It's interesting how the curriculum is set up in Germany. I think that in the states practical experience comes too late in the process. You can be book smart and excel in the classroom only to find out in year 3 that you are not at all suited to practicing medicine. Do you have any inclination at all as to what type of specialty you'd like to practice, or are you completely unsure?That's what I always tell to myself as well, but sometimes, when you see some intern next to the verge of a breakdown, you'll wonder if you made the right choice (or in my case "will make the right choice")
No doubt about it. There were times in 4th year med school that my wife looked like a zombie. She was barely sleeping and working way too hard and in between it all, she was supposed to be studying and preparing for board exams.