Navy A school

A school is 14 weeks long.. C schools(which is what Surg. tech would be) vary in length.

generally you will do A school then go to your duty station. you will request a C school later on, you don't normally go straight to C school any more.

My cousin just took the MCAT and I want to know how long it will be before she will know how how well she did on it?
I think it takes at least a few weeks but some people said it takes months? Does anyone know how long it takes after you take the MCAT to get your score?

You can get your scores back sooner by paying and looking at them online. You would have to check out their website. Overall, I can't remember how long it took to get mine. Always seems like an eternity.

I'm thinking about joining the navy as a search and rescue medical technician. So I was curious how long I would be in "A" school.

You can Google or Yahoo search to find the answer but I offer some food for thought. I don't know your motivation for the Navy but I would strongly suggest you research the Air Force for the same career field.

Another thought is; when you choose the branch you want, consider joining the reserves to get the training. If you like it, sign on. By doing that you can probably get your choice of duty stations or possibly even 'B' School.

If you find it's not your cup of tea, you've got the training and you have to do a few years of one weekend per month to pay it back. You can even get tuition aid if you want to go to college.

Having been in both services I would advise Air Force but you can choose by what impress' you. Good Luck.

How many board exams? 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!

I plan on going into orthopedic surgery at Wake Forrest. how long will it take me to pay off the general debt of my undergraduate and graduate school loans?

The average physician pays off student loan debt in seven years. Bearing in mind this includes the lower earning specialties as well as the higher earning specialties. Obviously, the lower earning specialties will take longer than 7 years.

One of the enticements that group practices, hospitals and other physician employers use is a student loan repayment program. The only such program that is public knowledge is the one offered by the National Health Service Corps. In exchange for two years of service, the NHSC will repay $25,000/year. If you extend your service an additional year, they’ll pay $30,000 and presumably it’s negotiable after that. But that illustrates that even at $25,000/year it doesn’t take long to make a substantial dent in a student loan debt.

I have a personal friend who is a FP with a local HMO. When she was first hired, the HMO was paying off $30,000/year on her student loan. She elected to forgo pay raises for a few years to pay off the loan sooner and now that it has been paid, she enjoys a full salary. I’ve never asked her what her salary is, but she appears to be living well.

As an orthopedic surgeon, odds are you’ll join a group practice and be considered a junior partner for the first few years, which means you’ll be earning a salary rather than doing your own thrid party billing. You’ll be able to negotiate to loan repayment plan with the group. As an orthopedic surgeon, I would anticpate your entire loan debt to be repaid within 3 years.

I am a sophomore in Biology and intending to be a doctor (undecided on what specialty). Once i have the BA in Biology how many yrs is it for medical school assuming i am not going to specialize in anything yet? I heard some say 3 yrs + 1 yr residency, and i heard some say 4 yrs + 1 yr residency, which one is correct? Also, assuming i got admitted to Med School, would i be able to work alongside studies or i have to study only and no time for work? Last question, if i want to get married, is it doable to be married and in Med School or is it not recommended, will school board member refuse to accept me because i am married?
Thanks so much for any help you can give. Your input is greatly appreciated.

BS in Biology is a better bet than a BA (which is intended for, say, people who want to teach biology for high school)

4 years of medical school, at LEAST 3 for residency (some, particularly the surgical specialties, usually take at least 5 years)

You cannot work or they will kick you out. Besides, you won't have time to work. You'll barely have time to sleep.

Married people enter medical school all the time. They don't all leave medical school as married people. Medicine is a very demanding profession because people's lives are at stake and there are always people to help.

However, if you're dating someone who is going to the same medical school as you (or some other professional school with an equivalent amount of time consumption) than you may be able to work it out.

Good luck!