You don’t have to go to a prestigious university to go to school.
What I’m concerned about is the fact that you think there’s an endless amount of money that will fund you.
When you’re talking about loans, they base the loans on the collateral that your parents present to the loan institutions/banks. So if your mom is going to take out loans to go to medical school, and your parents think they’re going to take out loans, to provide for your schooling, at some point, the bank says “no”.
You can run out of options in loans. What happens if you start going to a university and you’re relying on loans, and then you find out that no bank is going to loan you any more money and you’re stuck 2 1/2 years into your college education and you can’t pay your bill?
What do you do then? Please get this starry-eyed version of prestigious universities out of your system; apply to some of them but understand that there are so many students that have fantastic stats and they’re all applying to the same schools.
Our eldest daughter got into many prestigious schools. We’re in California. She got into the UC’s but she chose the University of Buffalo, a SUNY school, because they offered her a full ride at the time, and they offered her the chance to attend medical school.
She ended up choosing engineering, got a great education and came back to California and is killing it here. Most people think that Buffalo isn’t in a great location and gets a lot of averse weather. You don’t have to live there the rest of your life. You go and you get a great education there and you get employed and do what you love.
Our other two went to phenomenal universities and we ended up paying a lot of money, but they became aware that the university is what you make it, and there are great professors and schools everywhere.
You’re seeing the name of the university and that’s gonna be a hindrance for you. Take the advice of the posters on this page and learn some information.