A doctor tells medical students that only 2-3% of people who start pre-med actually become practicing physicians. He uses his own struggle with organic chemistry to show the curriculum is brutal, but argues that if you're still here, you're smart enough to make it through.
What I hear is, I'm just a dumb old doctor. Really? Dumb old doctor? You're like the smartest people on the planet, okay? You're brilliant. Less than, what, 2% or 3% of you make it through all the way to the end to be practicing medicine from those that started even pre-med or med school. I mean, the numbers are staggering. I couldn't make it through organic chemistry if you gave me the answers to the test and 3 weeks to answer them, okay?
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