Pyramus
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ORIGINAL: DesFIP So if you were going to be treated by a doctor who would have failed med school had someone not given him the answers, that would be fine for you? Hmmm... how should I respond. I went to college. Pre med. I know what it's like. The way to get INTO med school is to do ANYTHING it takes to get in, if you're a guy (in the years I took it, affirmative action was in full force). Women could get in with a 3.7 or 3.8 average while men couldn't get close to an interview without a 4.0 average (at least for US med schools). Bio 101, Calc 101, Physics 101, etc. are no big deal - but the big weeding out class is Organic Chemistry your sophomore year. Trust me. Nobody on the planet understands organic chemistry. You either memorize a book of chemical equations that is, oh, about four inches thick (Morrison & Boyd), or you cheat. The ones who memorize lose. The ones who cheat win. THOSE are your doctors today. How do they cheat? Well, if they're in a frat, they have ALL the last 20 years' worth of exams. Many know enough to get the book answers so they can zip through their homework with 100% correct scores. The guy who doesn't cheat doesn't get through organic chemistry. But there's more. Then take Microbio class (Davis, Delbecco, Eisen, Ginsberg, & Wood). I'm sure I'm dating myself, but that book has to be six inches thick. It's all about bacteria. Again, like Organic, nobody really understands this stuff (I only realized that many years later). The guys (and gals) who are MD's today "may" be incredibly smart - but - more likely - they learned how to scam the system. If you've been through these classes - feel free to explain how you may beg to differ - but if you haven't been through it yourself, you actually have absolutely no clue what I'm talking about (and, you won't even believe anything I say because it's hard for you to believe).
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