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Re:The darker side of being a doctor by bryanlarsen on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @09:46AM (#49816125)
If this was true competition for med school spots would be a lot lower. On the contrary it's getting harder: you now basically need a 4.0 to get in.

Some of the best and brightest definitely are getting discouraged, I too have similar personal anecdotes from my daughter's peers. But anecdote does not necessarily correspond to data. Competition for spots is the data.

> burn out and leave.

Here the data definitely supports your argument. Doctors are leaving the industry at far younger ages than they did in the past.

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Re:The darker side of being a doctor by camel_Snake on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @01:26PM (#49819548)
Med school applications have declined for 3 years in a row, though that rate itself is declining and could be a side effect of COVID

https://www.aamc.org/news/medical-school-enrollment-reaches-...

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Re:The darker side of being a doctor by rawgabbit on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @04:14PM (#49821862)
Thanks for the link. Am I reading the article correctly. There are about 24K medical school students and 50K medical school applicants so that means almost half of the applicants are accepted into medical school? That seems a bit high?
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