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"How college became a ruthless competition divorced from learning". Yes, it's the Atlantic, but it's a pretty good article. "Selective preschools" gives me genuine chills of horror... The article treats college as the new (aristocratic) marriage, which is naïve, but... It makes some good points. (archive.is)
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– Hugs 16 points 2 years ago +16 / -0

The title alone 100% perfectly encapsulates trying to get into medical school.

In Canada, the people who get to become doctors are not the most learned, selfless individuals who genuinely want to help others. The people who now get into medical school are the most ferociously competitive and manipulative, the ones who are willing to embellish their accomplishments and argue against every mark taken off every assignment and quiz, the ones who are willing to pretend they have learning disabilities so they get double the exam time of their peers. I was a science TA for years, and I got to see every flavour of sociopathic doctor-wannabe.

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– AlfredicEnglishRules 6 points 2 years ago +6 / -0

It gets worse at Ivy League unis. The students almost demand you give them better grades because they attend an ivy League school.

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– when_we_win_remember 3 points 2 years ago +3 / -0

I was a science TA for years, and I got to see every flavour of sociopathic doctor-wannabe.

Oh, so have I on the other end. Terrible people in that profession. Lawyers are somewhat better.

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– bamboozler1 [S] 2 points 2 years ago +2 / -0

It's the same in Australia, tbh...

I think it's the same across most of the West.

That's what med and law school have both become. Unfortunately...

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