Pre-med survival -SAT link.. anyone?

corranged
Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:53:15 +0000

I wouldn’t worry so much about the pre-med classes as I would worry about chances of getting into medical school, where a high college GPA is required. Honestly, a kid who works hard for a 3.1 in high school is probably going to have trouble getting in the high threes in college, which is what med schools look for. I’d say that concern falls to the student, though. You can encourage him to read about the pre-med program and about getting into medical school, but once he starts pre-med classes in college he will either find that it’s too much for him and find a different direction, or he will succeed and keep on heading down that road. There’s little harm with letting him try the classes and figure this out for himself. It’s not your job to protect him from experiencing failure. Let me assure you, he wouldn’t be the only student to opt out of pre-med after taking one of the courses.