<p>Hello internet! I’m trying to decide between the following schools:
-MIT with no financial aid
-University of Kentucky with a full ride (tuition, room and board, and $2000 stipend) and BS/MD program</p>
<p>Other possibilities include:
-Northeastern with a full tuition scholarship
-Caltech with no financial aid
-Brown with no financial aid
-Rensselaer with $17k/year scholarship and Physician-Scientist BS/MD program</p>
<p>I am planning on majoring in biology/biochemistry/molecular biology, potentially with a double major in sociology/public health. I want to be a physician and am interested in applying to MD/PhD programs.</p>
<p>Here is a calculator that might help you organize your thoughts: [FinAid</a> | Calculators | Advanced Award Letter Comparison Tool](<a href=“Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid”>Your Guide for College Financial Aid - Finaid) But honestly, that full ride at U of Kentucky would be hard to beat if it means you have no debt whatsoever going into Med School!</p>
<p>The question you need to answer is simple. Are you sure you want to be a Physician. Close to half of the students who enter college as premeds end up completing their studies in Medicine. The rest change majors. Now MIT is known for being VERY generous. If they have not given you any FA, it means your family is able to afford college. So, if you are almost certain that you will become a doctor, then I would say Kentucky is a great deal. But if you are not certain, I think Brown or MIT are a safer bet and will offer you better opportunities.</p>
<p>Average credentials of students admitted to BS/MD programs are typically higher than an average general freshman credential to MIT, Harvard and other top/ivy schools.
Cheers
(…For an average student, the school matters whereas for brilliant students, only the student matters…)</p>
<p>When you graduate from UKy and finish your internship, pass the board, what will you be? an MD…When you finish MIT, with the cost of $250K out of pocket, what will you be? A BS in Bio, and the med school ahead of you will cost you another $250K, assuming you got through and pass the board, what will you be? an MD… The differnece is $500K.</p>
<p>Suppose you start your own practice after that an MD is an MD, the name MIT will disappear from the face of your resume because the medical school you went is more prevalent and you don’t know which one if you go to MIT.</p>
<p>The answer is obvious.</p>
<p>My cousin when she graduated from Yale, she had choices, Harvard, full pay, NYU free full ride, she graduated from NYU and now is a respected dermatologist in the most exclusive area in suburbs near NYC.</p>
<p>It’s true, while passing on MIT is painful I’m sure, nothing can beat a full ride. After all it’s Grad school that really counts, especially for science. My friends older brother got accepted into JHU with decent aid but then got a full ride to Virginia Tech, the choice was clear.</p>
<p>UK. Even if you don’t end up going to med school, you’ll probably end up going to some grad school. And think about it this way, how much easier will it be to focus on grades when you don’t have to worry about paying for your undergraduate education? The money you save can be used to pay for non-medical grad school. Also, what percentage of people actually drop out of the UK MD program before making it to med school?</p>