Pre-Med Gap Year(s)?

(A fun fact from last year’s class of medical graduates: the median number of languages spoken by med grads is 5.5.)

How is this possible??? Does this include international students who learn English as a 2nd language and live in multi-lingual areas? 5-6 languages seems like a stretch for the median applicant…

Also looked at the link: If only 30% of the class is bilingual, how is it that the median is 5.5? I think the statistic is saying that out of those 30% that are bilingual, 5.5 languages is the median(which is still insane).

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