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Old 05-10-2011, 05:30 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by ucsd_ucla_dad
Do you want your doctor to be one who went out of his/her way to go to the least challenging option so they could try to make it to med school or would you rather have one who took the more challenging path and succeeded?
Unfortunately, medical school admissions practices encourage pre-meds to take the least challenging course options, since they give no benefit for taking harder or more advanced courses over the introductory courses in the pre-med course list. The use of GPA without regard to one's major or school grade inflation also encourages this type of thinking.
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