Average science major's GPA

bud123
Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:44:09 +0000

bluedog’s points are true. At Duke you have a class full of brianiacs and will work hard for a 3.3 GPA. The same kid can go to his public flagship (probably on a merit scholarship), skip classes, party 4 days a week, and graduate with a 3.9 GPA then prep for the MCAT and kill it. Kids from Duke however will be better prepared when they get to med school. After med school no one cares where you went to college.
Cost must be considered as well because med school will set you back $250,000. If a doctor has 250K debt from med school and 150K from Duke plus 4 years of intrest growth while in residency you are talking about 450K of loans and a job that pays 150K. The numbers don’t work anymore for doctors.