College for pediatricians?

i am a freshman in high school and i am serious about school so i want to plan ahead.i have a 3.8 GPA. i want to be a pediatrician when i grow up and i just have questions.i am in a medical club at my school that helps kids who wanna be in the medical field. but they dontfocus on one area so:





how long is college?and what do i have to take in college?





what classes should i be taking in high school?





what is the total cost of college for a pediatrician?





whats the salary??





how much do they work?





any advice??





i would LOVE answers from actual pediatricians or ppl who are becoming pediatricians.





if u can only answer one question its fine=]





plz dont just say"you get paid alot" " you have to go to college for a long time"


" college is expensive." cuz i know that. i am very willing to go thru it bcuz i want a good job that i like.

College for pediatricians?
Hi, so I am an aspiring pediatric physician and I am currently in the college portion of the process. First, you need to start working on your spelling and grammar. Writing is an extremely important aspect to becoming a physician.





College: College is normal length, 4 years. You can major in anything you want, but typical medical colleges require two years of general chemistry and organic chemistry, three years of biology, a year of writing, two years of physics, two years of calculus and a year of statistics. Costs depend on which college.





Medical School: After you graduate from college, you go to medical school for four more years. Typical medical schools will cost $200,000.





Residency: After college and medical school, you also must endure a 2-4 year residency and internship. Therefore, you'll be about 30 years old when you become a doctor.





The salary in CA is averaged at $161,000 per year. (The lowest paid physician), however I do not know for other places in the U.S. (its probably lower other places).





They work about 50 hours a week.
Reply:college: 4 years of undergrad + 4 years of med school.


typical requirements in college are regular med school requirements, although details may very. typical: 1 year of regular bio, 2 year of chem (up to o-chem), 1 yaer of physics, 1 year of calc, and some humanities requiremts.





high school: dont worry yet, do well in all your classes. if you can get some internships or something were you can see first hand, they would be great. especially if you want to be accepted into an accelerated medschool program out of high school.





cost of college: varies by college (public vs. prvate too). if your parents arent paying it all, it can add up VERY fast (8 total years, remember)





salary: i duno. ive heard pediatricians get paid the least amount of most general type doctors, but thats just word of mouth.





work: being a doctor in general is hard work. even after medical school, you typically have to intern for about 2-3 year where you are working 80 some hour weeks and get paid like a janitor. after being an intern, you can then specialize in being a pediatrician. then after about...2-3 more years, you are a pediatrician.





side note: most of this information is common knowledge or widely available on google. if you want to be a doctor, learn to try and find information on your own, you cant always go asking for answers.
Reply:How long is college?


~ College, for your undergraduate or bachelors degree will be 4 years. Then you must go to medical school which is another 4 years and then you have residency and will specialize which is another 2-4 years. So, all together you're looking at 10-12 years of schooling.





What classes should I be taking in high school?


~ Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, Chemistry, Physics, Algebra 1 and 2, Trigonometry, Pre Calculus or Calculus, and Statistics.





What is the total cost of college for a pediatrician?


~ This will differ depending on where you attend school and whether or not you get any scholarships, assistantships, or fellowships. Usually you can expect to owe 80,000 dollars though for all of your schooling tuition expenses.





What's the salary?


~ I honestly do not know what the starting salary is or the average salary- sorry!





How much do they work?


~ They work the typical 40 hour work week but are on call almost constantly.
Reply:okay, for pediatrics, you have to go the college for 11 years (4 years Pre-Med + 4 years Med + 3 years specialty)





take classes like all top level sciences %26amp; maths, any psychology classes offered, child development





cost depends on the colleges applying to and what scholarships you get





salary....$141,440 (in 2006) - my pediatrican had told me that they were one of the lowest paid doctors...





how many hours a week depends on the setting that they work, depedent on whether in a hospital or private