Deciding between (USC+big merit scholarship) VS (???)

SoProudofMyChildren
Tue, 05 Apr 2016 02:35:30 +0000

Is anyone else that received one of the USC large Merit scholarships having trouble deciding where to attend?
We loved USC and feel very fortunate that my child received the Trustee Scholarship. Our issue is that my child also received a Stamps Scholarship with full cost of attendance at another school (also with great weather). Premed success into medical school from both schools are likely the same (bioengineering major) . The $80k difference (four year total), if not spent on USC, would then be made available for med school. Does anyone have a feeling whether an award like the Stamps Scholar would elevate status and connections for med school application & acceptance with other things equal (GPA, mcat, research etc) ? In our case, the other school isn’t as highly ranked but has so many similarities to USC.

What first world problems are others struggling with deciding against the USC+large merit award?