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Another point of evidence: I understand that med schools simply do not care about those parts of their applicants education at all, basing admittance on a recalculated GPA excluding non STEM subjects and on MCAT results.

So, 2 years worth of classes, for up to 140.000 $ (plus 2 years’ reduction of earning potential, probably twice that sum if not more) , just to make med students/doctors appear more well rounded than they presumably were after high school? Who does it really benefit? It’s not like anyone is stopping these students from reading and enjoying Jane Austen on their own, after all.