What are some top medical schools with a good basketball team?

I am a freshman right now. I want to b a pediatrician or involved to b a physician. I have the grades but I also have a lot of talent in basketball. I was thinkin the University of Miami would b good. Do u kno of ne others?|||It's unclear whether you're a freshman in high school or a freshman in college, but I'm going to assume you're still in high school and answer accordingly.





First, you asked "What are some top medical schools with a good college basketball team?" There are NO medical schools with basketball teams! The university of which a medical school is part of may have a basketball team, but only undergraduates can play on the team. Medical school is a graduate program so medical students are not eligible to play, thus, no medical school has a good basketball team!





If you want to go to medical school, you first have to get your four year college degree. You will also need to study certain courses to prepare you for medical school (bio, chemistry, math, physics) and get excellent grades. This "pre-med" curriculum is very demanding and time-consuming.





College sports are also very demanding and time-consuming, especially at Division I and Division II schools like the U of Miami. There's constant travel and practice, and it can be very difficult to get the kind of grades in a demanding pre-med courses necessary to get into a good medical school. Can it be done? Possibly, but most students will find they'll need to choose one or the other - basketball or medical school.





If you're a freshman in high school, here's what I would suggest. Enjoy your high school basketball career, and do your best to develop your athletic talents. At the same time, however, get involved with activities that will help you decide if you really want to pursue a medical career -- volunteer at a hospital or a nursing home, talk to local doctors about their jobs, research what it takes to get into medical school. Down the road, also start finding out about the differences between the different college athletic divisions and the requirements for being a recruited college athlete (www.naca.org). Talk to your coach about whether you have the skills to be recruited, and which Division might be best for you.





This way, when the time comes to start figuring out where to apply, you'll have a clear idea of what the demands of pursuing both interests will involve. You may decide to just play basketball, you may decide to just pursue medical school, you may decide that there's a way to combine both, perhaps by playing on a college Club team or for a Division III school. But, you'll have a clearer picture of the pro's and con's of the options, and that will be the best guide which college is right for you.





Carolyn Lawrence, www.AdmissionsAdvice.com|||Drexel University in Philadelphia! Drexel accquired Hahnemann University a few years back, and now it's Drexel University's College of Medicine. They have a great program.


Another program in Philadelphia is the University of Pennsylvania - they have three hospitals practically on campus, and there's a LOT you can do there.|||Unless you are good enough to play basketball professionally I would forget about it. I would rather have a MD who studied himself to death than one who just breezed through school and was on the basketball team. Basketball takes a lot of time...traveling, etc. Study your classes and be a good MD..eventually you won't be able to play basketball due to health, age, etc. You can always be a doctor