MCAT scores and advice

[GoldShadow]

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Got enough time to figure out which career is the most lucrative. Medicine looks good compared to business at a hour/Salary ratio.</p>

<p>Call me whatev but Im interested for the cash involved. If you dont think are doing Medicine for money, dont kid yourself

Okay. Thank you for opening my eyes, oh wise pre-pre-med.</p>

[davematthewsxvii]

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Okay. Thank you for opening my eyes, oh wise pre-pre-med.

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<p>Agreed. haha
CCer is low grade</p>

[Acceptd]

<p>i dont understand why people would go into medicine for the money. You’re seriously underestimating the cost of med school / low pay of residency/internship for what, 8 yearS? its not worth it if ur only looking to make money.</p>

[sunfish]

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i dont understand why people would go into medicine for the money. You’re seriously underestimating the cost of med school / low pay of residency/internship for what, 8 yearS? its not worth it if ur only looking to make money.

Ah, but you’ll be surprised by how much one can make up by consistently outearning others by 100K to 350K for 30 years.</p>

[bluedevilmike]

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… over a lifetime a plumber has a higher standard of living than a physician with a general practice because the doctor starts earning later, pays higher taxes and high malpractice insurance premiums.

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<p>Apparently not much.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/12/business/12money.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/12/business/12money.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[eadad]

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Ah, but you’ll be surprised by how much one can make up by consistently outearning others by 100K to 350K for 30 years.

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<p>With the heath care reform that is currently under consideration this is no longer a given. If you are in it for the money alone you might seriously think of another profession.</p>

[apumic]

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I guess that often times people are too shy or uncomfortable about posting their stats (GPA nad MCAT scores) on a public forum.</p>

<p>Hmmm…An interesting question here: Why are high schoolers “better” at publishing their “brag sheets,” especially immediately after they have just been admitted, wait-listed or rejected by colleges? The older we get, the more privacy we need? Or more humble we become? Any psycology major here can help decipher why is this?</p>

<p>Just think about it: If you have ever observed preschoolers, they seem to have very little problem about bragging about anything, including something like “my brother/parent/etc. is stronger than yours.”

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<p>I’d guess it’s a social issue. We all use presentation management skills to make others like it. As people gain experience interacting with others, they often realize that certain behaviors (such as bragging) are annoying to others. Oftentimes, those original behaviors become more subtle and adults will brag but in less obvious ways. They still want others to know they’re intelligent or whatever but don’t want to be disliked for bragging. Preschoolers lack that understanding developmentally. High school students may more easily fall prey to the belief of anonymity people tend to get about being online (i.e., “no one knows who I am, so I can behave however I want and there will never be negative consequences”). From what I can tell (and from the limited research I’ve done on the topic), quite a bit of social development occurs at the high school-college transition point (even more at the college-career transition).</p>

[hermanliu320]

<p>this thread is one of the more interesting threads I have seen on collegeconfidential in a long time…</p>