Being a Premed, requirements? Options

[Laughsalot]

The typical courses that must be taken to meet the pre-medical requirement are:

* General Chemistry 1 & 2 (with laboratories)
* General Biology 1 & 2 (with laboratories) (some schools allow zoology in place of second semester)
* Organic Chemistry 1 & 2 (with laboratories) (some schools allow biochemistry in place of second semester)
* General Physics 1 & 2 (with laboratories)
* One or two semesters of math, at least pre-calculus (algebra and trigonometry). Of course calculus 1 and either calculus 2 or a statistics course are preferential.
* English and Writing

Pre-medical students may be advised or required to take upper level biology and chemistry electives, such as cellular biology, physical chemistry, biochemistry, genetics, etc. Specific requirements for these courses vary by institution.

Schools may also have requirements for non-science classes. Some schools require a certain number of general humanities credits, while others have specific requirements for courses in English, Psychology, or other disciplines.

^Are these the requirements to be a Premed? Is anyone here a Premed? How much work does it take to become one and what is the best year to be one(age). And what are the best doctor categories? Like what's the most stable, lots of money type of doctor to be? I really like these types right now:
Psychiatrist
Anesthesiologist
Physician

Tell me what you think?

[Comptine]

^That's false. Declaring premed is marking that down as your MAJOR or intended DEGREE. Which is why a lot of people advise someone whose premed to double major so they can also have a double degree in something substantial. When you fill out forms and the college ask you what major you are, PREMED/PREVET/PREDENTAL are choices.

And physician don't make THAT much money. First of all, a physician usually practices general medicine (sometimes they do surgery or specialize in internal medicine) which means usually they don't have a specialty which means they don't get paid as much as an MD who does specialize in something. Also, since they do general medicine, the only real way to make money is to open a private clinic or practice and that takes time, experience, and lots of money. In a hospital, they get a large workload and sometimes have to be oncall, which means bad hours. A physician is the basic level of being a doctor.

A specialist comes out of med school and should have a salary of over $100,000, out of respect for the doctor's expertise. Pharmacists also can make from $60,000 to $100,000 in their first year. It all depends on where you go to practice. If you're a much needed specialists in a small city, you can open your own practice and make lots of money. If you are a run of the mill specialist in a big city, you usually make around average. It all depends on the offers you get.

[Melissa]

^That's false. Declaring premed is marking that down as your MAJOR or intended DEGREE. Which is why a lot of people advise someone whose premed to double major so they can also have a double degree in something substantial. When you fill out forms and the college ask you what major you are, PREMED/PREVET/PREDENTAL are choices.

And physician don't make THAT much money. First of all, a physician usually practices general medicine (sometimes they do surgery or specialize in internal medicine) which means usually they don't have a specialty which means they don't get paid as much as an MD who does specialize in something. Also, since they do general medicine, the only real way to make money is to open a private clinic or practice and that takes time, experience, and lots of money. In a hospital, they get a large workload and sometimes have to be oncall, which means bad hours. A physician is the basic level of being a doctor.

A specialist comes out of med school and should have a salary of over $100,000, out of respect for the doctor's expertise. Pharmacists also can make from $60,000 to $100,000 in their first year. It all depends on where you go to practice. If you're a much needed specialists in a small city, you can open your own practice and make lots of money. If you are a run of the mill specialist in a big city, you usually make around average. It all depends on the offers you get.

Look, just because whatever college you go to has premed as a major, doesn't mean that you can assume that every single college is the same. Most colleges don't offer premed as a major; you have to take the program and major in something else. I'm a premed at Columbia, and when I declare my major, it's going to be a concentration in medicine and a major in Neuroscience, so don't tell me that what I say is "false." I know what I'm talking about.

And uh, the girl is 14 freaking years old. If she wants to be a doctor, she should first focus on getting that MD then deciding what to specialize in - all specialists are first and foremost physicians.

So PLEASE just CHILL out.