Sports Medicine Physician

Pre-Med & Medical School High School Student Topics
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My overall goal is to become a sports medicine physician. I enjoy working with others, and as an athlete, would prefer to work with athletes for a career.
I am relatively new to this college process, so could one of you please provide me with a college path/recommended colleges to go to in order to pursue this choice? Here is my information</p>

<p>-SAT: have not taken yet, 2150 on PSAT
-GPA: 3.9 unweighted
-Will have taken 6 AP courses by senior year and 5 honors courses.</p>

<p>Extra Curriculars:
-worked on research for 2 years as of senior year at Rutgers U with professor
-4 years of varsity track + xc
-200+ volunteer hours around the community
-300+ volunteer hours at local hospitals
-100+ volunteer hours as coach
-4x honor roll by senior year
-National Honor Society, Math Honor Society
-2 years of honors band</p>

<p>AP Tests:
we are not allowed to take AP classes until junior year</p>

<p>SAT Subject:
Biology (m)= 800
Chemistry= 740
Math II= taking this year</p>

<p>If possible, could you provide some programs that I should be looking at? Reach programs and matches are preferable.</p>

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<p>You can ask on the pre-med forum for generalized pre-med advice.</p>

<p>You may want to consider schools which offer courses in exercise physiology/biology or physical education (academic courses for coaches, researchers, etc.) so that you can take them as electives. Note that no specific undergraduate major is required for pre-med, although there is a set of pre-med course requirements that typically includes biology, chemistry, physics, math and statistics, English composition, and social studies.</p>

<p>Remember that medical school is expensive, and most medical students take on a lot of debt to finance it. Since most pre-meds are lucky to get into one medical school, they may not have a lot of choice to choose a less expensive one. So be careful about keeping undergraduate costs low to avoid debt and save money for medical school.</p>

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<p>thank you. Do my grades look good enough for an accelerated 7 year or even 8 year BS/MD program?</p>