<p>@hellorn, I’m NMF 2011, but I started college last year 2010. I received a full COA scholarship to the University of Maryland and was also admitted to some wonderful schools and programs (WashU, Duke, Vanderbilt, W&M, etc. ) but as good as these schools are, I could not justify the difference in cost (0 vs. 100,000 +?). As a pre-med student, all advice given to me was unanimous that the choice of undergraduate school just didn’t matter that much, but saving that much $ will matter. Many of those giving me this advice were doctors. I could not be happier with my choice.</p>