Career ProjectBy: Melissa Regalado

This career is all about healing people

by investigating their problem and fixing it through surgery

Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)

Pre-Med Courses

Science and Anatomy Classes

Bachelors Degree Program

Four Year Program of Medical School

Five Years of Residency

5

43

2

1

$52,478$47,941$50,512$49,780$53,581

Average

$50,858

The average income for a general surgeon

is from $200,000 to $400,000

US Average

$231,550

= $1,000 monthly = $12,000 per year

$6,000 per year = $500 monthly =

= $650 monthly =$ 7,800 per year

$76, 675 a year

$50,875 per year = $3,612 monthly =

“The purpose

of life is not

to be happy.

It is to be

useful, to be

honorable, to

be

compassionat

e, to have it

make some

difference

that you have

lived

and lived

well.” —Ralph

Waldo

Emerson

Why did I pursue this career?

The up side of being a general

surgeon, I think, is the fact

that you heal people. Another

upside is that, hopefully, I won’t

have money problems.

The downside of being a general

surgeon is that you don’t get to

have a lot of free time because you

never know when you need to

do surgery. Also, student loans

because they are a big responsibility

after collage.

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