Becoming a Physician

Help for college undergraduates and high-school seniors considering a career in medicine Integrating the perspectives of a career counselor and her medical student daughter, this is an all-inclusive guide to every stage of the process of becoming a physician. Here are strategies on choosing courses and extracurricular activities, picking the right school, managing the application process, and acing the MCATs. This practical guide concludes with a first-hand account of the first few months of medical school, showing what the life of a medical student is really like. MARITA DANEK (Washington, D.C.) is a professor in the department of counseling, Gallaudet University. JENNIFER DANEK (San Francisco, California) is a second-year medical student at the University of California, San Francisco.