<p>Two additions to some of the excellent comments by jablalf, jenmarie and somewhereinga. A friend’s financial package at Emory has been reduced each year to the point that they (he and his parents) are having a hard time paying for it now- so you can’t count on the finances staying the same anywhere. The second point, my sister was an honor graduate from Duke-she was flat out denied admission to Duke Med and had to work for two years before she got admitted to another school- so don’t think that Duke will be a direct ticket to medical school and chances are that your GPA will be quite a bit lower there.</p>