Bio Majors --> Grad school/Med school

[Corbett]

<p>For example, consider the following description of Princeton, as reported in [The</a> Scientist](<a href=“Funding Briefs | The Scientist Magazine®”>Funding Briefs | The Scientist Magazine®) in October 2000:</p>

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At a meeting right after Labor Day, Princeton University’s molecular biology department surveyed the plans of its recently graduated seniors, and professor Shirley M. Tilghman wasn’t happy with the results. Thirty-one out of 72 students awarded bachelor’s degrees last June were going to medical school, eight planned to do community-service work–and only three were heading directly for Ph.D. or M.D.-Ph.D. programs.
Recalling the meeting, Tilghman notes that the cohort of doctoral wanna-bes has never topped 10 percent of graduates. But she describes this year’s yield as the worst ever.

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