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[quote=Anonymous]I think your son needs to take a serious look at things and decide if this is the right track for him. College Park is going to have the same "issues" as his current school: hypercompetitive environment, professors who aren't particularly interested in undergrad classes, and a complete lack of hand-holding. Medical school has zero hand-holding. And crazy hypercompetitive. I just not sure what your son, and you, are expecting. UDC sounds like glorified high school.

The Association of American Medical College's data shows that the mean GPA of matriculatants over the last 2 years is 3.72. Yes, that means some people get in with lower averages.  But that also means a 3.5 is quite a bit lower--and a student with "only" a 3.5 isn't going to be the one snagging those coveted research positions with profs or landing big-time internships to beef up their app and make up for a "below average" GPA.

Sounds like you want him to stay local....even for med school? Here are the average undergrad GPAs of students entering local med schools:
GWU, 3.72
Georgetown, 3.74
Howard 3.42 (an extreme outlier among US med schools)
Hopkins, 3.92
U MD, 3.82
Uniformed Services (armed forces med school), 3.71
Eastern VA, 3.72
VCU, 3.74
VA Tech, 3.61
UVA, 3.9
 
UDC typically has less than 50 students apply to medical school each year. Which sounds great--he'll get so much attention! But that also means UDC just doesn't have the same experience of getting students through the admission process, nor the connections with medical schools that a place like, say, Georgetown does. Georgetown not only has tons of applicants every year, but they are a known commodity and schools are well aware of how they grade undergrads.

There's so much you can do with a biochem degree that doesn't involve med school. My father did his PhD in biochem and became a noted forensic toxicologist. My friend did her MS in biochem and does really rewarding work for the ATF.[/quote]

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