Is it possible to start becoming a pediatrician while in high school?

You can't begin your training to become a pediatrician while in high school per se. But what you can do is to build up good study habits. Try to figure out how you learn best and how to take quick and effective notes. It may help to take more math and science classes in high school, but the important thing is to get good grades so that you can get into a good college.

If you are looking at things other than academic, you may want to consider trying to volunteer in a children's hospital or in a pediatrician's office. That way you can begin to see if you really like it or not. Sometimes the idea of something is very different than what it actually turns out to be.

The training to become a pediatrician is typically as follows:

• Graduate high school
• Graduate college
• Graduate medical school
• Graduate pediatric residency program