You can definitely qualify for merit aid - if you apply to the right schools. You can go as low as $20K. You may or may not want an internship during school - you’ll be busy and internships don’t just happen. You have to find them.
You said North but I’ll put one South since you have UF, FSU, FAMU, UCF. I don’t think you need more - you’ll likely get into more.
But I’ll give you onoe other in state - Wilkes Honors Colleage at FAU - in Jupiter, very small.
And U of Alabama where you’d be $22K - and they have the McCullough Pre Med Cohort -which might give you more support.
Budget matters - because after undergrad, you have likely $400K more.
So here’s the question I have - do you qualify for need aid.
Have your parents fill this out - It’s a Net Price Calculator for CWRU - because if you don’t qualify for need aid, you’ll need to remove Brown, UVA, Harvard, JHU, and Rice - although the last two have a small chance of merit. Already, I’d remove UIUC and UT Austin.
Of course you can find better schools - because these aren’t in budget - and more importantly, where you go for med school - is unlikely.
UT Austin is not int he North…sub in U Minnesota - it’s urban too and will be under budget.
As for UIUC, you can sub in Ohio State, Michigan State, Purdue, etc.
UMASS btw - not urban. I think you’ll hit cost. U of SC might be better - urban - but that doesn’t promise internships, etc.
Of course, UIUC, Umass or U Texas are not medium sized - so there’s that - maybe none of them are worthy of being on your list - but smaller schools school be - Delaware, Miami Ohio, UVM - still public types but not enormous.
You might also be a candidate for College of Charleston’s Fellows program - a sub group in Honors - which comes with big merit. C of C is down the street from the Medical U of South Carolina - and many do research there - and Fellows gets you great opportunities.
Please have them run the NPC and come back to us. But you might reconsider your budget - unless you budgeted for med school too. Pre med is an intention - and your grades and MCAT, and other things will determine if you get in vs. - I want to go to a great pre med whatever that means. But if you like smaller, you might consider LACs - lots will get you at budget - Kalamazoo is urban, as an example. And will crush the budget. Rhodes in Memphis too - although not Northern per se. Mac may come in under $60K - in St. Paul…but these are small, not medium.
Good luck.
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