Bài toán khó khăn nhất của con người là bài toán xã hội (xem thêm - Thư của thầy giáo gửi nữ sinh viên - www.thanhnien.com.vn)

Giỏi toán như Gs Bảo Châu cũng rất cần, nhưng muốn vào đại học y khoa thì đâu chỉ có toán và lại càng không chỉ có toán-hóa-sinh > 22đ là nghiễm nhiên vào ĐHYK nào đó của VN. At least three years of college work and a baccalaureate degree are required prior to matriculation in medical school (Harvard medical school)

Vào Y khoa Harvard thì trước đó phải có ít nhất:

1.     Một năm sinh học (one year with laboratory experience. Courses should be devoted to genetics and cell biology and should emphasize human biology (signal transduction, basic pharmacologic principles, homeostasis and feedback, an introduction to hormone receptors, neuronal signaling, and immunology).

2.     Hai năm hóa học (two years with laboratory experience. Full year courses in general (or inorganic) and organic chemistry generally meet this requirement. A one semester course in organic chemistry which covers the relevant material supplemented by a semester course in biochemistry may substitute for the traditional year of organic chemistry).

3.     Một năm vật lý (a formal year-long course that covers these concepts will meet the physics requirement, other innovative approaches (including interdisciplinary courses taught together with biology and biologically relevant physical sciences)will be considered. In the area of physics, students should be well prepared in biologically relevant areas of mechanics, kinetics, thermodynamics, the properties of matter (quantum theory) and wave theory, electricity and magnetism, and optics. Advanced placement credits which enable a student to take an upper level course may be used to meet one semester of this requirement).

4.     Một năm toán (Some flexibility can be applied to meet this requirement as long as the courses are relevant to biology and medicine. For example, a semester course in calculus that covers derivatives and integration plus a semester course in statistics (preferably biostatistics) or a calculus-based physics course plus another science course that includes biostatistics. Preferably, students will have some combination that equals a unified two-semester course that covers important, biologically relevant concepts in calculus and statistics).

5.     Một năm kỹ năng viết:

a.     Writing logically and with clarity and style about important questions across disciplines.

b.    Articulating persuasively, both on paper and in oral presentations, focused, sophisticated, and credible thesis arguments.

c.     Appreciating the methodologies that particular disciplines apply for understanding and communicating results effectively.

d.    Approaching evidence with probity and intellectual independence.

e.     Using source material appropriately with scrupulous and rigorous attribution.

6.     Additional requirements for the HST Program