Medical School Placement Number Tricks

bernie2012
Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:35:43 +0000

I don’t like the idea that chem and bio at Emory not focusing on pre-med stuff is equivalent to creation of a poor environment, as if these classes should exclusively cater to pre-meds. And bio actually does specifically cater to pre-meds (perhaps a bit too much), and is probably tougher than most schools because of its heavy emphasis on molecular genetics. Don’t know if the same should be said for chemistry. But these courses are hard enough to challenge people, and I don’t think they should be geared toward pre-meds. They should encompass everything possible, or be completely neutral in terms of the type of student being targeted. If Emory only targets pre-meds, then it’ll never increase the number of students willing to pursue “non-professional” graduate studies. I hate the idea that science classes should be geared toward helping people with MCATS.

Emorydeac: that sounds like the do it yourself, Emory hands you nothing mentality I spoke of in another thread.