There are some people who fail and leave or fail and re do a year or so. There are a handful of these people who were originally in my class and are now a class below, or have quit altogether. Here is the problem: some med students get into school by haveing subjective strengths in spite of weak test scores and grades. Everyone acts so surprise when these people struggle, but really it is no surprise at all. I think it is too bad, because there are more than enough people who are very strong academically who apply every year, but schools still take candidates who are underqualified in this respect. It sucks, because in my class there are about 5-6 spots that could have been occupied by someone who could easily carry the load, but instead they did not get accepted...also, the class below me now has these people in it automatically, which takes up even more spots for next year...Personally I think we need a better way to choose our future doctors. Right now, we are choosing them based on attributes that have little to do with how strong of a student they will be, and more importantly, they have little to do with how good of a physician they will become.