<p>7 year med program? Do you mean PLME? That’s an 8 year program, and it’s intensely competitive to get into. Assuming one will get into that program is not a good idea. Joining the Daily Herald, though, is a very good idea for journalism experience (although the majority of the CS department will no longer speak to the BDH because of what we perceive as horrid misrepresentation of our quotations).</p>