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what program is best in University to go to med school and become a surgeon

 
Old 12-09-2016 at 01:25 PM   #1
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what program is best in University to go to med school and become a surgeon
what programs are good to take in University to go to med school

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Old 12-09-2016 at 04:00 PM   #2
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First of all holy fucking cringe. This post is so cringy my jaw almost froze. Please don't ever tell people you're going to be a general surgeon. You're not even done high school yet. You've got a loooooooooooooooong way to go (like 10+ years). You need to chill, fam. What you do in high school and in undergrad has no impact on whether or not you can be a surgeon so I'd start with saying you need to research how the path to medicine actually works.

You can get into medicine from any undergrad program. In Canada, there are very few course requirements. In the US there are more course requirements but your admission is based on whether you finished those required courses, not what your degree is in. So if you think you're limited to Life Science or Health Science, you're not. Pursuing a life science or health science degree does not automatically make you a better candidate so keep that in mind. In general, Life Science looks at all forms of biology from the small to the big, and can be applied to anything from bacteria to animals to whole ecosystems. Health Science looks at biology with applications to human systems and health care.

The recommended high school courses would include all the sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Math). SHSM is as useless as telling people you have a high school diploma - it means nothing. Having it can't hurt but it has nothing to do your university application. And while I'm at it, before researching the path to medicine you should probably research how applying to university works. Most undergrad programs look solely at your grades. If you have questions about applying to undergrad, ask your guidance counsellors. That's what they're getting paid to do.

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Old 12-09-2016 at 08:12 PM   #3
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Well thanks for the advice... but if i have a dream of becoming something from a young age u shouldn't have a problem with that. If i want to plan my life from a young age its my choice not yours to react or cringe to.
Old 12-10-2016 at 07:00 PM   #4
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It's fine to plan out your life at a young age. But it really is better to tell people you're interested in pursuing medicine than to say you want to be a general surgeon. General Surgery is just so specific and comes off as pretentious. I really hope you don't go around telling people you want to be a general surgeon. It's almost as cringy as people in first year uni who say that they're studying Pre-Pediatric Cardiothoracic Oncology when theyre in general Life Science.



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