2025 Pre Med or General College Advice ( 3.6 GPA, 1510 SAT) [<$50k preferred]

@ucbalumnus, @twogirls @WayOutWestMom @tsbna44 @parentologist appreciate your valuable suggestion and quick feedback on D29 profile.

I will take some time to review this information and discuss with my D29 about her career interests. if she wants to be 100% in in health care as doctor, or PA or Nurse etc, or be open to other career options.

With my two kids, I have to consistently pay 50k per year for next 10 to 12 years and at the same time taking care of emergency needs and travel budget
4-7 years for D29 and 4 years for D34. so, any college cost above 50k will go to kids’ student loan and they have to pay off themselves once they get the job.

I will also explore UF and UNC as options.
NYU is a costly option as it cost more than 100k per year

Below are some of the points I have summarized as part of my next steps.

  1. Recommendation letters from her fav teachers
  2. Focus on shortlisting Major subjects
  3. Explore teaching opportunities after BS or while doing BS as Teaching Assistant
  4. TFA is another opportunity to teach @twogirls can offer more advice
  5. Teaching is time consuming
    6.State colleges can be a good option for premed
  6. State college are best options for pre-med, so that you can save for MD
  7. AmeriCorps is a good option to teach after graduation, while working on your MCAT
  8. Bioinformatics can be good choice to blend mathematics, computers with biology
    10.ExploreHealthCareers.org is a good website to explore more about health care jobs
    11.SUNY Genesco is another choice for pre-med.
  9. LACs are another option
  10. https://mccolloughscholars.as.ua.edu/ is another choice
  11. UDel
  12. Shadowing other doctors

One open question, how do you calculate NPS with in-state vs out of state vs college ranking?

Once again, I appreciate @ucbalumnus, @twogirls @WayOutWestMom @tsbna44 @parentologist 's valuable inputs. This has provided me a different perspective on how to approach college admissions.