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[quote=Anonymous]One of my childhood friends is now a doctor. She struggled quite a bit in middle school but got into a very competitive high school, then picked a very challenging major in college, aced the MCAT and was very successful as a med student and now as a doctor.

Years later, a conversation with her parents revealed that they were very dubious about her attending the competitive high school in the first place and were convinced that she would crash and burn - however, they kept their mouth shut and let her try. Same when she entered college with plans to go on to med school. They all laugh now about how little faith her parents had in her  but the truth is, her motivation and academic abilities really weren't apparent at that time. As she got older, she did what was required and as it turns out she was perfectly capable of being successful, but no one could have guessed back then.

Moral of the story, keep your mouth shut for a while and let her try it out - she may surprise you! And even if she doesn't make it to med school, chances are she'll have a good college degree and plenty of options to fall back on.[/quote]

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