How To Properly...
Become a Doctor
How Do I Become a Doctor?
Step 1. Have a genuine desire. Becoming a doctor requires a genuine desire on your part and a love of people as well as of science. The reasons for this include the many years of preparation required in obtaining the title and the lifetime commitment that ensues afterwards.
Step 2. Be aware of the exams required to get into various doctor schools as well as the ones for you initial college entrance. Once special test is the MCAT, this is your college admission test. Links to practice for your examination are available on the web.
Step 3. Use high school as your starting point. Math and science classes are the best foundation for a medical career. To become a doctor you will want to take biology, chemistry, physics, algebra, geometry, calculus and trigonometry and English. Get good scores so you can get into college smoothly. Do volunteer or even part time work at a nearby hospital, doctor's office, nursing home or the local health department.
Step 4. A Bachelor's degree is required for acceptance into medical school. To be accepted in to Medical College you have to have earned a Bachelor's degree or better. Pick a college that has great choices in biology, inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, calculus, general chemistry, physics and biochemistry. It usually takes two semesters of each of these to be accepted into most Medical Colleges. Shoot for math, science, humanities and English courses and major in biology. It isn't required to major in biology but this major is most likely to include all courses you need in sufficient numbers of credit hours to get into medical school. Concentrate on involving yourself in research projects and make scores of 3.5 or better on your final average.
Schools in the United States require that all students complete the MCAT exam and make a good score. This test has four sections. The first section is Physical Science. The next section is Verbal Reasoning. Third is Biological Sciences and the fourth section is labeled Writing Sample. The scores go up to the number 15 or the Letter J. The 15 or the J is the highest score. It is a good idea to study for this exam for two or three months before taking it.
The test can be taken any time a budding doctor would like, but it will go better if the person has at least one full year of completed study in general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics and biology.
Step 5. Ask for acceptance into medical school. Many, many people try to gain entrance into medical schools every year. They do not always get granted this acceptance. If this happens to you, don't be defeated. If you have done your work in school and prepared your career with other medical background, you deserve acceptance into school. There are more medical schools. This could be an oversight on your part, as to area of majors clashing with the type of medical school you applied to. In other words a mismatch in priorities.
Re-study materials from application services like those from the AMCAS, the AACOMAS, The AAMC, the OUAC or the TMDSAS. Your test scores on the MCAT examination and Grade Point Averages are the determining factor in many a medical school's preferences. Your GPA score need to be 3.59 in the sciences and higher in the other subjects with an overall average of at least 3.65 to improve your chances for admission into the school.
