<p>My firend at U of Mich. med school said the majority of kids in his class are doctors kids. The med. profession has long been known for keeping a good thing for its own. My interviewer did not even do the courtesy of talking to my parents and they both came to my interview for seven year med. program. Makes me mad.</p>
<p>Don't you think that the opposite would be true? That you have an interest in medicine with no parental pressure or push and with no parental influence or interest?
I don't know how these things work, but to me, an applicant whose parents are not doctors would be more beneficial to the applicant. Just my opinion.</p>
<p>I think there is some bias at some schools. I had an interview March 2004 at Rochester REMS where the interviewer asked no less that 6 or 7 questions about whether or not there was anyone I was remotely genetically connected to that was a doctor. There isn't, my mom's a teacher, dad's an engineer. College grads with masters but not doctors. I then felt like she cut the interview off and didn't even allow me to ask questions. There were lots of parents at both REMS and PPSP, many maybe even most of them doctors. In the end I ended up at Case in the PPSP program which I really like. The case interviewers only asked once in each interview.</p>
<p>If the question is about combined programs being biased in favor of doctor's kids, I think the answer is clearly yes from my D's experience. Med school admission's themselves? I don't know. I would hope not as much as it seems the combined programs do. </p>
<p>I'm sure that the programs defend it on the basis of "familiarity with the medical profession".</p>
<p>my mom's a nonpracticing doc</p>
<p>How would they view that?</p>