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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd encourage her to talk to her academic advisor or other academic counseling resources. It doesn't sound like she's likely to be competitive for medical school, but sometimes things can change. Which science courses is she struggling in (physics? chemistry? biology?)? What's her major?[/quote]

OP here.
She was a neuroscience student and ended up with a D in her neuroscience course (which caused her to change her major to public health) and she ended up with a C+ in orgo 1.[/quote]

Is that it in terms of the c’s and d’s? If so, I wouldn’t discourage her. Her grades could trend upwards. Has she been doing any extracurriculars for medical school, eg, research, clinical internships, emt type stuff?  There are post bac. programs for kids with not so stellar grades she can do if med school is truly what she wants. [/quote]
OP here. That's the only C or D she's gotten. She's been doing neuroscience research for the past two years and starting public health research in the spring. She does a billion other disability advocacy projects for her field outside of all this and tells me that's what's going to get her into med school. [/quote]

This is all great stuff, OP! I would not discourage her. She can also apply to D.O. schools which generally require a lower gpa. If she really truly wants to do med school, she should stick with it.[/quote]

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