I'm quite confused with the whole degree business. Like, bachelors, masters, etc.

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Could someone help? So I've decided (for now) I want to pursue a career in psychiatry. So here's how I imagine it to be:
Elementary School -> Middle School -> High School -> College -> Med. School
right?
So that means I'll graduate high school with my IB Diploma; graduate college with a bachelors in psychology/psychiatry and then graduate Medical School with a doctors in psychology/psychiatry.
Is this correct? And do all colleges offer bachelors/doctorates in these fields? And how long approximately will all this take? Thanks for all your help!
 
Yes, that's about right. Your bachelors can be in any subject as long as you take the premed classes in bio, chem, physics, math, and English, but psychology is a good major if you want to be a psychiatrist (psychiatry is not a major). Pretty much every 4-year college and university offers these courses, so you can go anywhere. There are only 131 med schools in the US, so you'll have less of a choice there, but any should be fine for the basic medical education. After med school, you'd have a 5-year residency in psychiatry at a specialized school or institution where you can study it in more detail (and you'll get paid, but not a lot). THEN you can find a job.
 
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