Which School for Pre-Med??

mikemac
Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:40:35 +0000

Besides, there’s no absolute guarantee that you’ll be pre-med at the end. Not saying you won’t, but there are plenty of kids who come in thinking about the prestige of being a doctor, and how much money they make and how they get to help people

Very true; just look at how many posts are from kids who are calling themselves premed. Some are right, of course; you’re not going to get into med school if you don’t take the prereq courses. But many fall by the wayside as they discover they don’t like the science courses, that medicine isn’t a good fit for them, or that there’s something else that really grabs them. I tell everyone who hasn’t done volunteer work in medicine to actually see if they like it to think of themselves as someone who’s interested in finding out more about medical careers, not at someone intending to become a doctor.