After High school how long do Medical Doctors have to be in school? 10 points for the best advise. Thank you?

How many board exams? Thank you.After High school how long do Medical Doctors have to be in school? 10 points for the best advise. Thank you?
In order to get your MD or DO degree you have to study for a total of 8 years.





The first step to medical school is undergrad studies. Once you get your Bachelors Degree and take your MCAT in your third year of college then you can apply to Medical school which is four years long. Once you complete Medical School you need to pass your state license medicine practice exam and then you can practice Medicine.





While medical school is competitive you are able to make mistakes and still be accepted. Medical Schools are mainly going to concern themselves with two sets of numbers when they review your application. Your GPA and your MCAT. Your GPA is a predictor of whether you will keep up with your course work and how well you will do in your basic sciences (first 2 years) of medical school. Your MCAT predicts how well you will do on your licensing examinations. A strong MCAT can make up for a weaker GPA and vice versa.





When Medical Schools review your GPA they are mostly concerned that you did well in your science and math courses and in the trend that your GPA shows. A positive trend ie, an increase in your GPA as you progress through school is better than a declining GPA.





As another note many medical schools will not accept or look highly on Biology and Chemistry(General and Organic) classes that come from community colleges or you receive via AP credit. Many will require that you take more advanced courses at the University level.





There is no ideal major to get into medical school. However many schools are no longer accepting applications from people with degrees in the fine arts. One must simply complete the requisite coursework and degree to be accepted into medical school. These courses are a 1 year of English 1 year of Physics, 1 year of General Chemistry, 1 year of Organic chemistry with labs and Integral Calculus. These are all courses that are usually covered in a Biology, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering type program. Most people that apply and probably get accepted take more than just the bare minimum courses to get accepted. Many take courses in Molecular Genetics, Statistics, and Microbiology.





Schools with the highest acceptance rates tend to be the newer medical schools and the larger medical schools. In the case of California many student wind up leaving California for medical school to attend states with larger medical schools such as Ohio. That being said I believe the DO schools and Carribean medical schools do have a higher acceptance rate than other medical schools.





Good Luck!After High school how long do Medical Doctors have to be in school? 10 points for the best advise. Thank you?
4 years college


4 years med school


2 - 8 years residency %26amp; fellowship





USMLE boards - 3 (I think)


Usually at least one board, depending on specialty
At least 7 years. In the Philippines, you can take any pre-med course (e.g. medical technology, nursing, pharmacy, biology, psychology, etc.) which takes around 4 to 6 years. Some courses (like medical technology, nursing and pharmacy) have board exams, which you may or may not take if you are going into medical school. Medicine proper, as we call it, takes 5 years: 3 years of lectures, 1 year of clerkship, and 1 year of internship. In the University of the Philippines, there is an INTARMED course which is shorter: 2 years pre-med and 5 years medicine proper. All physicians must pass just one board exam (a government licensure) in order to practice medicine. I hope you'll be a doctor too someday. Good luck!
Alfie has it on the button.


8 years College ( or more)


Plus residency


Goes by fast though!


Good Luck
What they said.
I've heard it takes up to 2 months!