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It's great that you are thinking about your career and college while you are still in high school, in some detail. This sort of prepared mentality demonstartes that you will be successful as a doctor, and I'm sure a good one who cares about patients.
You should take all the science you can get your hands on - chemistry, physics, anatomy, biology, and social sciences like sociology and psycholgy - as many of those courses that your school offers in your 4 years of high school. Take math as well, all you can, but mostly because it is required for the physics (mostly) and calculus is a pre-med requirement in almost every pre-med curriculum today in the nation. I've seen calculus keep people who could have been good doctors away from medicine because they couldn't pass it with any better than a C, and that damaged their med school application and GPA, and so they weren't admitted to med schools. So take math and science, and take them with a passion...but pay as much attention grade-wise to all of the other "filler" courses you will have to take - whatever those classes turn out to be for you - history, art, music, philosophy, economics, english literature, religion...whatever. Grade point average is another big deal when applying to med schools, and if you do well in high school in all of your courses, and remember what you've studied in the 4 years - that makes the next 4 years in college courses much, much easier and you'll be rewarded with a high GPA. It will be far easier, for example, to write a good research paper in English 101 at the university if you've already written a good one in 5th period English class in high school your Jr. year.
The MCAT (medical college admissions test) is a comprehensive admissions exam to medical schools, and it's fairly difficult. The things you learn in college will prepare you for that exam, and the things you do now - as you already seem to know - will prepare you for the college courses.
Study hard, but be balanced by playing a sport or two, running for student council, or joining the debate team or school newspaper squad. Be a cheerleader, compete in 4-H, help your father on his farm or your mom with her home business, or whatever you find interesting that isn't academic. Colleges look for the well-rounded applicant, anything you can do to set yourself apart from the norm, the average applicant, will help your chances at getting into a good college - which, along with your good performance in college, will escort you into the doors of a great medical program.
And have some fun (but not too much! be disciplined...) !
Good luck in your quest to become a doctor.
John
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