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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My neighbor has a blue collar background, was a b student, has mostly blue collar friends and he is a doctor. His patients love him and his practice is busy. Let your child find their own way.[/quote]

I have many doctor friends that were the same, 3.3-3.4, more Bs than As, and are docs now. Some blue collar/first gen, some uber rich kids of docs. The huge glaring difference is that 3.3-3.4 used to be AVERAGE gpa at colleges or even a little above avergae at some schools. Now Average gpa is 3.7 or higher at many schools. Only the most elite schools have below-median kids get into med school(and they have to have good mcats, ie 512+). They have to have more A than B these days, in the science/stem gpa. The student OP describes has mostly Bs. As a sophomore they likely already have 2 semesters chem, one semester orgo, 2 calculus and a bio or physics. And they are getting mostly B. That is not on track for med school unless one is at a super -elite school where below average kids get into med. [/quote]

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