Jennifer Lygren-Snyder

I'm taking dual enrollment classes next year, and plan to throughout high school. These college credits, however, only transfer to state colleges, and a couple others. I also plan on taking some AP classes in later years as well. I plan on both applying to colleges like MIT and state colleges....

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I'm a junior in high school who wants to pursue a career in medical lab sciences. Maybe in diagnostics or research? My favorite classes so far were AP Psychology, Biology, Anatomy, and Chemistry.

I'm wondering what and how you would advance in such career, as I'm considering becoming one.

I'm interested in becoming a med-tech, though I want to also know some of the challenges I might face in my possible career and how to deal with them.

clinical lab scientist

I have a bachelor's degree in agronomy, but my biggest dream is to become a microbiologist. The issue is that I wouldn´t say I like the hospital environment or being around clinical samples. So, my doubt is there other areas of microbiology that I can study and work on without being in the...

For my next school year, I plan on pursuing Dual enrollment and was wondering what classes I should take. The courses that I thought would be good for my future career (Cardiologist) Health Care providers/assistance, Health information management, Health Leisure physical education, Health...

I’ve always wanted to go to school for medical assisting but also have always wanted to go for cosmetology. I’ve always found interest in medical especially like front and back office, as well as in hair, nails and makeup.

De anza offers classes so you can get your associates for medical assistant or they also have the option to just get your certificate. I’m not sure which path to take yet and wonder the difference.

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purchase line hs, into medicine and science, somewhat good at math,

For example, working with cells, tissue, etc. As well as working with microscopes, possible genetic engineering, bacteria.

I'm looking into different career paths and I wanted to know what the average day looks like for a medical technician/technologist. What kind of specimen/reagents do you work with? How can I get started down this path?