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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't know anything about law, but I know medicine. OP's statement is misleading.  If you go to a 3rd tier school because this is all you could do with a 1200 SAT, easy high school classes, and mediocre grades, you will not get into med school.  If you go to Univ of DE as a valedictorian with 1550 SAT because your parents didn't want to pay for Yale, although you got into Yale, then you have a high probability to be admitted.  Also do not look at the older generation for admissions. My FIL and my H are cardiologists and our DS1 is in med school.  DC1 had to work 3 times harder than his dad to get admitted.  My FIL waltzed into med school. [/quote]

I do not believe this true.  My child mentioned above who got into nine med schools from UDC didn't even graduate from high school.  Got a GED.[/quote]

You are trolling. GED admitted to 9 med schools? In the US? Nope. [/quote]

They wouldn’t even know! Nor would it matter. If anything, killing the mcats and having an excellent college gpa after a ged is more impressive.

Your high school info is not in your med school application. Also tons of homeschooled teens get a ged and there are plenty of former homeschool students in med school. [/quote]

PP here.  Med school applications ask nothing about high school. So, a GED is fine.

My child was not a hardworking homeschooler but a heavy socializer with indifferent grades. Didn't finish high school because of a prolonged illness. But as soon as they were able they took the GED over a summer, demanded to go to college immediately (UDC only option at that point), and put their all into getting into med school.  And against modern trends did all the volunteering, shadowing, and applying in time to attend med school directly after college.

This is why I love America; it is the land of second, third, and however many chances.

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