard science, usually biology. But technically, the only things you need to get into med school are the pre-reqs (1 year of biology, 1 year of general chemistry, 1 year of organic chemistry, 1 year of physics, and sometimes 1 year of calculus).</p>
<p>It’s my (loose) understanding that your undergraduate institution is perhaps the least important/weighted when med schools consider your application. A good GPA, high MCAT score, and strong extracurriculars are going to be considered much more than whether you went to Yale or Ohio State. </p>
<p>And, to be quite honest, there isn’t much you can do in terms of getting a job in a medical field as you are a) inexperienced, b) not educated enough, and c) those types of opportunities simply do not exist for high school students. You can always try shadowing a doctor (a neurosurgeon, if you’d like, but I don’t know how successful you’d be in getting that to happen; they’re busy people), but that’s really kind of it when it comes to stuff you can do in high school.</p>
<p>I’m under the impression, though I could be entirely wrong, that you’re a freshman. I would recommend seriously discerning whether or not the medical profession is for you, as it involves 8 years of higher education and a 2-5 year residency (you’d be on the longer side for neurosurgery…probably like 4 years). If you’re okay with a grueling 4 years of medical school and not making any (real) money until you’re 30, then go for it. But I would strongly encourage you to educate yourself a little more on just what becoming a neurosurgeon would entail.</p>
<p>Wow, I had this same idea when I was a sophomore…but then I actually looked up what being a neurosurgeon entailed and a doctor in general and decided that I didn’t want to be doctor besides the time spent becoming one and efeens44 is very right, but becoming a neurosurgeon takes longer than 4 years of residency. It’s closer to 7ish with a fellowship. I highly recommend Googling all of this, because the information is out there. You just have to search for the right things. And you must consider by the time you graduate high school and and the first two years of college, you probably will change your mind. You might find out that you are really squeamish or you have a talent for Opera (LOL, just emphasizing a point), anyway try not to think so much in hs how to become a doctor, but what do you enjoy, would you like a career in that, and is it reasonable. And umm basically you can volunteer at hospitals, that’s like the only thing I can think of. And take AP or IB if your school provides the classes. I can’t really talk about AP since I only took 2 AP’s, but I can talk about IB. Especially science classes and writing, you should be an effective communicator.</p>
<p>Thankss guys 
I AM a freshman and I did google about these information for quite a long time now…As of now, I want to become a neurosurgeon and I hope to work for it as best as I’m applicable. I am trying to advance in my subjects of math and science, and is taking AP CAL and BIO next year probably; I really enjoy math especially Thanks for the response</p>