<p>@Kei-o-lei - I meant that one cannot assume that a pre-professional student is solely defined by being pre-professional and has no other intellectual aspirations. Clearly, they can - I agree with everything drdom said. </p>
<p>My point is, there are students who aspire to both ideals and you can’t write them off. (My viewpoint is probably biased because I am one of those students and am probably vastly outnumbered, hopefully, however not by pre-profs at Chicago!)</p>
<p>Also, this may be random, but in the medical case, I know kids who just want to be doctors and could care less about undergraduate studies - they aimed solely for BA/MD or 6-year programs. While there definitely could be those who just want to go to a ‘good’ undergrad so they can go to a ‘good’ medical school, they probably aren’t coming to Chicago renowned as it is for “grade deflation”… On the law/business front, I have no clue.</p>