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Anybody else a pre-med at a small liberal arts college that is sick of feeling like they are in a bubble? I feel like I am the only person that wants to learn more than they are taught in their courses. I guess I'm just really sick of feeling like a big fish in a small pond when I know that there is so much more I need to learn before I become a physician.
My pre-med peers get so hung up on course work that they don't grasp the inefficiencies and inequalities of the current healthcare system. As such, they aren't even thinking about the possible ways that they could improve the system in the future. I spend more time reading and learning about engineering, technology, and economics and design than actual school work. (I don't neglect my required school work, I just get it done as quickly and efficiently as possible so I can do something else.) I realize that learning about the fundamentals of anatomy, physiology, chemistry, biochemistry, etc. is important. But if pre-meds stick to just these kinds of topics, we seriously miss out on learning ways that we can make innovations and impact patients in a holistic manner.
Maybe it is just the optimism bias at work on their part? All I know is, my school isn't prestigious nor very selective and the pre-meds that I have better grades and MCAT score than are comfortable resting on their laurels and assuming they know everything they need to be great doctors. Why are people so comfortable with mediocrity?
Anybody else in the same place? I now realize this was a huge rant.
I will be the first person to admit I am not brilliantNot everyone can be as brilliant and ambitious as you
and the pre-meds that I have better grades and MCAT score than are comfortable resting on their laurels and assuming they know everything they need to be great doctors. Why are people so comfortable with mediocrity?
All I know is, my school isn't prestigious nor very selective and the pre-meds that I have better grades and MCAT score than are comfortable resting on their laurels and assuming they know everything they need to be great doctors. Why are people so comfortable with mediocrity?
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FTFY. Dude sure had mean parents to name him "Johns."So why are you in this small liberal arts college and didn't get into WashU or Johns Hopkins?
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