Doesn’t sound like you can make it into the 7 yr med programs.

So, go to undergrad. Try and go to the most prestigious one you can. Your major doesn’t matter. There’s no such thing as a “pre-med” major. A small handful of schools have pre-med programs, but those are just tracks where you get extra counselling and guidance. Not necessary. The main thing is that each med school has a list of required courses you need to take before you can apply to them (in general, the classes are the same but you should check each school just to be sure you don’t miss a random class). Then, take the MCAT. Do extra currics (joining a bunch of random clubs is fairly useless, versus showing leadership and dedication to a couple of activities).

If you get into med school, do as well as you can there and then try and match up into a pediatrics residency after med school.

You’ll need to do a four year degree – your best would be something science related (i.e. chemistry, biology, zoology, biochemistry, even psychology – but really, any degree will do as long as you meet the requirements for admission to med school). I would suggest applying for a few medical schools, not just one to ensure you’ll get in somewhere. about 3/4 of the way through med school is when a lot of people truly make up their minds about what specialty they want to go into (you never know, you may change your’s…it happens a lot) when they do their rotations through the different specialties. Beginning of the fourth year is when med students decide on and apply to residency programs. Again, with this…make sure you apply to several! We had several candidates for our residency program (ortho) that ranked highly yet didn’t place on Match Day. A residency for Pediatrics is 3 years. You may also want to consider a subspecialty fellowship following the residency.

1. go to college

2. major in a science, but don’t neglect humanities

3. do well

4. take the MCAT

5. apply to med school

6. go to med school

7. specialize in pediatrics

…basically…