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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Because he doesn’t have friends who are uber academic, he doesn’t get how much dedication it takes. He has the intellectual ability. He got overconfident after first year with all As. Then he signed up for tough courses second year but studied with his good ball friends. This semester GPA now 3.3. Not one A in a science course. No Cs though. [/quote]

Back up. What happened in high school?

And why are his "goo[f] ball"  and these extra hard classes that the strongest students aren't even taking?

And if he [b]is intentionally challenging himself with harder classes then necessary, then he is too intellectually curious for medical school.[/b]

Let him choose a path that motivates him and that rewards his interest and effort. [/quote]

Every doctor I know is intellectually curious. The med students who make it to med school are. I went to an ivy undergrad and those of us who got in, which was most, took the hard classes AND got mostly As. Premeds who aim for easy classes are not going to make it, usually.

By the way OP I agree school environment matters. Premeds are surrounded by gunners who study hours and hours a day to beat the means on orgo and physics, plus they volunteer EMT, and they do basic science research with professors. There are very few slackers at to schools and those drop out of premed goals pretty quickly. If yours really wants med, they need to dig in , turn the grades around, and then will have to do a science masters to prove they can get As[/quote]

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