Pre-med at MIT compare to other top schools HYPS

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Also it seems you didn’t read the article fully:</p>

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“I’m sorry,” I replied, “But I just made up my mind this fall that I want to go to medical school. Are you saying that because I didn’t decide this during sophomore year that I can’t get an advisor?”
Most school allow pre-health, pre-med advising iff you enroll during freshmen or sophomore year. You cann’t blame the institute if you decide to do Medicine in your final year.

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<p>Uh, I read the article fully. I know full well what the article says. Did you read the article fully? The person in question did not decide to do medicine in the final year, as you have asserted, but rather in the junior year. </p>

<p>*“Are you a second semester sophomore?” she asked. “No, I’m a second semester junior.” *</p>

<p>[Woes</a> of a Premed - The Tech](<a href=“http://tech.mit.edu/V128/N9/sproehl.html]Woes”>http://tech.mit.edu/V128/N9/sproehl.html)</p>

<p>Come on, ParentofIvyHope, don’t accuse somebody else of not having read something carefully if you haven’t read it carefully yourself. </p>

<p>But to your direct point, even if you were right and MIT didn’t offer advising to seniors, why shouldn’t I blame MIT for that? Now, sure, it may well be true that ‘most’ schools only offer premed advising to only freshman and sophomores. But so what? MIT is not just any school. MIT is supposed to be one of the very best schools. Hence, it is supposed to be better than most other schools out there. If we were just talking about some low-ranked 4th tier school, then you don’t expect much. But if you’re one of the best schools out there, then you should be able to meet high expectations. </p>

<p>Put another way, just look at the situation from a relative standpoint. HYPS provide premed advising to everybody, including seniors. I’ve never heard anybody at those schools asking for premed advising and not getting it. So why can’t MIT do the same? After all, it’s not like MIT is hurting for money. MIT has one of the largest endowments in the world. Is it really that hard for MIT to hire some more advisors? Come on, really? MIT can do plenty of amazing things, but they can’t do that?? How much do advisors really cost?</p>

<p>That’s my point. We all know that MIT can do it. MIT just doesn’t want to do it. And that’s sad. MIT should be out to help its students accomplish whatever goals they choose, and when a school with the resources that MIT has can’t offer premed advising to everybody, frankly, that’s just ridiculous.</p>