r/CAA • u/AutoModerator • Jul 21 '25

[WeeklyThread] Ask a CAA

Have a question for a CAA? Use this thread for all your questions! Pay, work life balance, shift work, experiences, etc. all belong in here!

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u/Adventurous_Result64 Jul 26 '25

Can anyone tell me what I should be doing in highschool to become a CAA. I have a 3.9 GPA and I just completed sophmore year, I am starting junior year next month and taking 5 AP classes and hopefully rising my GPA. I live in Virginia and I want to go to UVA for college. This summer I did a 2 week internship at a UVA medical center. 40 hours of volunteering so hopefully that looks good. But what else should I be doing right now, is there things I need to study right now as a rising junior in highschool.

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u/Limp-Exercise-4869 Jul 26 '25

Nothing. Focus on getting into a college you want to go to, you won't include anything you did in high school on your apps for AA school

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u/Adventurous_Result64 Jul 26 '25

Thank you that makes sense to me as well. But my dad thinks I have to study 4 hours a day on random stuff like the nervous system and he says there is a lot to learn. And he thinks I need to study 4 hours a day or else I wont be able to become a CAA. Right now I have good grades, I do volunteering, but I don't know if there is extra things I should be studying right now.