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[quote=Anonymous]150 HS grads say they plan to become doctors before they’ve taken any science class in college and before they’ve been exposed to all sorts of other disciplines and occupations.

Four years later more than half are probably still pursuing that goal (and a few may come back (or switch) to it a couple of years later).  No reason to believe UChicago are being driven out of pre-med.  Both my Harvard roommate and I switched from pre-professional aspirations (med school and law school respectively) and ended up in PhD programs instead.  Not because we couldn’t get into med/law school, but because once we got to college, we each discovered something we liked better.  Harvard didn’t advise us out of our HS plan — it broadened our horizons.  That’s what college is supposed to do.

Saw this a lot when I taught college, too.  Pre-med is what HS kids say to signal that they’re smart, to express their expectation of having a UMC job, and to keep adults (including their parents) off their backs.  Many quickly discover that they’re not interested in or up for the work it requires.  [/quote]

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