Safety/goal colleges with good pre med programs?

mom2collegekids
Mon, 16 Jan 2017 15:44:44 +0000

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What about costs?

Have you determined your Expected Family Contribution, and if so can your family cover the amount?

Your GPA and MCAT scores are likely to be the biggest factors in med school admission.

But then, once you’re admitted, you’ll face enormous costs with little or no prospect for aid (other than loans). So it’s in your interest to minimize college net costs (and debt).

Depending on your situation, the lowest net price for a college you like might result from need-based aid, from a merit scholar

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admission into med school stats,

hoping for tuition to be under 40k

Semi decent engineering

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Do you mean “total cost - tuition, room, board, books, etc” to be under $40k …so about the total cost of a UC?

Admission into med school stats don’t mean much to any one student. All applicants aren’t equal. If a school posts a 75% admit rate, the med school applicant with inadequate stats does NOT have a 75% chance. And, the applicant with top stats usually has a 85-90% chance (as long as his app list is sane and he doesn’t apply late)

The only serious issue for you is that Calif has too many premeds with very high stats so many of them either get rejected or must go OOS. So it may be helpful for you to create a tie with another state whose med schools will accept OOS students with a tie to the state.