I agree that it is now time for the US to move towards an educational schedule similar to other countries. It seems to me that most students have established what would have been typical of the 1st two years of college by the time they graduate from high school. Then they often piddle around for another couple of years before taking some serious classes. Then they have to repeat some of that when they go to grad school. Especially for women (biological clock) education takes too long and is too redundant. Some combined BS/MD and other programs are starting to acknowledge this. lets move it along! People in the US are often hitting their 30’s before practicing medicine or dentistry while those in other countries are in their early 20’s. Let’s move it along.