<p>Guys I need some advice. I am between these 2 choices for beginning undergrad this year as a pre-med. Ramapo College of New Jersey and Berea College in Kentucky are the only 2 places I can currently afford with either the scholarships and aid I will be getting.
Ramapo College: I will be taking BS in biochem. Because of the scholarship I am getting for tuition and room, the cost I have to handle is meal plans: 1100 per semester.
Berea: They hv BA Bio and Chem. Meeting full need from tuition, room, food, books with scholarships and grants.</p>
<p>So I am handling college on my own. Frm low income background. Can’t depend on family. I have 1470/2130 SAT and 3.85 GPA. Last year I got into schools like Case Western but because financial constrains, I took a gap year and saved 5000. So back to point, which college Ramapo or Berea will be better for me in pursuing medical school one day? I liked Ramapo but seeing my economic condition CCers advised me to think of Berea as well. Advice please!</p>
<p>If you liked Ramapo better, an extra $2200 a year (about $10,000 for all of college) is a very manageable debt load.</p>
<p>The question, however, is whether there’s a significant difference between Berea or Ramapo when it comes to prep and acceptance for med school. Does it matter that Berea doesn’t have a BS degree or biochem? </p>
<p>Remember, too, that at Ramapo, she’d have to pay for books (college texts typically about $100 a course, and may cost more for science courses), transportation, and personal expenses, which could mean that she’d need more than $10,000 in loans for college.</p>
<p>Berea also is covering tuition, room, board, laptop and books with grants. That means she’d have to pay personal expenses and transportation only.</p>
<p>And the student can count on nothing from her family, which has important implications for med school as well as college. </p>
<p>Skygirl: Are there gpa requirements for Ramapo or Berea’s scholarships? If so, that could be an important consideration because of the difficulty of premed curricula.</p>