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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots and lots and lots of kids say they want to be doctors. Then they go to college. They have fun. And get a B in organic chemistry..and then they go to find a different career path.  If the path to being a doctor were easy (@nd inexpensive) there would be a million doctors. Geez. It’s not the “people around him.”[/quote]

ummm...a B in orgo chem means you made it[/quote]

Agree! A B in orgo is just fine for medical school! However OP kid appears to have Bs in almost all stem classes so far. That means med school is likely already off the table unless OP wants to gun for a postbac or better yet a masters in a hard science after undergrad and get all As and get published.  A 3.0-3.2 science GPA after 3 semesters in college makes med school highly improbable, even DO school. One or two Bs, in orgo or calc or chem, ie a 3.7-3.8 science GPA after 3 semesters is excellent and renders US-med school acceptance very possible. There is a wide gap between those students. [/quote]

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