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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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, [b]and then taken my science courses at an easier school. [/b] 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.  [b]My family pushed me so hard and made everything so much worse.[/b]  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]

So, you couldn't do premed courses because those courses are "harder" @ Duke? Maybe med school wasn't meant to be. [/quote]

Exactly. Med schools are going to notice if you do poorly in your science classes - which could very well have happened in the community college classes as well.  You can’t hide a lack of science aptitude on the intense MCAT’s either.
Why have regret? [/quote]

I knew more than a few students who realized they could not compete in science classes at Duke and took them at less rigorous schools.  I don't think anyone could tell you the level of competition and rigor at Duke vs. some random school are the same.  I am jealous of their savvy, not regretful.  I eventually realized I needed to make things work for ME, which is how I made some good choices and positioned myself much better than most of the posters on this board.  You have to learn from mistakes.

But I think it's silly to think our system rewards only aptitude- it rewards savvy and parents who can pay $$$$.  [/quote]

Yes, yes, PP, we’re all sure that the only reason you didn’t do well in premed courses is that they are *so* much harder at Duke. And that you are much, much more successful than the rest of us.

It’s good that you don’t have a chip on your shoulder about med school, though. [/quote]

Pot meet kettle?

You guys, your state schools were awesome.  I’m sure you will go far.[/quote]
Well, I’m a doctor, and my kid’s in medical school. And you’re...not. So there’s that.[/quote]

Deeply impressed. But, move along. Not interested in the slinging mud back and forth, esp. from a doctor who should know better.[/quote]

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