<p>Hi,</p>
<p>My question is, What skills do we (high-schoolers) need to develop now in order to be successful in college, especially the pre-med track.</p>
<p>This can be anything, from study-habits to eating habits.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for responses, this will help a lot of people not just me.</p>
<p>It's important to know how to cope with stress. Exercise, take a mental break, or do a hobby. You cannot believe how many students can burnout easily or lose their interest in higher education and drop out of college.</p>
<p>balancing your life</p>
<p>eating healthy/exercising/working out is always good for your health/self esteem regardless of premed or not.</p>
<p>People skills. Showing empathy for others. Interacting with others. Becoming more comfortable with all types from various backgrounds in society. Maybe this means volunteering at your local library or in a hospital. </p>
<p>Networking with others (meeting and being friendly with those is a possible position to help you later) is also good. All this means is when you meet someone, show some interest in who they are, what they do, etc... - smile, try to be outgoing. Let your career/education goals be known without sounding pretentious. </p>
<p>Writing skills. </p>
<p>Strong math background (to help you pass the science classes you will need).</p>
<p>Get over any "ick" factors you may have lurking when it comes to cleaning up someone else's vomit or poop or helping them bathe. Thinking of it in clinical terms helps but never forget that these are people with feelings.</p>
<p>The advice about dealing with stress is good. You will need that skill and you also may be asked "how do you deal with stress?" in a med school interview. </p>
<p>Develop a willing attitude. Those who ask, volunteer, agree to be first are noticed the most. </p>
<p>Organizational skills. Use a calendar, date book, filing system - anything that works for you. When booking your schedule, pencil in some "me" time and take up a hobby you love so you don't get burned out. Med school is a marathon, not a sprint. </p>
<p>Work on any confidence issues - you are still a valuable, loveable person who can contribute greatly to society even if you never attend med school. It's not the be all/end all.</p>
<p>Those are very good suggestions, Thank You.</p>
<p>Any others?</p>