What does it take when you are in high school and when you make it to college to become a pediatrician?

Answer 1

As a high school student having an interest to pursue a career as a Pediatrician, the best thing you can do is prepare yourself to become a well rounded applicant for medical school. To do this, you first and foremost want to focus on your academics. You want to get into a decent undergraduate institution, and maintain a high GPA, particularly in your Math and Science courses. You should maintain a GPA above a 3.5 through college. While in highschool, you can do volunteer work. You can get to know local physicians and pediatricians, and work on finding opportunities of shadowing/observing them in their offices. Community service and volunteering looks great on an application and also will allow you to grow as a person. Working in a medical environment will also help you learn exactly what being a physician means and when applying to medical school they will know that you know what you are getting in to. Its a long hard process, but if you want it enough, you can acheive it. Good Luck!

Answer 2

You need to do well in High School and get accepted at a good college/university. This will help with your chances of being accepted at a medical school. To be competitive for medical school, you should get about a 3.5 GPA in a good college plus participate in various extra-curricular activities and do well on an entrance exam for medical schools called the MCAT, similar to taking the SAT for college. After medical school you train for three years in a residency for pediatrics and then you are free to practice as a pediatrician.