wow, its nice to seem some people so interested in the sciences at this point in the game. well first off, take as many science classes to prep, if you can take some classes at a local community college, it will appear to your school that you are interested in your studies, but whatever you do, do not let you other classes suffer (language, history, even math are all important factors to admissions boards).

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Try not to let the science courses you’re taking in high school determine your future plans. A high-school virology course is kind of odd: at the college level nobody takes such courses until they’ve been through general chemistry, organic chemistry, and then biochemistry, and I imagine microbiology. You’ll need your math, too: you use a lot of statistics when you’re working with life forms that are essentially invisible.

And so what you should do is go to college without any firm career plans. Take math and science courses from the start: this will give you the best flexibility and serve as a good basis for the general education you should be looking for.

Take the introductory biology courses, too, and make sure you understand that the most dangerous courses to take are those you already consider yourself to be an expert in.

Meanwhile, take anything else that looks interesting in the college catalog and that you learn about from professors and colleagues. Poke around and explore the place. Remember that you’re there to get an education, not job training, so you’ll want the widest variety of courses you can find. Do not ignore the liberal arts courses: they’re the most valuable because they keep you from being bored, scared and gullible your whole life.

It’s hard to know what you want to do right off the bat in high school. Virology in high school is NOT the same as in college. I’ve taken virology in college. You need to have chemistry, organic chemistry and microbiology at least to take it. At my school virology is a 400 level course and basically only juniors and seniors take it. Biology is my minor. You will need your math and chemistry to do it. Most biology programs in college require math (usually up to calc I) and chemistry (usually gen chem I and II and at least organic chem I). You can still do biology if you want… but really, you won’t know until you get to college. You can start in one major and drop it and switch to another and that’s fine. Just realize that you need the math and chemistry for biology and just about all majors concerning biology. I was a biology major and dropped it because I liked my math major better so I’ve been through it. There are some biology majors I know and even though they aren’t into math and chemistry they still made it through. They found the best professors teaching the classes (usually just by asking upperclassmen) and got help if they needed it.

2n2222 has some good points! Remember your first two years of college you can use them to get all your general requirements, then your 3rd and 4th yrs. you start directing toward the degree you want to study! By then you will have picked up some more information on the field you are interested in!

well if i were you i would probably consider john hopkins. my cousin wants to go to john hopkins to syudy biology so yea i guess that would be about right…LOL