The failure rate in all graduate education is low, because you’re only taking people who have already performed well for 4 years in undergrad.
For med school specifically, you’re only taking the top performers, then of those you’re filtering further based on MCAT scores.
If you’re that selective and you already have a 15-20% failure rate, I’m not sure that lowering the entry requirements is a great use of resources.
You don’t really want a 40% failure rate. That’s a lot of wasted time, effort, and money.
There are already many alternate career paths for medical practitioners who can’t make it into med school or just don’t want to spend as much time in training.
For med school specifically, you’re only taking the top performers, then of those you’re filtering further based on MCAT scores.
If you’re that selective and you already have a 15-20% failure rate, I’m not sure that lowering the entry requirements is a great use of resources.
You don’t really want a 40% failure rate. That’s a lot of wasted time, effort, and money.
There are already many alternate career paths for medical practitioners who can’t make it into med school or just don’t want to spend as much time in training.