I originally went into premed in college and struggled a lot, I had other family members who were premed & or doctors and didn't understand how I could be getting C's in biochem or physiology.
I finally gave up realizing there was no chance i was getting into medical school with bad GPA and switched to EE where I admittedly had to study a lot less and got much better grades. People underestimate just how difficult bio is and i think the high volume of information and importance of memorization is just training you for medical school where the volume of material you need to study is magnitudes more.
I don't envy anyone who went through it. When it came to physics, math, circuits, etc. you could really get away with just doing a couple practice problems and understanding the core concepts. The experience of going through two very different fields and being an utter failure in one made me believe that people's brains can just be wired differently.
Sounds like learning a new (human) language vs. learning a new math concept.
Every attempt I've made into learning a new language has been a failure. I've resigned myself that only through immersion will I ever learn a new language. I suppose there is no equivalent in the medical field. :-)
Funny enough my only bad grades in high school were with languages, I think your analogy is apt. I could understand bio and learn it but performing at the level needed to be a doctor was not going to happen. Although, I have no regrets very happy with where I ended up!
Doctors aren't actually that good at their jobs once you start recording patient outcomes. It probably makes no sense to continue the current method, but the AMA is the one that controls it, and making it hard makes the value of their labor more expensive.
I finally gave up realizing there was no chance i was getting into medical school with bad GPA and switched to EE where I admittedly had to study a lot less and got much better grades. People underestimate just how difficult bio is and i think the high volume of information and importance of memorization is just training you for medical school where the volume of material you need to study is magnitudes more.
I don't envy anyone who went through it. When it came to physics, math, circuits, etc. you could really get away with just doing a couple practice problems and understanding the core concepts. The experience of going through two very different fields and being an utter failure in one made me believe that people's brains can just be wired differently.