What are the stats on people dropping out of medical school? Is there many dropouts in med school or do most that are accepted go on to become doctors?
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Better to ask this in the allopathic forum.
Previous threads indicated that the pass rate in medical school is near 100%.
Most schools try to help you pass. If you are doing badly they let you repeat courses and assign you tutors(etc.).
Once you're in, the school has a vested interest in keeping you in.
Previous threads indicated that the pass rate in medical school is near 100%.
Most schools try to help you pass. If you are doing badly they let you repeat courses and assign you tutors(etc.).
Once you're in, the school has a vested interest in keeping you in.
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yeah, I think attrition rate is less than 1%, maybe the MSAR says? That statistic is one I have heard thrown around, and I think medical school definitely try to keep you when you're in. Plus, after all the trouble of applying and getting in, most people there actually want to be there.
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Most people drop out (~1%) due to personal reasons: death in the family, illness, or they really werent that motivated in the first place. So if you get accepted to med school and you really want to be a doctor you most likely will schools do all they can to help you pass because it looks poorly on them if you fail. Sure beats the roughly 30-40% that never finishes their bachelors.
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Not to mention all the $$ the school loses if someone drops out.
