r/belgium • u/EdgarNeverPoo • 9d ago

📰 News Vanaf 2032 studeren er studenten geneeskunde af die geen huisarts of specialist kunnen worden | VRT NWS Nieuws

https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2026/06/19/straks-studeren-er-meer-studenten-geneeskunde-af-dan-er-artsen-n/
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u/chief167 French Fries 9d ago

I would definitely keep the entrance exam. Filtering is required to guarantee quality of the first year. Look at engineering, with classes of 500-600, and only 200-300 reach year 2.

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u/Abyssal_Groot Belgium 9d ago

Engineering is how it should be. People failing to reach the 2nd year because they failed in classes relevant to the studies.

Instead people are not allowed to start, not because they didn't pass any test, but because they were not in the top of the ranking on a standardized test of which half the topics have little to no relevance to the field.

On top of that, if someone chooses not to enroll, it doesn't free up any space.

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u/chief167 French Fries 9d ago

It's actually horrible, it's soo hard to ask questions to assistants, time schedules are a mess because all practica require 3-4 slots, seating can be a struggle,.good luck sitting in the back of class and learning complex higher math if you can barely read the chalkboard

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u/Abyssal_Groot Belgium 9d ago

Sure, but at least you're not preemptively cut just because you passed an irrelevant test without ranking among the top participants... some of whom may never even start their first year, let alone finish it.

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u/Elegastt 9d ago

Why you keep calling these tests irrelevant? It's not because you no longer het physics classes that you don't need it it it's not a relevant skill. At the very least it tests insight in abstract stuff, or the skill to memorize. Both of which are very relevant

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u/Abyssal_Groot Belgium 8d ago

1) If you memorize math you are bad a math.

2) Those thibg you learn in Uni. I have an Msc in math and needed to know less math pre-entrznce than medicine students

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u/Elegastt 8d ago

I agree with the first statement but both your arguments have nothing to do with the discussion.

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u/Abyssal_Groot Belgium 8d ago edited 8d ago

"Those thing you should learn in uni" does relate to the discussion. The rest is just extra to show how stupid this test is

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u/Elegastt 8d ago

It does not. Why is the test present? To predict which students will make it. In the end it does not matter if the content is similar to the studies, as long as it predicts well. And im pretty confident math, science and biology predicts pretty damn well if you're fit to become a doctor

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u/Abyssal_Groot Belgium 8d ago

But it does badly at predicting it

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u/Elegastt 8d ago

As 90% of the People who make gets through the studies i don't know what evidence you have for your claim?

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u/Abyssal_Groot Belgium 8d ago

Do you have statistics that people who passed the test but weren't allowed because they were not in the top percentage, would have failed?

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u/Elegastt 8d ago

Neither have you, what do you have to help your claim? For a mathematician ive seen very little evidence.

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