What really is Pre-Med?

mom2collegekids
Sat, 07 Feb 2015 22:32:01 +0000

^^
Yes…premed is an “intention” at most schools. The classes are the same ones that other STEM students are taking…bio, chem, Ochem, physics, calc, biochem, psych, etc. As you can see, those classes don’t “make” somebody anything.

[QUOTE=""]

Nearly everywhere, it's just a term. Some students think it makes them someone. Some students avoid it.

[/QUOTE]

lol…so true.

When you hear so many high school kids and college frosh saying that they’re “premed” or (worse) “going premed,” I want to tell them, “don’t announce that. In a couple of years, if you’re still premed, then fine, say so.” But with 75% of premeds never going to med school, it’s almost as bad as a high school JV football player announcing that he’s going to be in the NFL.