#45 vs 180: Failing Pre-Med Then Choosing Pre-Law

Indians like, like, double like, triple like, mike and like, like, like being Pre-Med. Universities in the States know this and make Pre-Med the most difficult track to pursue in college, scheduling required classes like Gen. Chem. and Physics at 9:00 AM with lab sections till 8:30 PM on a Thursday night. As a result, a lot of Indians who begin college as Pre-Meds, without regard as to whether they have any inherent skills that would make them an asset to the medical community, end up dropping that Biology major for an Econ degree some time around the end of freshman year. That means no matter how much they liked medicine as a career path in the fall, come the spring Indians are all over Pre-Law like rice on cloves.

Simulated conversation from the spring of 2002:

Me: Hey, Jessminder. Wow you got dark(er). Didn't think that was possible.
Jessminder: Thanks.
Me: No, I'm not sure that was a compliment.
Jessminder: Cabo, baby!
Me: Right. How'd you end up doing in Chemistry?
Jessminder: C minus. Can you believe that? Oh well, I guess it's Pre-Law now!
Me: Are you sure you don't want to -
Jessminder: Raina! Is that top from French Connection!?
Me: Okay.

Apparently vocations and career paths are as interchangeable for Indian Americans as Swatch watch swatches and Asian roommates. How else can you explain the popularity of Law School as a Medical School alternative? Do the two as pursuits share anything beyond the requirement of a graduate program? Oh right, they're both better than consulting. Sorry, Deloitte. Ya burnt!