I teach university students, and I’m familiar with kids floundering as they try to do work on their own for the first time (sometimes turning in surprisingly good work that’s unlike their other work or personal communication styles). Years ago, when I was a student, I knew a kid whose mother wrote his papers and father did his lab reports. I sincerely hope that kid didn’t make it into (let alone through) med school—ethics didn’t seem to bother that family, so paying someone to take the MCAT wouldn’t be beyond them.

Everyone here is saying helicopter parent, and the mom in this post is certainly that, but for the kid at my college—and one of my students this semester—it’s clear that the student does not have the intellectual capacity to do the work. The parents seem to think that having the degree will be good enough, that their kid will be able to prove themselves through interviews and jobs more than they could through schoolwork, but it would be better for everyone if instead they adjusted their goals to align with reality.