Any one else finding the MCAT pointless and unjust?

[Corpus Callosum]

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They close the first thread, we'll open another one, why not,

 

[ChubbyChaser]

some of Yall are ridiculous, SDN is supposed to be a FRIENDLY place where ppl can go to discuss issues dealing with health related schools, and 90% of what goes on here is trash talking.

 

[hawk126]

No one made the comparison which medical schools were better, those are assertions you are creating by trying to put words in my mouth, I said getting in is more difficult, yes, and please do not argue and respond to that simply because you are not there. Secondly, if you are trying to say that my country does not produce excellent and competent doctors, that is pathetic and ludicrous. As for enjoying flying, yes I always do, and it will always be my primary career even if I went to medical school.
As for admissions, let me inform you that I was already admitted to a medical school's PhD program, the question remains is whether I will still feel like going through the MD program, I assure you Wayne State would LOVE to have one of their PhD students go for an MD in their school. It raises their ranking and numbers, and my patients, rest assured will be in a better shape than your patients,, judging from your attitude.

Interesting... What's the population of Iran? Approximately 65 million? If there are indeed 46 medical schools in Iran, that's one medical school per 1.4 million citizens. Given that there are 126 medical schools here and 300 million people, there is one medical school per 2.4 million citizens. I'd be curious to get a few additional details on the difficulty of admission in Iran v. here. Not trying to make a point, necessarily, but something doesn't compute.

 

[pingouin]

This thread is about whether the MCAT is pointless and unjust, not about the competitiveness of medical school admissions in other countries or anyone's particular chances at any particular school. Please keep it on-topic if you choose to post here.

I have seen many posts about members' frustrations with this thread, and yet they choose to post them in the thread, thereby perpetuating the very discussion with which they're annoyed. If you feel you must post in this thread, keep it on-topic and without insulting another member. If you feel you're being insulted by someone's post, please report it (use

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