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<p>You are overly generous, but I’d also say that at top LACs, that number is probably not generous enough. Virtually everyone admitted to the top LACs has the academic ability to become an MD based on their test scores alone, the question is, do they have the interest, discipline, and desire?</p>
<p>A few years ago, I had to take Bio 101 at the local commuter college in order to get a teaching certificate (long story, bad idea, interesting experience). This is the course that all pre-meds need to take, and there were a lot of them in there. Giant lecture hall, probably 300 students at the beginning of the semester. I was probably the oldest student in there, by far. By the time of the final, half the class had dropped, and the grade distribution of the remaining students was a U-shaped curve, you either had and A or high B or you had a low D or an F. Very few in between. </p>
<p>Practically speaking, 75% of the class didn’t make it past the first pre-med class. I can only imagine what the rest of the pre-med classes did to the entering list of pre-meds.</p>