MA resident trying to decide between NorthEastern, BU and University of Florida. Plan to do premed and go to medical school. Boston has always been dream college location, but there is this little matter of cost.
BU gives $25K/year merit scholarship resulting in total net cost of over $200K for 4 years
Northeastern gives $35 K/year merit scholarship resulting in total net cost of over 150K for 4 years
UFlorida gives full ride NMF scholarship bringing the net cost to zero.
Parents willing to pay $125K total for both undergrad and grad. They will co-sign any loan I need to take on the top of it.
I know. It should be an easy decision to select University of Florida. What if I go to Florida, don’t like it and end up quitting premed and the dreams of becoming a doctor? Will the long term cost be even more than the money I save in education expense?
Any words of wisdom will be appreciated.
Why would you not take a NMF scholarship with option to EAP( early access program) to COM at UF ? It is a great public university. You can always apply to BU SOM via regular route. Make sure your UG GPA is >= 3.8 to have best chances via regular route MD.