Word: meds
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Several causes may be cited for these discouraging figures, but one reason may be the all-or-nothing character of the typical pre-med education. In other words, students who need to secure a career and earn money as quickly as possible may find it difficult to stake their hopes on the typical pre-med preparation which will present them only with long-shot admissions adds. Because less than half the pre-med students in the country are admitted to medical schools, it would make more sense for them to direct their efforts to a more secure and immediately rewarding...
Surely no one should seriously consider a lowering of admissions standards for medical schools. Only those who demonstrate that they are qualified to be physically should receive the necessary education. Still, there must be a better way to provide under-represented groups with pre-med training other than the traditionally high pressure, low success pre-med take course. Such a method must at the same time address that need for career security...
Emphasizing computer-aided learning and small group instruction instead of textbook-cramming and large lectures, the Med School's "New Pathway" will be taken by 25 of the 165 students in the next entering class. Educators hope the program will produce compassionate doctors capable of both providing better clinical care and grasping new--and, some charge, dehumanizing--medical technology...
...reading period, four pre-med roommates found their organic chemistry final approaching faster than they might ideally have wished. The day before the exam, they realized that their hopes for success on the test were dim at best. And their hopes of admission into medical school, which in turn, of course, had immeasurable influence on their hopes for fiscally rewarding adult lives were fading before their eyes. Calculating realistically, they determined that what they really needed was another solid 48 hours to study for the exam, which unfortunately was scheduled in approximately...
...sophomore standing biochem concentrator, currently trudging through Harvard's infamous introductory organic chemistry course, may end up in Med or Grad School...