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Career as a Forensic Pathologist

"Hello! I am a sophomore in high school and I am having a bit of trouble finding out information about the career that I am interested in. I want to become a forensic pathologist, but I don't know what college is a good college to go to for this field? How long will I be in college for this particular career? Are there any courses that I could take in high school that I would prepare me for related college classes? There are so many questions that I still have that I can't think of at the moment and that I would love to ask an actual forensic pathologist, but I don't know of anyone locally in that field. I would greatly appreciate any information about this field or any other medical field (I am also interested in becoming some kind of doctor)."

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From Bucknell University:

For this particular field you will be in a four year college then medical school. I am not sure how many years that will be exactly be (depending on what school you go to). The classes you can take in high school to prepare for this career would be all science related courses. I am not familiar with the career of medical forensics. I can recommend that you do a search or contact any foundations that hire forensic pathologists. That would aid your discernment about whether becoming a forensic pathologist or a doctor.

Tim Johnson
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Bucknell University (PA)
kewalker@bucknell.edu