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by aianus 3724 days ago
Are you aware that medical schools are largely pass/fail with a 95%+ graduation rate? Makes it hard for me to have any confidence in the credential whatsoever.

In comparison, over 20% of my freshman CS class flunked out before 3rd year and there were still plenty of subpar students that made it to the finish line.

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Organic chemistry weeds out a lot of premeds before they even get to medical school. Also medical school is not the end of it. Lot of people fail out of residency. And residency is a lot more brutal. You don't get to keep making mistakes. And then the medical boards do take away lot of medical licenses for all kinds of stuff based on complaints by patients, pharmacists, others.