For example, please consider the following conversation I had the other day:
Jane: "So, John what's your major at State University?"
John: "Biology"
Jane: "Oh! So, you want to be a doctor?" "Do you know what you want to specialize in yet?"
John: "Yes, podiatry"
Jane: "Wow! I hear they make a lot of money. That's feet...right?"
John: "Yes"
Jane: "Why feet?" *giggles flirtaciously*
John: "Why not? It's better than a lot of other things"
Jane: "I guess you do have a point. When you're making all that money, can you give me the hook up? I have flat feet...
LOL it actually is not a second string profession but everyone on here complains how ppl percieve it that way...for starters ,
secondly-GREAT italics it made it a lot easier to read
thirdly-were you john in that convo i take it?
fourth-you have on idea about my motives behind my personal decision to go to podiatry school instead of DO school with my ECs, MCAT, GPA and letters i could EASILY have gone to MANY DO programs, so where do you get off thinking i would even NEED to "resort" to the profession of podiatry that you perceive me thinking of as second rate for gods sake actually READ what i write and tyr, just try, to make a bit more of an edumacated inference with regards to me saying podiatry as "second string"...it was in teh context that lower stats=GENERAL PUBLIC feeling the profession is second string, for example( because i feel it necessary to include an example for you just in case its complicated) profession A is waaaaay harder to get into than profession B and thus profession A, therefore, is first string-HOWEVER if they had closer stats they would both just be considered "options"
me telling that kid not to apply with crap stats is what most ppl are thinking but few are saying, yes podiatry needs the money of people that will likely flunk out to use for advertising/bringing in more awareness to the profession, but most people would agree that ENCOURAGING ppl to apply with awful, downright awful, test scores will just result in purpetuating a generally poor application pool
note: poor app pool=too many crappy applicants applying with more qualified applicants thus bringing down the averages...
hopefully this clears things up-it probably didnt...lol, but we can hold out hope
and by the way...the only people that I care think I am "going places" are nobody but me and my family-i could care less if some dumb flat-footed girl wants to date me