[SoftballMominVA]

Depending on what your post-grad plans are, the choice of college can make or break you. We have a friend whose son went to Roanoke College in Virginia - a good school, but not at all on the level academically as the big name public schools here. He majored in bio on a pre-med track with about a 3.2 GPA and average MCATS. He has tried for 2 straight years to get into med school and cannot. He is told over and over that his academic resume is just too thin.

My own daughter has been warned that since she is not attending a top-tier university (and is also a pre-med major) that she will need a higher GPA and MCATS than someone from an ivy league university. The expectation is that someone from Harvard with the identical GPA and MCATS is more qualified and will be given the nod before her.

Forewarned is forearmed....she currently has a 3.975 GPA

[SoftballMominVA]

Correction......before I get freepmails about the ‘dangers of a pre-med major’ My daughter is on a pre-med track, majoring in bio-chem. A ‘pre-med’ major is generally considered a risky undertaking and not the best way to go.

Sorry for the lack of clarity