Have no idea ...

[pi]

Well I doubt any profession is perfect. People just say that because studying medicine is generally accepted to be much more strenuous compared to any other degree (except maybe law or actuary? - on par with those if not more strenuous).

[Chopper]

Hi,

Just as a heads up, I was considering the ANU pathway but maintaining the GPA it requires, while definitely not impossible will not leave you with much of a ....life.....at all.

In regards to what Paulsterio is saying, I agree that it is generally those who are "in" are the ones making those statements but my thought is that the amount of effort required to get you into med, well you'd want to be thinking that it was worth it beforehand regardless of your opinion afterwards. Just my 2 cents worth though.

Chop.

[D27RII]

Am I the only one who actually finds it a little amusing that those who say "medicine isn't perfect" and "you shouldn't go into medicine if you don't want to" all seem to be either current medical students or aspiring medical students?

It's almost as if we say it to convince ourselves that we want to do medicine for the "right" reasons. Food for thought?

Not quite sure what you are getting at Paul - but as Pi pointed out, I think this advice is not inherent to medicine but rather universal to everything -

1. No profession is perfect
2. No profession should be pursued unless you want to