http://www.medaholic.com/2008/09/26/why-you-shouldnt-join-the-pre-med-club/ obsessed with all things medicine Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:44:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.medaholic.com/2008/09/26/why-you-shouldnt-join-the-pre-med-club/comment-page-1/#comment-37 James Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:25:23 +0000 http://opensourcemd.wordpress.com/?p=310#comment-37 Really your theory is based on the assumption that the PMC's job is to serve you when in actuality it is reversed. The spirit of the PMC is to have a bunch of pre-medical school students come together and discuss and relate their passions. It is the type of situation where you get out what you contribute. And the acceptance rate from a PMC to an institution? Medical school historically has a record of turing away 3 applicants for every accepted applicant. That is just following the rules of consistency. I won't address the first statement and I have already addressed the fifth. In terms of the second, where do the people get the notion about PMC=(easy acceptance into Med-School) *prior* to PMC joining. It is absurd! Plus, it is a fallacy to state what medical schools (and for that matter pre-med students in general) think and don't think without evidence. And you fourth statement goes back to your flawed reasoning about forknowing how medical school admission staff judge your app. so, all rules up to this point (excluding statement 1) have been addressed. now, i think your fourth statment is partially correct. as for being obnoxiouse, well that is a little extreme and relative. however, pre-med and med students have to be competitve in school. they are faced with one of the toughest challenges facing any student. their hiring rate at work and acceptance into med school, residency program, and other things are based extremely heavily upon their class rank, GPA, MCAT, and extracurricular involvment. Really your theory is based on the assumption that the PMC’s job is to serve you when in actuality it is reversed. The spirit of the PMC is to have a bunch of pre-medical school students come together and discuss and relate their passions. It is the type of situation where you get out what you contribute. And the acceptance rate from a PMC to an institution? Medical school historically has a record of turing away 3 applicants for every accepted applicant. That is just following the rules of consistency. I won’t address the first statement and I have already addressed the fifth. In terms of the second, where do the people get the notion about PMC=(easy acceptance into Med-School) *prior* to PMC joining. It is absurd! Plus, it is a fallacy to state what medical schools (and for that matter pre-med students in general) think and don’t think without evidence. And you fourth statement goes back to your flawed reasoning about forknowing how medical school admission staff judge your app. so, all rules up to this point (excluding statement 1) have been addressed. now, i think your fourth statment is partially correct. as for being obnoxiouse, well that is a little extreme and relative. however, pre-med and med students have to be competitve in school. they are faced with one of the toughest challenges facing any student. their hiring rate at work and acceptance into med school, residency program, and other things are based extremely heavily upon their class rank, GPA, MCAT, and extracurricular involvment.

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