Bama treats its NM scholars like royalty.
Your parents will only pay $60k if it’s on IVY plus type school?
USC offers half tuition to most NM Finalists. Would they pay the difference there?
I started as chemical engineering pre-med on a full ride NM scholarship like you. I ended up with a finance undergrad and no debt with no parental help. I paid for Ivy MBA thanks to some inheritance and working wife at that time.
Med school is all about grades and MCAT. Research helps on the margin and MCAT/undergrad seems to help for top med school admission.