Medicine from Georgia Tech

OldTimer1234
Sat, 01 Feb 2020 18:46:51 +0000

@WayOutWestMom and @“Amberlanya Herwana”

I apologize as there’s clearly been a misunderstanding about what I was attempting to express.

I ABSOLUTELY 100% AGREE with WayOutWestMom’s comment above!

I think the biggest factor in the misunderstanding is that, in my personal opinion, there is a huge difference between what is technically required to be accepted to medical school, and exploring IF one is cut out/desires to be a doctor prior to applying to medical school. Personally, I would not want my student’s first experience in a hospital to be in medical school. I want her to see people dying/the hours that the residents are putting in, etc. WAY BEFORE she is applying to medical school. I want her to talk to her lab P.I. about his struggles of balancing his medical research and clinic responsibilities versus his new baby at home. This is more about deciding IF the sacrifices and hard work that are required to become a doctor are something my daughter even wants to pursue well before it is too late to change paths in undergraduate school, than it is about medical school acceptance.

The original question is Duke versus GA Tech versus UGA for a pre-med program. I am not going to repeat myself, but my point is that there are pros and cons to these universities that should be noted/weighed before making a final decision. What I mention in the paragraph directly above is harder/less convenient to explore at Tech and UGA, and in my totally personal opinion those are drawbacks to those universities for undergraduate pre-med students. I also was honest about the drawbacks to Duke in my previous comments. I also talked about weighing experiences available on campus versus the finances needed to complete the schooling.

Ultimately, students gain entrance into medical schools from many different undergraduate programs and following many different paths to get there. The correct choice for an individual student is largely a personal and financial choice of what works best for her and what she values in an undergraduate experience. My opinion was ONLY meant to be just one perspective to think about before making a final choice.