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<p>My dad currently is a professor at an average large state university, so I can get free tuition if I chose to go there. However, I really want to go to a good school. Should I go to my dad’s school, and try and transfer, or pay for a good school? Is there any chance of me getting a scholarship to a good school? Also, what’s a good school for me? I’m planning on going to med school, or majoring in something biology/chemistry related(btw, I’m a junior now.)</p>

<p>Stats:
PSAT:221(Math 80, CR 76, WR 65
SAT(expected)2200+</p>

<p>AP World :5</p>

<p>AP tests i’m planing on taking:
AP Chinese(I’m chinese)
AP English lit and AP english lang
AP US
AP Comp Sci
AP Bio
AP Calc
AP Macro
AP gov
AP chem
AP Psychology</p>

<p>ECs: volunteered for 200+ hours at a local nursing home
Marching and concert band(no great awards or anything)
Piano(again, no great awards)
NHS, Spanish Club, NTHS, and a few other average, low involvement clubs.
Active church participation(VBS, Music…)</p>

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<p>Assuming your GPA is in the A/A- range, you’ve got a decent chance at almost any school. “Good” reach schools for you could range from Cornell to Vassar to Rice–it all depends on what you’re looking for. Try looking at US News’s rankings. National Universities ranked 10~30 or Liberal Arts Colleges ranked 5~20 would all be good reaches for you, at least in terms of selectivity. And generally, these selective schools are very good with financial aid. It depends on your family finances, but you should only have to incur a minimal debt at any of these institutions.</p>

<p>You should also consider other factors though. A big state college will have a much more prevalent party scene and much lighter workload, whereas some place like, say, Northwestern will be much more academically demanding with less of social scene. </p>

<p>If you’re planning on transferring from a state school, you should be prepared to remain there all four years. Transferring from comparable universities is hard enough, much less from a state university to a selective private university. (Although, my brother was able to transfer from a CC to Cornell so I guess it’s not impossible).</p>

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<p>I recommend going to the free school for your undergraduate degree if you are planning on going on to medical school. There is no sense in going into more debt than you have to.</p>

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<p>I agree with pageturner. You need to save $ for med school. Go for free and get very good grades.</p>

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<p>Yea, medical school is really expensive. Go to the state school, spend junior year abroad, and have money for med school.</p>

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<p>Also try to get into an accelerated medical program if you can. Those are often cheaper and also offer a guaranteed med school acceptance.</p>