I don’t know who you are directing that comment to, but I am a pragmatist. If someone genuinely wants a goal, then I will try to steer them away from paths that will likely derail them.
A student with less-than-strong stats who wants to be premed should not be attending a school like UTexas or TAMU. Gen Chem I and II and Bio I and II would likely kill this student the first year.
High school foundation in math and science courses is very important for a premed (or STEM major). Those without that foundation might want to spend sometime at a CC or an inexpensive local state school, taking their time, and getting that foundation and slowly taking the premed prereqs.