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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Niece is a junior at a top-20 SLAC on a pre-med track. She had a rough start and her GPA is 3.5 overall, biology major. Her father is a Harvard educated doctor and they always talk of her following in his footsteps. I don’t think her GPA is competitive and she may do better trying for a PA program. Anyone in similar situation? Is 3.5 too low for respectable MD programs?[/quote]

Let me guess. OP, you did not go to a school nearly as highly ranked as Harvard, and while you like and care for your niece, also a little bit of smug satisfaction, thinking that you, unlike her father or her counselors, will be the one to come up with the bright idea of how she can actually Have a better career. I think that because there is no reason to mention that her father went to Harvard, she has not asked for your assistance and seems to have a wide platform for advice and guidance through her family and School, and you seem to be entering the conversation with a relatively negative view of her options of what she won’t be able to accomplish and how you have this great idea that maybe she can settle. I wouldn’t think this way if she had been seeking your advice or looking for areas outside of the doctor track, which tons of people do. But if she’s smart enough to be doing well at college, and presumably as a decent brain to understand the world around her in the most basic form, she really doesn’t need her aunt telling her that it would be easier for her to become a PA. [/quote]

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