How do you get ready?

  • Becoming a doctor requires more training than most other jobs.
  • It usually takes at least 11 years to become a doctor: 4 years of college, 4 years of medical school, and 3 years working in a hospital.
  • For some specialties, doctors may have to work in a hospital for up to 8 years before they are fully trained.
  • To become a doctor, you should study biology, chemistry, physics, math, and English. It is not easy to get into medical school. You have to do very well in college and on medical school entrance tests.