<p>"And Berkeley churn out a lot of uncompassionate doctors because there are too many people competing for too few things and the campus is half-asian and asian parents don't teach their kids to be nice, honest people; they teach them to get the grade at all costs. Thats why they cheat, that's why they're jerks, at least in greater proportion than the general population.</p>
<p>It's the truth, deal with it." </p>
<p>right... and that's why asians are considered to be the "model citizens" by sociologists?</p>
<p>and for all you potential pre-meds, listen to abcdefg. people study hard to get good grades, that's about it. in my experience there hasn't been any of the "cut-throat" behavior in all of my mcb classes. people are generally helpful or just mind their own business. people really do blow this pre-med competetiveness out of proportion...</p>
<p>I'm just saying its truer in general for asians than the general population, I hate it too as an asian person but so many of the asian people I meet have no manners, especially in med classes. Its anecdotal and doens't differentiate between nationality but take it with a grain of salt. </p>
<p>Also realize a lot of asians are at berkeley because it was the highest ranked school they could get into and they picked it for that reason alone.</p>
<p>And its a big part of berkeley since half the campus is asian.</p>
<p>There's always IB. Keep in mind that if you're pre-med, med schools don't care about your major; they care about your GPA, as long as you've fulfilled the requirements for applying to that school (and MCAT and all that other stuff). I've recently switched out of MCB to IB because I don't want to deal with the pressures of MCB.</p>
<p>""asian parents don't teach their kids to be nice, honest people; they teach them to get the grade at all costs. Thats why they cheat, that's why they're jerks, at least in greater proportion than the general population.""</p>
<p>Whoa that was a bit harsh. But I know what you mean Polite Antagonis; I've met some real jerks in lecture, and they have no manners at all.</p>