Thanks everyone for the advice! I cannot thank enough and have shared all the advice here verbatim with my daughter - many a times kids believe more when advice comes from others 
We are almost positive of not going the ED route and will apply for Emory, Vanderbilt and few others to see how much she can get in Merit.
I am sure she will get a full ride at UTD and will be auto admit at UT Austin (top 6% are auto admitted in TX at UT Austin). I have promised to fund her Med school if I don’t have to pay an arm and a leg now and she seems to be happy so far
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