Word: meds
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...serious thing because the weaknesses of the med schools of today become the weakness of the medical profession of tomorrow," Berry added...
...three eminent deans-Aura E. Severinghaus, associate dean of Columbia University's faculty of medicine, William E. Cadbury Jr. of Haverford and Dean Emeritus Harry Carman of Columbia College-gave their answer: "No." As far as the liberal arts are concerned, says the report, the pre-med is shortchanged...
This piously enlightened attitude seems a bit hypocritical in view of actual medical school admission practices. Statistics gathered by University professors show admissions committees perennially admit a higher proportion of the science concentrators than those who, majoring in liberal arts, fulfill only minimum science requirements. The pre-med knows he stands less of a chance of gaining admission to medical school if he concentrates in history instead of, say, biochemistry. No matter what medical school catalogues say about taking only a minimum amount of science, present admissions policies make the undergraduate feel safer with each additional science course he takes...
Until the medical schools take their own advice seriously and act to stop over-specialization among pre-meds, they will continue to receive applications predominantly from science concentrators. Nor can they blame the pre-med, who narrow his sights and therefore his life-long interests, to win first prize in the rat race...
...recommended that the University assign some office the task of assembling similar statistics for all courses, to dispel the myth that a pre-med student must concentrate entirely on his studies, at the expense of other interests...