<p>Hello everyone and thank you for your time to anwser my question.</p>
<p>My family’s income is around 280k with over 1 million dollars in real estate so no financial aid for me. I have a prepaid tuition at the University of Illinois and my dad saved up for room and board, books… etc. but I would prefer to save most of the money for medical school where my prepaid tuition for undergrad can cover my entire tuition for medical school at U of I. Could anyone reccommend me some schools that I may br able to get a full tuition scholarship with my stats? I don’t really have any preferances.</p>
<p>Profile;
Ethnicity; East Indian
Gender; Female
Location; Chicagoland<br>
School Type; Large public (over 4000 kids!)
Rank; 89th-80th Percentile
Prospective Major; Biological Sciences/History</p>
<p>UW GPA; 3.79
W GPA; 4.41 </p>
<p>ACT; 33
SAT II Biology; 800
SAT II Chemistry; 800
SAT II World History; 750 </p>
<p>CC Summer Classes;
AMERICAN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT (3 hours); A<br>
GENERAL BIOLOGY I (4 hours); A</p>
<p>APs;
Biology; 5
English Language & Composition; 5
Environmental Science; 5
Spanish Language; 4
U.S. History; 5
World History; 5 </p>
<p>Senior Schedule;
AP Calculus
AP Chemistry
AP English Literature & Composition
AP European History
Honors Physics
Strength & Conditioning
Women’s Chorus</p>
<p>Activities;
Concert Band (9th-11th)
Modern Dance (9th-12th)
Women’s Concert Chorus (10th-12th)
200 hours of community service
Paid hospital internship in Summer 2009 </p>
<p>You have no preference whatsoever? Look for a school where the 75th percentile ACC is less than 28. Apply to a few of those, and at least a few should give you very good scholarships. I don’t really recommend that you choose a school ONLY based on cost, especially since you can, you know, afford it.</p>
<p>My son had an ACT score of 33 and was awarded a Full Tuition Scholarship at Rose - Hulman and Rutgers. Did not end up going to either, but there are scholarships out there for Act Scores of 33.</p>
<p>I go to U of I and I’m familiar with the CollegeIllinois pre-paid tuition plan you speak of. For graduate school, the plan only covers an ‘average weighted undergraduate cost’ (something like that terminology), meaning the plan will only pay the costs of what is calculated to be the average tuition of an public undergraduate institution in Illinois. It will not cover the full tuition of medical school (as it should be, because med school is really expensive).</p>
<p>Your stats are a bit higher than the norm for the UIC GPPA program - have you considered that? You’ll get guaranteed acceptance to the University of Illinois medical school provided you keep a high GPA. You’ll probably also get merit aid.</p>
<p>You are already a lock for a full tuition scholarship at the University of Alabama and have a good chance to have room and board covered as well. My son is heading there in 6 days from the Chicago area - he can’t wait! The app is beyond easy, the dorms are amazing, and the sports are fun. Something to consider.</p>
<p>Thank you all for your responses and I will check them out! I don’t think I can get into UIC GPPA because my ECs and Classes don’t necessarily display my passions. </p>
<p>Check out Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. I think you might qualify for their Presidential Scholarship - which is four years of out of state tuition, a $1,500 technology allowance and $4,000 to study abroad during your junior year. The guidelines for qualifying for that are on their website. You also get some wonderful perks like being able to register for classes first, getting your first choice of dorms, etc.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t write off GPPA if that’s your real reason for turning it down. From what I’ve heard about the interview process from my sister, a lot of the interviewers are tired of the many pre-med ‘drones’ they meet who babble on about always wanting to be a doctor. Your record is pretty well-rounded, which is good, and the fact that you have hospital experience is a major plus.</p>