re: Whats harder: engineering or Medical school?

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Biomedical Engineering

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My cousin is getting his PhD in this. It seems intense. I never had nay desire to do that.

That link just pissed me off. Who cares about the opinions of a bunch of queers saying "phaggy" the entire thread

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If a person is good at brute memorization med school will be easier for them.

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Then they will struggle with the conceptual classes like physiology. Renal physiology is kicking my arse right now fwiw.

There isn't anything easy about medical school.

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No way, Jose.

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I hear it often

I would say certain types of engineering are the hardest undergraduate degrees. There are plenty of tougher graduate degrees though, I'd imagine

Med schools have 99% graduation rate. It takes a whole lot of work I'm sure, but once you're in, you're out with the degree, guaranteed.

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Med schools have 99% graduation rate. But it takes a whole lot of work I'm sure.

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In the states yes, not in the Caribbean where I am. They really don't give a frick about you here. It's all on you. In the states, they care about their numbers, so they will help you out some sort of way. In the Caribbean, the only numbers they care about are the USMLE Step 1 pass rates. They will weed you out so they can have good pass rates by the time you're done here.

Med school is just memorization. Engineering is critical thinking. Anyone can do med school if they just have patience

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In the states yes, not in the Caribbean where I am. They really don't give a frick about you here. It's all on you. In the states, they care about their numbers, so they will help you out some sort of way. In the Caribbean, the only numbers they care about are the USMLE Step 1 pass rates. They will weed you out so they can have good pass rates by the time you're done here.

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Don't act as if the states care so much that they're going to pass everyone. Because they don't.

Every med school doesn't flaunt their pass/fail rate because it is usually high. They all compare step scores because that's where the selling point is - step scores determine residency. If you're passing step, 99% of the time you're going to pass med school.

My current class:
~200 started in my class, ~15 failed/dropped out the first year.

of the ~185 left, something like 15 failed year 2: fall and 5 of them will have to repeat while the other 10 have to retake the class in the summer.

Caribbean schools have a high entry rate because
1. easy money
2. gives everyone a shot (some people just fricked up during their early undergrad career)

My brother graduated from Ross, had above average step scores when the time came (229 on step1), but since he wanted to do optometry when he entered college, he coasted with B's and his final GPA was a 3.6 - that screwed him over.

My brother's friend went to Ross, had a 3.3 GPA and a 26 MCAT, failed her first semester, came back, and failed again. Now she's a PT.