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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reading this with interest.  I have a sophomore at a top 10 school doing premed.  The academic requirements are really the least of it.  And she is a total workaholic with no social life so the commitment isn’t an issue.  She was lucky to get a funded research spot in a lab and is working 10-20 hours a week there in addition to her heavy premed load.  
We really have no idea how she is going to get the clinical hours.  She can’t get them at school.  What are the kids doing for that?

She’s talking about skipping a semester abroad because she’s stressed about the premed requirements but I feel like spending a semester in a different culture solidifying language skills would be really useful for a doctor!

I’m also a little irked at the person saying oh just spend your first two summers meeting those requirements.  How are 18 year old kids supposed to find these positions?  None of the kids I know that finished freshman year were able to find anything beyond camp cohnsellr, lifeguard, etc.

My kid would be a phenomenal doctor — so smart, really caring, great with people, curious, hard working, doesn’t care much about money.    But I feel like this whole process is designed to weed her out.  [b]She might just get a PhD and go work for a biotech or pharma company or something.  [/b][/quote]

I have a phd kid doing pharma research and another kid in residency. Phd kid doing pharma research could never be a doctor and the one in residency wouldn't have enjoyed doing pharma research. Kids eventually find their path. Very rarely you have a kid equally enjoying biotech/pharma research AND clinical MD. [/quote]

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