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<p>Those designing rules and facilities often do so in a way that doing the right thing is the easiest thing. A simple example is a building frequented by lots of people with doors which close and lock automatically to avoid HVAC wastage and to keep thieves out. That works a lot better than trying to get everyone to remember to close and lock the door.</p>
<p>To Wiscongene,</p>
<p>I want to correct something you said about the MCAT. The math on the MCAT is nothing beyond what your average college matriculant knows. There is nothing beyond simple algebra. As someone else correctly pointed out, the reason that people in less memorization/more problem solving heavy fields do better is because that’s what the MCAT is. A tiny bit of memorization (especially compared to say, USMLE Step 1) and a lot of problem solving.</p>
<p>Technically there is no math portion on the MCAT at all.
Just some algebra, like ^Brown stated.</p>
<p>^I should clarify. The MCAT has a physics section. Engineers and physics majors take higher-level physics courses than the typical biology pre med and thus score higher. I digress…</p>
<p>Look, nobody who wants to be a doc is going to waste their time and money going through pre med and then drop out. People are going to work their a$$es off to get there. If you don’t want to be a doctor as bad as those kids, you’ll get left behind. The guys and gals who want to be doctors know what it takes to get there. They won’t jeopardize their own chances at med school by giving someone else a leg up. That’s the pre med mentality. </p>
<p>They love what they do enough that they aren’t going to let someone else take it from them.</p>
<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>
<p>What you guys fail to realize and understand is that there is a big difference between working hard and getting into med school on your own accord versus actively sabotaging someone else’s academics. </p>
<p>You don’t have to give someone else a leg up, but you also don’t need to be excessively conniving.</p>
<p>I would just like to point out the teamwork aspect of medicine as well. Good luck working as a team if you’re planning on actively trying to ruin someone else’s chances. Medicine is all about teamwork.</p>
<p>Or because misery loves company</p>
<p>@Thereisnosecret: Do you plan on getting married at all?</p>
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<p>Negative. </p>
<p>Getting married would put my safety and professional advancement in very real danger. </p>
<p>If we sleep in the same room, she could take me out while I am sleeping. </p>
<p>She could fake marriage trouble, divorce me, and try to ruin my public image or take my assets. </p>
<p>Whenever I go on dates and “get lucky” I insist that she leaves immediately if at my place, or I’ll leave if we end up at her place, if she is too wasted to go anywhere, she stays in the living room. My room is under lock and key 24/7 and I took the time to remove the window from the room and fill it with cement. </p>
<p>My desire for social companionship, for romance, and yes, even the desire for sex; has been superseded by my desire to become too big to fail. </p>
<p>I will prove that my will to power is the strongest. </p>
<p>In fact, when dating, I intentionally seek out the legal aged sisters of the competition/of other pre med students, so I can get an inside scoop on what they are doing, what moves they are making against me, etc. </p>
<p>That way I can get the drop on them and prevent them for surpassing me in power or prestige.</p>
<p>^lol you’re full of ****.</p>
<p>OP is having to much fun LOL</p>
<p>OP reeks of insecurity…</p>
<p>HAHAHAHAH, but you’ve gotta love reading the guy’s posts. ■■■■■ wish some of my friends were here to read this stuff.</p>
<p>^The last one was funny, but some others reek of manifest destiny and hints of social Darwinism. Some of his trolling just make me uneasy, lol.</p>