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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not looking for snark, but I have one dc at UChicago and a high schooler who wants pre med. The high schooler is petrified to attend UChicago due to the "intimidating" super intellectual kids she's met through DC so far and the grade deflation. Otherwise school is a great fit. Is her fear valid? She said WashU woild be easier for pre med, but UChicago seems to do well with med school placement. We know ED UChicago and WashU is going to be make or break, so need to decide. She is capable and hardworking but older kid tested better and is more analytical, and near photographic memory, so she is worried she can't cut it. Sigh.[/quote]

Since your DC already knows the culture of UChicago, have her look at less intensive academic colleges. UChicago is not for everyone.  GPA is still the number one factor so even if they get their undergraduate degree at a T10 like UChicago,  a third tier private like Emory, or from a lesser public like VCU, you will still need a high GPA.  What a lot of people are missing is that the success of getting into medical school from T10 colleges is more a function of these students can perform really well on the MCAT rather than the name behind the school.  The vast majority of T10 students are going to have high SATs which correlates to a high MCAT score.[/quote]

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