Do average hs students become doctors and vets?

ucbalumnus
Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:02:49 +0000

mini:

And a very large number of them would be very successful, wonderful doctors today if they had gone to second-tier state schools.



Not necessarily the ones who get grade below B+.

When UC StatFinder was up, it showed things like GPAs of transfer students in relation to their prior college GPA. Note that most transfer students to UCs came from community colleges, which are less academically selective than “second tier state schools” (since they are open admission). At the highest prior college GPA level (3.8-4.0), typical GPAs after transfer to UC were 3.4 to 3.7, depending on campus. While a small drop, that is significant for a pre-med. But at prior college GPA levels around 3.0 or below, there did not appear to be a difference in GPAs after transfer.