Yolanda Said:

What are a few universities I should apply to?

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MCV/ University of VA ( i think that's the parent school of Medical Collage of VA

Freddie Said:

What entry-level NHS jobs are suitable for a future doctor?

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Hi – I work for NHS Careers. I'm sorry that your response from our helpline didn't answer your question. NHS Careers is a careers information service, and although it isn't resourced to provide careers guidance, I hope that the following will be of help to you.
 
If you're looking for some sort of unqualified role in the NHS, in which you'd be providing patient care or having direct contact with patients, then you could consider roles such as healthcare assistant, nursing assistant, therapy support worker, therapy assistant or porter, for instance. In these roles, you'd be working alongside qualified healthcare professionals, including doctors, therapists and nurses, and it would give you a great insight into how healthcare is delivered in the NHS. It would also help strengthen a university application. The NHS has a pay system called ‘Agenda for Change’ which has 9 pay ‘bands’. These support roles would be between bands 1 and 4 on the system.
 
All NHS organisations in England (‘trusts’ and ‘health authorities’) advertise their vacancies on the NHS Jobs website www.jobs.nhs.uk If you're looking for a job in the NHS, you could use the ‘quick search’ box on the home page and try typing in the job titles above.
 
However, if you take the ‘advanced search’ link from the home page of the site and then navigate to the ‘search by skills’ field, you can try keywords and phrases, such as ‘support work’, ‘patient care’, ‘therapy support’, ‘assistant’ etc. This may help you find job vacancies that you hadn't heard of before. if you get a lot of ‘results’, you can further filter these (use the ‘refine my search’ link - so you might filter by pay or geographical area (see the fields on the advanced search page).
 
You then need to look at the person specification for each vacancy (it's usually a Word document, which you can download from the vacancy details). This will tell you exactly what skills, qualifications and attributes you'll need and help you decide whether you want to then apply, which you can do online through the NHS Jobs website.
 
It's also worth registering to receive free email alerts from the site - this means you'll get to hear about vacancies as soon as they are placed, rather than having to remember visit the site to check on a regular basis.
 
On the main NHS Careers  website at: http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/medical.shtml you'll find lots of information about working and training as a doctor. You can also download our ‘Careers in medicine’ booklet from:  http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/downloads.shtml
 
It is well worth contacting the medical schools/universities that run the degrees in medicine, to see what sort of advice they give about the relevant experience and skills they seek from applicants. You can use the course finder tool on the main NHS Careers website: http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/details/coursefinder/FindCourse.aspx to get a list of medical schools in the UK.
 
Finally, there's also some really useful information in the publication, ‘Becoming a doctor’, which you can download from the British Medical Association's website at: http://www.bma.org.uk/images/becomingadoctor2011_tcm41-198047.pdf
 
I hope this helps and apologies once again.
 

Gabriel Said:

What Is The Best College I Can Go?

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You could retake the SAT again and get better.

No, I dont think student of the month counts unless what you did is worth mentioning.
Take more AP? Other things look good.

As to what college, its not just the things you mentioned.
Geographical location, college size, religious affiliation. Your counselor should show you a search engine for narrowing down colleges.

Possibly 20-60 ranked schools with those grades.

You should also realize getting in isnt the end of it; if you get into your safety, it's easy A's, if you get into your reach, you'll have to compete with people with higher scores.

I highly suggest a college that is just at your level of achievement.

Byron Said:

How can I become an Emergency Medical Technician?

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http://www.explorehealthcareers.org/en/C…

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos101.htm

http://www.nremt.org/nremt/about/nremt_n…

Allison Said:

How to find out if a degree is valid abroad?

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England wouldn't know other country's requirements. That is why they tell you to ring the other country.

Miriam Said:

I need help with picking which university to go to?

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1) Decide what major you are interested in. It appears it could be many subjects.
2) Look up schools that have strong programs in the area(s) in which you are interested.
3) Look at the costs of each school and elliminate the ones you can't afford or just wouldn't like to attend. With your list of credentials, I'd assume you could get some excellent scholarships - so cost might not be as much of an issue.
4) Apply to all of them, including for scholarships.
5) Look over the ones that accepted you. Which ones are giving you good scholarships,etc..
6) Choose.

Just remember:
A) You don't want a school whose program you want is a poor quality. KU has a great med and pharmacy school. KSU has a great engineering, architecture and vet school. I'm sure other schools are good in other areas.
B) Odds are, you will change your major. SO also look at schools with other good programs you might be interested in pursuing. I started out in architectural engineering. I changed to 4 other types of engineering, then math, then finished in Secondary Education (math).

Good luck and God bless!

Myrtle Said:

So what are my chances of getting into Northwestern?

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girl youre good dont even worry about it
the 2030 isn't too great but my score went up 150 points the second time i took the SATs and i doubt they'll even care based on your gpa and extracurriculars