inthesunshine
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I am currently in a gap year and will be applying to medical school next cycle. I am competitive for my state's top MD but friends that go there now said a lot of students failed out their first year. Apparently they admit a bunch of students who they expect to fail and they do which means they are made to repeat their first year. It sounds like about 25 students fail and they admit 186 each year.
My friends say they did ok and that the p/f grades make things easier but I'm worried. I'm not a great test taker. They don't know for sure that many failed out but they say the test proctors were talking about testing space next year because like 25 students were being made to repeat their first year.
Is this common for MD schools to use their first year to weed students out or make them re-do their first year?
My friends say they did ok and that the p/f grades make things easier but I'm worried. I'm not a great test taker. They don't know for sure that many failed out but they say the test proctors were talking about testing space next year because like 25 students were being made to repeat their first year.
Is this common for MD schools to use their first year to weed students out or make them re-do their first year?