<p>I can see myself either becoming a doctor or a businessman. At this point, I’m not entirely sure, but I’m leaning more towards the medical field. With the stats below, could you recommend me some universities I have a shot to get into - and would be beneficial, then could you recommend me some universities that would be financially cheap (full tuition or close to it) and would be moderately beneficial? Thanks!</p>
<p>You need a school that is inexpensive in order to minimize debt now. (Med school is expensive.) You also need a school at which you’ll have higher grades/scores than most other applicants, because you’ll need top grades for med school.</p>
<p>Look at your state schools. They work well for many people in your situation.</p>
<p>Are you looking for this year or next? If this year, you might be a bit late applying for some merit aid opportunities, so definitely work on it NOW, but also check dates.</p>
<p>Check out some LACs that offer merit aid where your stats are easily in the top 10% of students. You can get to med school from pretty much any undergrad as long as you work at it to get a high GPA and a decent MCAT score. Don’t feel you need to go to an expensive prestigious school. We had a student go to LaSalle last year with really nice merit aid. To find schools where you are in the merit aid range, try the college search feature on here and click the “want merit aid” box. (I forget how that is worded, but you should be able to find it.)</p>
<p>Is your EFC affordable? If so, you could also consider high need-based aid schools (like Franklin and Marshall or Syracuse).</p>
<p>If you’re applying for Fall 2013 admission, then you are starting to ask these questions rather late.</p>
<p>With those stats, with or without strong ECs, most schools will accept you.
There are only ~50 or so of them where your stats might not be enough. Those ~50 schools also tend to be the ones with the most generous need-based aid. However, with need-based aid, it’s your demonstrated need that matters (not your stats) at those schools. Use a Net Price Calculator at any schools of interest to see if the net cost, after aid, would be affordable for your family. </p>
<p>At most of the schools with the most generous need based aid, your chances of getting enough merit aid to bring your net costs below $20K are slim to zero. </p>
<p>A few state universities (like Alabama) offer generous merit scholarships for students with your stats, but now you need to find one where the deadlines haven’t passed. If you’re a polite, earnest, persuasive talker, maybe you could get Alabama to extend its deadline for you. [Out-of-State</a> Scholarships - Undergraduate Scholarships - The University of Alabama](<a href=“http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out_of_state.html]Out-of-State”>http://scholarships.ua.edu/types/out_of_state.html)</p>
<p>Otherwise, I recommend you look at public “directional” universities in your own state. Many such schools have in-state total costs well below $20K. You could save a lot of money by commuting.</p>
<p>Anyway, by far the most important factors in med school admissions seem to be your GPA and MCAT scores, not where you went to college.</p>
<p>As mentioned above, you’ve missed a LOT of deadlines. You might try applying to UA-Birmingham. Altho they have a Dec 1st deadline, they often extend that until they “run out of money”…at this point, they usually have not run out of money. You could get a large scholarship there. Very good for pre-med and good in business.</p>