Oncology.....?
What are good premed schools for someone who wants to be an oncologist?
- gregory.barber
Xavier
Harvard
Yale
Duke
Vanderbilt
Princeton
Tulane
LSU
UPen
Also note: Most Schools offer Pre-Med Programs, you really don't have to worry about this until medical school but in refrence to your question John Hopkins, Emory, Harvard, and Yale Medical School offer awesome programs for everything.
- TR
It won't matter. Really!
You're going to need to get into med school after you complete a bachelor's degree. Med schools like to think that they are broad-minded regarding admissions--they say they want a diverse student body who are all well-rounded scholars. Therefore, your odds of admission if you attend a state college are just about equal to the odds if you completed Harvard.
So other factors are in play.
Recently, the dean of a local med. school publicly proclaimed that he expected fewer and fewer students would opt for med school because the costs are so high--students are completing his program with student loan debt well over $ 100K. So your best plan, for personal finances, would be to start at a local public community college, complete as many courses there as will transfer, and then complete the bachelor's at a state university. This will get you the most bang for your buck, in terms of educational credentials, and you may be able to start medical college with only $ 10K or $ 20K in students loans--which will put you way ahead of those who chose boutique private colleges and are starting with $ 50K in the red.
Pre-med is the logical major, but since they want well-rounded students, make sure you take a lot of arts, social sciences, humanities, and other "breadth" courses with your electives. Or, major in anything you like and use your electives to cover all the math and science courses that a pre-med degree would include. But whatever you do, study like a marmot and earn an average very close to 4.0, and in your junior year, ace the MCAT entrance test.
Now, the other thing you want to do to enhance your odds of getting your medical degree from a top school is to make the acquaintance of doctors. Work (volunteer or for pay) in a medical setting--get a job in a hospital or volunteer at your campus health clinic. When you meet doctors, tell them you want to become an oncologist. Most of them will admire that and will want to be helpful--and they can help you, when it's time, by:
--recommending medical colleges, particularly the top local ones (you of course will want to stretch and see if you can get into Harvard med etc., but you should also have a couple of "safety" schools).
--previewing your postgrad education for you: how much studying, how many years, where to do internships and residencies, what school to attend after your GP license for oncology, etc.
--preparing you for applications; advice about what to write in an essay, how to answer interview questions.
--letters of recommendation, which are most powerful coming from practicing physicians, particularly those who graduated from that medical college.
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