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[quote=Anonymous]I am one of the "weeded out" Duke undergrads who dropped pre-med.  Wow you guys are harsh!  Honestly, I struggled with depression in college and was unhappy at Duke and was even more miserable in pre med courses and did poorly.  I was so unaccustomed to flailing so miserably and it seemed like everyone around me seemed so brilliant and was happy and doing awesome (although that wasn't true!).  If I could do it all over again I would have majored in something less rigorous at Duke, tried to graduate in 3 years, and then taken my science courses at an easier school.  I think sometimes we have different capacities at different times in our lives.  For my own child, my advice would be that a job is a job and not who you are, no matter how prestigious or lucrative it is.  My family pushed me so hard and made everything so much worse.  Even now I think my family perceives me as a failure for going to such a prestigious college and failing to go to medical school.  That's hurtful to me, honestly.  I went to a top law school on scholarship and graduated with no debt and have a great job now.  Everything turned out really well, and yet I suppose I will always wonder what if...[/quote]

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