<p>You think this is bad?</p>
<p>I’m at Emory right now, but back in my home “region”, the Rio Grande Valley, the need for doctors is so pervasive that a BS/MD program has actually been set up with the local tier 4 university, UT-Pan American and Baylor School of Medicine. 15 students get instant acceptance to medical school provided they achieve mediocre GPAs and MCAT scores (think 3.4 GPA and 28 MCAT) at a rather mediocre university (the average SAT score for the student body entering is I think below 1000). The SAT average for the program’s acceptance is also a joke, something like a 12-- score.</p>
<p>Oh, by the way, they pay for your college and your med school tuition regardless of your family’s income. </p>
<p>It pains me to think of all the kids who get essentially an easy ride into medical school doing minimal work, while I work my ass off and take out student loans to get my pre-med education a top university. Perhaps I’m just bitter that I didn’t hear about the program until it was far too late to apply.</p>