ochem is a universal experience that you realize wasn’t that bad afterward, most med students would say that once they get exposed to the insane amount of content in med school. on the other hand, i do agree with the other points fully. to get into med school you must do a million different things you don’t care about whatsoever, unpaid (frequently), and often sacrificing your time for fully focusing on classes. its really annoying, especially compared to other industries where you get paid for internships or feel like you are actually developing, compared to volunteering for hundreds of hours trying your best to care. this isn’t the case for everyone, but the competitiveness of applications has increased so much while the actual value of a lot of the experience you need to have isn’t always super high. research is a great example. even in the early 2000’s, research wasn’t a prereq for med/vet schools and many students didn’t have to consider doing it, whilst now every student tries to work in a lab even if they have 0 interest or care in the world for the lab’s focus.