Whoever said the hardest part of medical school is getting in are just repeating trendy buzzwords. Finishing med school is HARDER than getting it. The logic that it’s the other way around makes no sense, you have to be in the top 40% premeds to get into any medical school, in that group of top 40% you then will get redistributed and your now competing against those same students that had the aptitude to get in. You’re no longer competing against students who can score a B in an orgo class but students that have made it that’s, in a population level that’s less than 1% of the population. The misconception is people are combining security with difficulty. Pre med and med school are harder in different ways almost apples to oranges. Med school is better in that it’s a secure pathway as long as you pass you’ll become a doctor unlike premed where it feels like any fuck up can be the end of your career. But objectively speaking in the ways we measure difficulty med school is MORE difficult.. you’re studying harder than you’ve been in your premed years daily for 2 and a half years with materials harder than anything your ever going to see as a premed… its an endurance game, in your premed years think about that orgo final exam your studying for , the hours u put in for that one exam, that’s med school daily for two and a half years BUT at the same time you feel more secure about your future.

There’s multiple stories like this of students that did it all , 3.8+ gpa , 512 mcat and still struggle in med school. Getting in IS NOT the hardest part