<p>Wiscongene,</p>
<p>The physics section on the exam isn’t even AP level physics. As an MD/PhD student and former Kaplan MCAT instructor I can assure you that the reason those kids do better has NOTHING to do with the actual material in their class and everything to do with how they’re learning to think.</p>
<p>FWIW, a lot of people do change their mind along the way and there are also plenty of people who don’t get into medical school (and even people who drop out during medical school or switch fields shortly after). I will acknowledge that Brown is one of the few schools where such behavior does not really exist. Most of the kids who act that way though don’t get in, and if they do, with most schools P/F now, they’ll be hated unless they change their ways fast. Even in the clinical years when there are striated grades, such behavior will not be tolerated as it only leads to poor patient care.</p>