<p>I found out today, that the amount of kids taking the intro science classes at Emory is around 560 kids (Intro to Bio has 560 kids, intro to chem has 500 kids). That means that the amount of Pre-Health( pre-med, pre-dental, pre-pharmacy) is around 43 percent (our freshman class size is around 1299 kids). The vast majority of those kids, 90 percent of the 43 percent, are pre-med. That means the amount of pre-meds at Emory is around 39 percent. I think that percentage is far greater than the amount of pre-health kids at other top schools who are known for “Pre-Health schools” (ie JHU).</p>
<p>Wait until the drop outs start.</p>
<p>yea wunce that start its gonna be liek OMG CRAAAAAZY busniss rush LOL!!!</p>
<p>haha true^^</p>
<p>Anybody know why a lot of them drop out? I don’t think intelligence is the problem. Gets lazy? Lose interest?</p>
<p>Probably a bit of both.</p>
<p>I came into Emory wanting to be a premed/Chem major. But then after Chem 171 (Freshman Orgo), I figured I didn’t want to ruin my GPA/waste time/stress out over classes I didn’t like [Orgo, Physics, Math].</p>
<p>And I love Psych and Film too much.</p>
<p>I’m taking the route that if you do what you like to do, you’ll eventually be happy.</p>
<p>^If you ruin your GPA at emory (as in “ruin” not ruin) can you still get into med school? It’s not exactly an easy school.</p>
<p>It’s called the MCAT I suppose, and even with a very solid score there, you best have like a 3.5 or something.</p>
<p><you best=“” have=“” like=“” a=“” 3.5=“” or=“” something.=“”> Thank you. That’s like mostly straight B+s on your transcript right (with a few Bs or B- I guess)? </you></p>
<p>And screw MCAT. Everyone’s like “i’ll start studying freshman year” and don’t do it lol…</p>
<p>No, mostly A-s(3.7) and B+s(3.3), with some As to help if you got like a B or B-.</p>
<p><bernie> Thanks for clear up. Some high schools use B+ as 3.666 and I thought colleges do the same thing. Only adds to my ignorance for grading scale.</bernie></p>
<p>@ colleges 00701: 35-40% of Rice’s incoming class of 2013 also declared themselves pre-med. I think every single top school (except maybe CalTech, MIT, Brown, and Dartmouth) are full of incoming pre-med freshmen. I also visited Duke last April, and the prehealth advisors also gave similar numbers for their incoming class (stats were from class of 2012). Becoming a doctor today seems more popular to students because of shows like ER, House, and Gray’s Anatomy and also because the medical profession is quite resistant to the effects of a recession. I also don’t think that many people realize how many hours and stress this field creates; there was a survey by I think the AAMC or AMA of doctors, and 50% of the doctors stated that if they were to do it all over again, they wouldn’t be doctors.</p>
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<p>No wonder a bunch of people drop out of Pre-med, huh? A lot of them have to be parental pressures. A lot of parents make their children think that medicine is the only way to go. Complete BS.</p>
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<p>Yeah, I’ve heard that from one of my Asian (sorry to emphasize ethnicity, but sometimes it might play a factor in the expectations) friends, who basically asked me, “doesn’t your parents want a doctor or lawyer?” I said my dad really doesn’t care what I do as long as it is fullfilling. He responded saying, “my parents only want a doctor or lawyer.” It was actually kind of eye-opening. However, it isn’t mere racial lines of course. Many of the students at Emory that I know are pre-med have parents who are doctors, pharmacists, or scientific researchers. Makes me feel sad or annoyed sometimes that my parents are nothing comparable, and I’m a science major. Just seems like they can easily get work (like summer and stuff) within a field of choice because their parents can somewhat “hook them up” (nepotism to be blunt). Seems like I have to go over and beyond to be comparable to these kids. And of course they perform very well. I always wonder, “why can’t I be nearly perfect like these kids?” Hopefully I’ll find a way to get to that level. Working on it. I’ve met many not of an esteemed background who are quite successful in preparing themselves for some career in the sciences, so it certainly isn’t impossible.</p>
<p>Then again, I also notice this trend with the non-science majors, especially among those are pre-law (often parents are lawyers of some kind) and pre-bus. This is just a fact of life at a school with a pretty wealthy student body.</p>
<p>Yeah, I feel rather inferior too sometimes. (my dad is a mechanic and my mom is a guardian for old people)</p>
<p>But then again, I don’t have much expectation and pressure. Yes, my parents would prefer me to do something great, like being a doctor or pharmacist or scientific researcher. But that’s not what I want to do and they understand that. Hell, I may end up teaching elementary school just because that’s something I would enjoy more than anything else. </p>
<p>Money has no importance to me, just as long as I can afford life’s necessities like rent/food/car/internet :P. I really don’t spend money on anything else. I came here to Emory to learn just because I enjoy learning. I want to become more cultured. I want to learn from people from different backgrounds. That’s pretty much it. Call me simple, but I don’t care.</p>
<p>Pretty much my goals also. Only a sophomore and most have been met.</p>