Does pass/fail look bad for med school?

It's not "that bad." If you're trying to game University before you get into it, you're missing the point of going. You go to university to push yourself to discover ideas and limits you haven't yet discovered about yourself, not to get a grade.By compromising the challenges you take in life, you're setting yourself up for a compromised life. So you go to a crummy university, then get "great" grades. What's your next move, go to a good med school and flunk out? or do you go to a crummy med school too, live your life out as a mediocre doctor that...doesn't do anything of note because they skimmed their way under the hard working ones? Stephen Punwasi , CTO at Perchbox Source: Quora Digest

In the US? No, probably not.Admission to medical school is very competitive and you need to show that you’ve been an excellent student. A 2.5 GPA is OK-ish but not excellent. James Lacey , Professor who became an e-learning specialist Source: Quora Digest

For me medical school was much harder than residency. The book learning was tedious. When I started clinical rotations in 3rd year, I felt like a fish out of water. Residency was physically hard and emotionally challenging. But like all residents, I found myself on the very steep part of the learning curve during the 1st and 2nd years and it was exhilarating to become really good at something that I wanted to do. I made lifelong friends and everything I did during residency (and later fellowship) became the keystone for becoming the doctor that I became. I did my residency during the era before hour restrictions. I had fun and tremendous satisfaction and I would do it again. David Chan , MD from UCLA, Stanford Oncology Fellowship Source: Quora Digest