can i still pursue my dreams in becoming a doctor even though i start at a community college?
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yes you can....but should'nt this question be in Higher Education????
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If you want to be a doctor, then yes.
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Only 13 and setting goals! Good for you!\n\nYou need good grades all through school.  They do not have to be perfect, but you want to get into a decent college.  Find a college with a good pre-med program.  You will do four years of undergraduate work in college and get a bachelors degree.\n\nThen you will do post-graduate work at a medical school.... internship, etc.\n\nA well-rounded student is a good thing.  Play a sport, join a club, do community service such as charity work.  It all looks good on a resume and college application.\n\nWith good grades, when you get into high school, you will have opportunities to join honor societies.  These often have scholarships for college and look great on your application and resume.  Join them if you qualify!\n\nStudent government is a good thing too.\n\nNow, everything together may take up too much time.  Choose the things you are interested in and be a leader.... get voted president or at least some position high in the group.  Looks good on an application or resume.\n\nIf this is really your dream, don't let anyone, even your mom dissuade you.\n\nI'm 47 yrs old.  No one in my family ever went to college.  I started in my 30s and it took me 13 yrs to get a bachelor's degree.  I was a single mom by then and did it the hard way.  No one told me HOW to do it, and I had to fight my way through.  But I DID graduate!  And now I am working on a master's degree in business administration.\n\nDon't give up on your dream.  Set goals and plan ahead.  You cannot be lazy and get to be a surgeon.  Study hard all through school, and especially HEALTH and BIOLOGY (any biological science you can take) courses.  That will give you a good start, even before college.\n\nBest Wishes and God Speed!\n\nSue
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try a community college
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Don't worry about it at this point. You can burn a couple of years in college easy just working on pre-reqs. \n\nYou really are better off hitting up community college first, as it will be very cheap for you, and most community colleges have transfer programs worked out with universities these days so you can transfer credits with ease. \n\nThere are plenty of general education classes that you can knock out while deciding...like english, math, chem, speech, government, PE, etc. \n\nI suggest taking as many pre-reqs as you can at a community college before transfering to a major university as it will save ya heaps. Only problem with community colleges is that you have a higher ratio of teachers who will slide undeserving people through. Don't let those softies compromise your education...go above and beyond their requirements and expecations, so that whatever program you chose afterwards, you will be prepared. Remember that this a foundation that you will build upon. \n\nGood career moves for you at this point are health care jobs. They will be in big demand for decades to come, and the advantage come interview time will be towards you with the health care worker shortage. Something such as nursing gives you PLENTY of opportunities...so aiming for classes geared towards that may be a good idea, like Anatomy, Physiology, Microbiology, etc. Then regardless of what career you choose in health care, you're likely to have hit some of their pre-reqs as well (most in the medical area require those three, as well as nutrition and organic chemistry)
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Have you considered doing a physician assistant program or a pharmacy program?  Not only would the requirements be less stringent for those programs, but PAs and pharmacists spend  time w/patients and help them w/their medical problems so you'd still have the satisfaction of helping people.\n\nIf you really, strongly feel that you should be a doctor though, go for it!  Try to shadow some doctors and see what they do and don't do, which is a big plus for anyone looking to enter any profession.  I'm a law student who doesn't have good grades but I got a great unpaid internship last summer where I actually got to help draft legal documents and listen to clients and other such things to see if I still want to be a lawyer.  Consider spending a day or two w/your family doctor.  And put this kind of experience on your med school application so schools can see how serious and determined you are to be a doctor.  Even if they don't like your grades, they'll at least admire your determination.
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sure they can and if they stop you sue for descrimantion. I belive you can be totaly blind and get into med school. You may be a teacher in the area as well as perform some resurch too. There are some professions like CSI work you be great at too.
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I believe you'll find that, even though you have so many credits, you can still enroll in a community college as an undergraduate student in order to finish a particular degree program. In order to facilitate the transfer of your credits to this new school, be sure to have any evidence you can gather of the course content you had in your accumulated credit hours. A bulletin of classes from your former college or syllabi will be helpful to this end. However, please contact the school you are interested in directly...they will be best able to explain their policies. Good luck!
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No college expects applicants to have their goals and class plans "etched in stone".  They ask these sorts of questions because they want to have a reasonable mix of applicants relative to the emphasis of the school.  You will enroll for classes later, and your first semester is often a matter of "what's available" rather than "what I want".  Make sure your application is complete, that you have put the correct amount of postage on it, and don't worry.  Relax - once it's in the mail, you can look at the requirements for admission to medical schools and figure out how to get there.  The previous person is right, you can major in anything, but you must meet the admission requirements, which could be difficult if you major in a non-science field.
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Switching from a Community College to a University is easy, your Counselor should be able to help you with the transition.  Switching from an ONLINE DEGREE or a CORRESPONDENCE COURSE to an University is hard to do, cause most of these ONLINE programs or Correspondence courses are not ACCREDITED.\n\nGood Luck and Prosper...;*!*;...
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As a physician, I think I'd encourage you to strongly consider a career in medicine.  Certainly, as a physician, you could pursue fields where being artistic/creativity is a bonus---plastic or cosmetic surgery would be one such field.  \n\nI would also say, however, that preparation for college and medical school would definitely require an affinity for science.  It also requires a willingness and ability to delay gratification---I studied for 14 years after high school before starting practice as a cardiologist at the age of 32.  And of course, you have to do well in school, be at the top of your class, and pursue pertinent extracurricular activities to gain admission to medical school.  Not to mention the MCAT (medical college admission test) in your Junior year of college.\n\nSo, it's a really rewarding career, and we need good women in many medical fields, but it surely is not for the faint of heart or timid.  \n\nGood luck.
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i still want to be a doctor and i have wanted to be that my whole life
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No, not necessarily.  There are many similarities (both usually offer 2 year degrees) but they are not the same type of school.  \n\nA community college is a college administered by the state or local government.  These schools are usually open to the public, as long as you can pay the tuition.  \n\nThere are private junior colleges however, that are administered by churches or other private institutions.  Getting into these schools is more difficult because you have to meet their criteria (for example, living a certain religious lifestyle).
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If you really wnat to become a doctor then Pre-med is the way to go.  It wiil prepare you for the rigors of med school.  If you're really not sure, your 1st year should be loaded with general eduacation hours, so hopefully you'll catch on to an area that you feel is what you want to study.\nIf you're concerned about the costs, apply for FAFSA, and every scholarship that you can.  Also, consider community college for the 1st two years and knock out your gen-ed requirements (CC's are typically less expensive), consider public (state) schools.  Private schools are more expensive.\n\nGood luck!
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I agree with most of what has already been said.  The message you should be getting, though, is that you should apply anyway.  Apply to at least three schools, including those you really want to go to and a couple you would settle for.  Community college can be a great way to get an education, but it will require lots of discipline on your part to complete the process in a reasonable time.  I have met very few people who completed junior college with a degree in the two years it should take.  If you go to junior college, arrange a meeting with a counselor before you chose your first semester classes.  Set up a plan to get all the courses you need completed in two years.  Also ask the counselor whether they have transfer agreements with any universities.  In my home town, a person who can't get in to the state university can enter a contract through the junior college that will guarantee them admission to the state university if they complete certain classes within a given time period.  The bottom line is that you should go for it and don't worry about the things you can't change.
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Everybody dreams of getting something. It depends on how much you really want it. \n\nIf you really want it so much, then challenging classes shouldn't be a problem. Tackle it head on and when you manage to breeze through it, imagine the satisfaction you'll get from it!\n\nI'm going through a similar situation and because I want it so badly, I'm sacrificing a year more to be in college to get to the degree.\n\nSo ultimately you gotta ask yourself, how much do you want to fulfill that dream of yours? And keep in mind, not everyone get the chance to pursue their dream degree. If you got the chance, grab it and treasure it!  =)
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I hope so.  I hope one mistake in your past won't stop you from going after a career you love.  Good luck!  Maybe contact the licensing boards in the state(s) you might want to practice in and see what they say.  I think a school would let you in if you have the grades, but getting the license is up to a state board and you want to make sure about that before doing a lot of years of study.