<p>I hope percentage of students getting into medical school is not the only measurement of how smart students are. Getting into a med school is not end all be all. Getting 4.0 in subjects one excels is great, but to do that across the board is more difficult. D1 got killed in an art history course where most art history majors breezed through, but most of them probably couldn’t pass Calc I. The course was one of D1’s favorite, she talked about that course at her interviews, and enlightened us when we traveled. It’s one of the reasons why I am a big believer of liberal arts education. </p>
<p>Whether someone is going to do well in college or work is not how smart he/she is, it is how how hard someone is willing to work. Most people have about same range of IQ, very few are off the chart. If you are admitted to Cornell, you should be able to do the work.</p>