All dermatologist Out there I need some information.?

Ok I am going to be a freshman in high school this year, and i have the Job i Desperatly want to do, dermatology, I just wanted to ask someone that has been threw all of this collge for dermatology, can you tell me how long you have to attend collge, what is the average time you work, and what your average salery is. Thanks so Much!All dermatologist Out there I need some information.?
I'm not a dermatologist, but I know lots of docs and have worked with lots of docs.





To become a dermatologist, you will first attend four years of college, taking the MCATs senior year, majoring in pre-med, or a science, or another area but including all the science/math pre-requisites for med school admission.





You then take four years of medical school, during which you will do clerkships and clinical rotations through the various medical specialty areas. You will also begin taking the multi-part National Board exams. During the fourth year, you will sign up for the national match program, to be matched with an internship [one year, optional for some specialties] or a residency [3-5 years or more, depending on specialty].





After residency, you may elect to do a fellowship to further specialize.





Medical school is quite expensive [no scholarships to speak of], difficult to get into and difficult to finish.





For internship and residency [and fellowship], you will be paid [modestly] and work 80-hour weeks, with 24-36-hour on-call rotations [where you usually stay in the hospital and, hopefully, get some sleep, too].





You may be interested in these websites: medicalhelpnet.com; studentdoc.com; bestpremed.com; aamc.org.





Good luck - it's a long, arduous, expensive road, but very rewarding, too.