Thank you so much! As for my budget, I’m very lucky that my parents are willing to split cost 50/50 with me (and cover fully for UPenn because it’s been my dream for so long) so I’d be okay paying 40-45K and them covering the other half. The public schools I have on my list (UNC and Mich) are there because they’re the top 2 dental schools so I assume they’d have amazing advice and connections for pre-dental students - if I got into them with a bit of aid, I’d rather go there than Rutgers.