Berry Says Med Schools Are Now Easier to Enter

"Students have never had as good a chance to get into medical school as they do right now", said George P. Berry, Medical School Dean, last night at the Career Conference on Medical Sciences. He spoke before a capacity crowd in Dudley Hall.

Berry said that about one out of every two applicants to medical school is accepted. He also explained that the chances of a Harvard student's getting into Harvard Medical School are 3.44 times better than those of a student from another college.

"Tuition for the Harvard Medical School is $2300 per year, $500 above that of an average medical school in this country," Berry explained. "However, over one half of the students at Harvard are on some kind of scholarship." He mentioned that the opportunities for women in the medical field are increasing all the time.

Berry stressed the great importance which the recent advance in the scientific field have had on the practice of medicines.

Eric G. Ball, Chairman of the Division of Medical Sciences, spoke on "Basic Medical Sciences," and Greene S. FitzHugh, Medical School instructor, spoke on "The General Practitioner."

Leland C. McKittrick, Medical School professor, spoke on "Clinical Surgery." He emphasized the qualities which doctors ought to have--intellectual honesty, leadership ability, patience, and, most important, "good old-fashioned common sense."