Premed advisors and nay saying

[ucbalumnus]

@1Rubin

Looking at these statistics, its puzzling why undergrad institutions discourage and weed out their less than perfect pre med students. Every year we see social media posts of accepted students mentioning their premed advisor’s degrading predictions. Why is that so?

Because most pre-meds have close to a 0% chance of admission to any US medical school. Although it feels insulting, an advisor who tells a no-hope pre-med early can encourage the student to change to some other path instead of continuing the futility of pre-med. Applying to medical school takes a lot of effort, time, and money, so why waste all of that when it can be spent on developing more realistic career paths?