Can I eventually get to medical school with these high school specs?

FIrst of all your grades are fine, you are not applying for medical school first, first you have to think you only need to go to a good college (which you'll have tons to choose from ) that has a good biology program. My husband is an eye doc. and majored in Biology and a small private college with only 1200 students. It doesn't matter how well known or big the college is, it just needs to be known for having a great Biology dept. and a college that when you ask them, can show you that they have a high acceptance rate for students who are applying to med. school after their 4 year undergrad. degree. You don't necessarily even have to major in "pre-med" like you think, you can also just major in Biology and take lots of Chemistry cles, too. You won't need as much OOOOOOOPPPPS I MEANT ...MATH to be a doctor as you would to be an engineer for example, it's all mostly science. Now when you get accepted into a college (big or small, known or unknown, but one that has a good "placement" rate into medical schools) than you just need to buckle down even more in your undergrad program so that you can show the med. schools that you are a good risk for them to accept. You also need to do really well on your MCATS and then boom you'll be accepted to med. school. In high school you don't need to worry so much about the community service having tons and tons of hours, depending on what undergrad. school you want. Of course the big name schools like Harvard or Princeton or something are going to be difficult to get into and may need all that, but like I said you can get some VERY good pre-med work or Biology undergrad. degrees at some small liberal arts colleges as well as just the well known ones. If you excel in your undergrad work and do well on the MCATs you'll get in and may even get lots of scholarships if you are just a terrific Biology major. In med school then you basically just need to make it through and you'll be able to find a job since in order to "make it through" you are going to have to p your boards which is run by the state and they make sure you know what you're doing. So once you're in med school as long as you keep a decent average, you don't have to have straight A's to get a job or something since all they'll care about probably is that you ped your boards once you are in the work world. Of course top honors are always good to secure better positions in hospitals etc. when you graduate, but if you just get through, that's your first goal. If you want to specialize after med. school that will mean more years in college again and more work underneath other doctors who do that specialty. So don't worry, don't put the cart ahead of the horse as the saying goes,first just graduate from high school, and have fun, you're young! Then concentrate on taking your good high school grades and a great ACT score hopefully and getting yourself into a university that is known for having a high acceptance rate for people applying to med school, (you'll need to ask your admission counselors at the univeristies or colleges about this before you agree to go there.) Then just do your best in your undergrad. school and you'll be fine. Keep your eye on the prize! I'm sure you'll make an excellent doctor. Good luck in your future! Sierra