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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Orgo has ALWAYS been a weed out class--from medical school and from chemistry as a major.  When I took it, [b]the average was a C.[/b]  
I don't know the specifics of this guy but it's hardly new for many people to fail organic chemistry.  [/quote]

A “C” is, by definition, average.[/quote]
would you go to just an "average" doctor?[/quote]

The "C"s from organic chemistry don't get into med school, so...[/quote]

But those NYU students wanted the professor get fired so that they can get a better grade to go to medical school, right?[/quote]

Probably so. It's the new entitlement that average students should be admitted to med school. That's why the Bell curve works. That's why there should be a lot of "C"s given, if necessary.[/quote]

Eh.  Organic (and physics for that matter) is a stupid requirement for pre med students in this day and age.  No practicing doctor is off mixing their own chemicals and developing drugs anymore—that’s big pharma’s domain.  [/quote]

The point is if they cannot get a good grade in organic chemistry, they will really struggle in medical school because the difficulty/amount of material of organic chemistry and physics mimic courses in medical school.  Additionally, doctors need to be at a certain intelligent level, although they do not need to be super smart.  Those NYU kids are not at that level. [/quote]

Oh, bullsh*t. Make all the foreign “trained” doctors take this organic chemistry class and see if any of them pass. They’d all fail it. American medical schools and the medical industry is a cartel PURPOSELY weeding out QUALIFIED and CAPABLE American students to force wages down and justify an annual deluge of foreign “trained” physicians.[/quote]

Many countries have organic chemistry as part of their medical degrees (even if they don’t require a bachelors degree prior to an MD).  This is because organic chemistry is essential to understand biochemistry and metabolism, which is typically part of the curriculum in medical school.[/quote]

If you think pre-med and medical school coursework in Third World countries is anywhere near as rigorous (and honest) as anything in American R1s I have a bridge to sell you.[/quote]

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