Help :'( I'm lost on the steps I need to take to go into med school.

Why would you apply to nursing school if you plan on being a doctor?

I'm just getting my CNA

If you really want to get into med school, you should change your major to chemical engineering or biochemical engineering and then take the few additional classes needed as pre-reqs (specifically, genetics and embryology). Ideally, a double major coupling the rigor and science/math of engineering with the breadth of a degree in music, philosophy, or literature would make you an exceptionally strong candidate (presuming that you're an excellent student).

While nursing can be a path to med school (I know a few docs who are former RNs), the nursing education itself really provides nothing helpful for the med school path.

If you really want to get into med school, you should change your major to chemical engineering or biochemical engineering and then take the few additional classes needed as pre-reqs (specifically, genetics and embryology). Ideally, a double major coupling the rigor and science/math of engineering with the breadth of a degree in music, philosophy, or literature would make you an exceptionally strong candidate (presuming that you're an excellent student).

While nursing can be a path to med school (I know a few docs who are former RNs), the nursing education itself really provides nothing helpful for the med school path.

Ok I will look into that. :) thank you

With all due respect, no, you might think you know what you want, to be a physician, but you clearly do not have an idea about what you're getting into, in terms of the academic preparation needed or where you'll be when you get there.

Nursing and physicianing are not in a continuum-- that means they aren't on the same ladder. They are separate professions. Although we share many skills and knowledge points, physicians aren't some sort of super-nurses, and nurses aren't some sort of junior physicians. EMT is a whole different THIRD ladder.

If there's some reason you don't want to take the trouble to go to the guidance department of the university you'll have to attend for real premed coursework, you owe it to yourself to look for a medical school admission department online site and check what they say they require as minimal admission requirements. Note I said "minimal," because it's hard to get into med school and you'll have to really excel at the preparation. Junior college is NOT going to cut it. It's only September. Get out now and start where you need to be, or be sure that the courses you will take this semester will transfer into a decent premed track at university. Do it NOW.

With all due respect, no, you might think you know what you want, to be a physician, but you clearly do not have an idea about what you're getting into, in terms of the academic preparation needed or where you'll be when you get there.

Nursing and physicianing are not in a continuum-- that means they aren't on the same ladder. They are separate professions. Although we share many skills and knowledge points, physicians aren't some sort of super-nurses, and nurses aren't some sort of junior physicians. EMT is a whole different THIRD ladder.

If there's some reason you don't want to take the trouble to go to the guidance department of the university you'll have to attend for real premed coursework, you owe it to yourself to look for a medical school admission department online site and check what they say they require as minimal admission requirements. Note I said "minimal," because it's hard to get into med school and you'll have to really excel at the preparation. Junior college is NOT going to cut it. It's only September. Get out now and start where you need to be, or be sure that the courses you will take this semester will transfer into a decent premed track at university. Do it NOW.

I know the difference between a nurse and a physician I just happen to be interested in both more so in other things in the health field as well. Sense I just graduated from high school I thought this would be good. Start a CNA class and be certified by early December and have a job in that ,while then, working towards getting classes that will put me in premed classes at a 4 year. Does that sound right?

I don't know if being a CNA is really going to help with getting into med school. You might be better off using the time you would spend working studying for your pre-med classes or the MCAT.

I don't know if being a CNA is really going to help with getting into med school. You might be better off using the time you would spend working studying for your pre-med classes or the MCAT.

But I'm saying I'm in a junior college right now n after 2 yrs I transferso I'm using these 2 yrs to b a CNA or upgrade to lvn

No it doen't sound right. CNA and nursing has nothing to do with becoming a doctor.What do you mean working towards classes that will put you in premed? Junior college will not do that.

.....I am currently at a jr college sense I'm here I'm doing the CNA while I wait to go to a four year so I can at least embrace what some facilities are like. Sense I'm going to start clinical which is good and is also about 375+ hours at the end and a good look. When I'm done with this, which will be in December, il take other classes I know junior classes will not do that.

LVNs are nurses.Becoming a nurse will not get you into med school. You should be focussing on premed classes if your goal is med school. LVN would just be a waste of time.

I know but I'm not in a 4 year yet that's what I'm trying to say. This junior college has a nursing program. I know that becoming a nurse will not get me into medical school. I am at a > 2 year

I don't think I understand why you're waiting to transfer to a four year university. There's no prerequisite to complete classes at a junior college before you transfer to a bigger school that will help you in your quest to get to med school. In fact, the more credits you complete, the less financial aid you will recieve. If you transfer now, you may even be able to qualify for freshman aid which is a LOT more money than aid you will get as a transfer student with more credits under your belt. Becoming a CNA or an LVN is a path that doesn't really connect up with medical school, just extra time that could be spent doing something else.