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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are her goals for after college?

I had the time of my life in college, but had small dreams, so I could let a few things slide and wasn't impacted too badly.  I ended up with a 3.5 GPA from one of the best public schools in the country and went on to a meh PhD program in economics.  Now I work for the gov't.  Totally happy.

The people I know who were miserable in college were the ones who wanted to go on to med school and felt that any slip-up would derail their lives.

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OP here - thank you.  Yep, she is on a med school track and anything below an A is unacceptable to her.  Does she just have 2.5 more years of misery to deal with?[/quote]

PP here. Well, 2.5 years, then med school. My cousin's hair fell out because he stressed so badly about grades he needed to get into med school.  He switched majors to psychology, got a full fellowship to grad school, and is now a professor at a Big Ten university. He has a happy little family and a full head of hair.

Sometimes it's not worth making yourself miserable, and sometimes the sacrifices pay off.  I think it wholly depends on the individual and his/her temperament.  [/quote]

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