<p>you know you can get a basic understanding of biochem and physiology from intro to biochem and intro to physiology? At Brown at least, it takes a lot more than those classes to major in a related field.</p>
<p>I think the current med students and parents of current med students have a better grasp on what it takes to be successful in medical school than you do. Can MS1 be a little less stressful if you’ve heard all the stuff before? Sure, but for the most part, my exams in undergrad focused much more on mechanisms and research than my med school exams which focus much more on identifying patient presentations, interpreting lab values, and choosing treatment options. By the end of MS1 there’s absolutely no difference between the people who majored in one thing vs. another. Hell, all my friends in the clinical years say most of the stuff from MS1/2 (and in particular the stuff that overlaps most with undergrad) is largely useless by MS3/4 anyway.</p>
<p>By medical school students have gone through multiple rounds of selection - the differences among them in terms of intelligence and knowledge is getting smaller and smaller. Work ethic and ability to handle/incorporate criticism will probably be a much better predictor of success at this point than anything else.</p>
<p>As I tell many younger students, the new bud light motto is really amazing and expands well beyond sports superstition “It’s only weird if it doesn’t work.” If your course of study is working for you, keep at it. If someone else’s course of study is working for them, let them be.</p>