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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - I haven't posted his grades and MCAT because I legit don't know them. He's pretty quiet/secretive about it all, and we've taken the approach with all of our kids once in college that they are grown adults and they know the GPAs they need whether the goal is med school, law school, Wall Street, or whatever else.

And since this is anon - I don't think he has what it takes, or else he'd be applying. I mean he went to a state flagship u (UNC)- so not exactly MIT here - and even then wasn't on dean's list every semester and deans list is only a 3.5. So there are definitely certain semesters below a 3.5. That can't bode well for med school. I mean it seems like people with way more perfect grades can barely get into one or two med schools.

As others have said, I'm not going to be the one to crush this dream. But if I'm being honest I really don't want him going to some bottom of the barrel med school because that's the only place he can get it, as I think it is then harder to get good residencies. But again his choice.

DH and I are leaving this at - we're not funding the gap year, but you're welcome to live here.[/quote]

At some point, you have to let him try & fail on his own terms. He’ll regret it if he stops trying because someone talked him out of it. Don’t be the one to tell him he won’t get in; let the schools do that.

And if he just finished junior year, the ship has sailed for him to do IB or management consulting anytime in the near future.[/quote]

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