Is it really this hard?

mcat2
Thu, 03 May 2012 21:42:24 +0000

Also, they all began their practices (I have not kept up with all since graduation) in the usual practice locations and environments ie not an under served inner city environment or rural area in the black belt etc.

I once read from somewhere that it is very challenging to have a private practice in a rural/under-served area because of the economic environment there. I do not know whether this is true though.

I agree to some extent that being test-smart (esp. on a standardized test like SAT or MCAT) does not guaranteeed that this person will be a smart/competent doctor. It takes much more than a written test to measure how smart a person is.