Reality

So in the past you could get by simply with hard work. One way or another someone would recognize it and give you credit for it even if you didn't do well on a test or project. High school teachers tried to scare us by telling us that college would be sooo different. It was and it wasn't. There was more wiggle room than they described and the spectrum of students from over achievers to slackers still existed. Medical school redefines it all. You have to work hard for you and only you. No one really cares how hard you work and all they might know about you is where you fall on the normalized curve of class scores. You can't just study to pass because well...there is guilt in that since everything is relevant now. The human body is amazing but it sure gives me a headache when it comes to test taking.