I agree that Northwestern is outstanding at both the under-grad and med-school level. But there were two things that were against it.
First, D didn’t care for the school during the campus visit. We both thought the info session was just horrible–yes we get it that Julia Louis-Dreyfus attended NU, but we didn’t care for that or the 40 other names they kept dropping.
Second, as a full-pay family, NU BS/MD means 8-years of high college costs. We parents are willing to cover ~$270K whether for undergrad, graduate school, or a combination. In that situation, NU’s BS/MD would leave D with crippling loans. Contrast that to Rice/Baylor where an undergrad merit scholarship is possible, and med school is cheap. If she hits that lottery ticket, she could graduate from med school debt free.