Pre-med survival -SAT link.. anyone?

mkm56
Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:46:11 +0000

I still would not kill the dream. Of course talk to him about how difficult these courses are, but he will find out on his own. I also am not too set on SAT predicting science aptitude–it is so heavily weighted toward verbal. My son didn’t do that great on SAT and so far (fingers crossed) is doing very well in premed curriculum at a school know for grade deflation (is working butt off though). The other consideration is the type of college he attends–some are easier than others and he may be able to maintain a very respectable gpa–then the crunch will be MCAT preparation (as mathmom said). Let him figure it out–you don’t want him to say/feel in a few years that he “could have”…but you talked him out of it.

I don’t know the stats, but I know the number of graduating high school seniors who say they want premed and the number who actually apply is vastly different. Some don’t have the grades, some find other interests, some decide that many years of school isn’t for them and many, many more reasons. There is absolutely no shame in trying a major or a “track” on for size and deciding against it—how else do they learn?

Be supportive and let him know the bottom line is you want him to discover in college what interests him. After his interests are more fully defined, he will know. (Of course, still waiting for my 22 year old to determine that :))