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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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 - [b]we're not funding the gap year,[/b] but you're welcome to live here.[/quote]

I think that sounds harsh, but I don't think you mean how you said it. I think it's fair if you don't want to cover his rent given how close you are (only 20 min away?) but applying to med school is very expensive. Without full support from you, I don't see how he can cover costs of applying. My kid (bio major from a different state U) applied to 50 schools, and I paid $5000+ in app fees. I think you should have him move back home but support him 100% and let him try. [/quote]

Plenty of kids go to med school without rich parents. They only help my parents offered me after college (where I also took on loans) was the ability to sleep in my old bedroom for free. That was it. [/quote]

A lot of kids pay for med school using loans once they are there. Not many have money for application fees, prep course, purchasing tickets for interviews, hotels…etc. Easily adds up to many thousands of dollars. [/quote]

NYT wrote an article a few years back how it prevents kids from low income families from applying to med schools. [/quote]

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