Not sure what that means. Are you talking about AP credit or something similar?
Someone earlier in the thread mentioned that choosing courses at swarthmore is tough and thus I was mentioning my stand on the same
Have you run the NPC for each school? I wouldnāt rely on financial aid information from a coach, no matter how well meaning.
OP: Limit your choices to Carleton College & to Grinnell because they are both offer excellent academics & financial aid. Medical school is expensive. Student debt can be a heavy burden.
Of course, if you want to pursue CS rather than pre-med studies, then you really need to consider whether or not Swarthmore is an affordable option for you.
So does Swarthmore which makes me skeptical about how much need based aid the OP will get from Carleton if Swarthmore is unwilling to give any. I think @Sue22ās suggestion of running the NPC for each school is excellent advice.
I donāt understand what you mean by NPC. But, I think Iām getting 40% of need bases financial aid from both carleton and grinnell (confirmed that with the financial aid department)
Swarthmore is a more academic rigorous than either of the colleges so the only question I have is will it be worth it to give the full fee to swarthmore. I think carletonās CS ranking is better than Swats.
NPC = Net Price Calculator
https://www.carleton.edu/admissions/apply/afford/aid-estimators/npc/
Thank you for sharing this with me .Iāve calculated my financial aid 
Why isnāt Vassar offering any financial aid? They are known for being generous with aid and I would have thought it would be comparable to Carletonās.
Vassar doesnāt offer financial aid yo international students I believe so
^Oh.
OP, what you are asking is a very subjective question. All I can say is, that for many Americans, the answer would be obvious: go with the more generous financial aid offer. Carleton and Swarthmore are not that different from each other.
If OP is set on pre-med, then the answer is quite easy since all offer strong academics; simply go with the most affordable option.
The international student aspect should have been mentioned in the initial post.
Also, the OP has to be careful about what competing tennis coaches are telling her. Vassar does offer financial aid to internationals: https://www.vassar.edu/admissions/financial-aid/faqs/#international
@circuitrider I do agree this is subjective. A very tough decision for me indeed. Sorry, I meant that Vassar is competitive for financial aid with internationals, my application might go down due to that. Therefore it is not advised.
@doschicos sorry I forgot to mention that
@publisher, I also would like a strong CS program as well. Just to have good job opportunities available. I would like to keep both pre med and CS options available
Definitely limit your choices to those schools which offer meaningful financial aid as medical school is very expensive.
Any further suggestions? commitment deadline coming soon? Canāt go wrong with this? Sorry Iām Nervous.
Oberlinās reputation may have fallen on CC, but it remains as strong as any of these other schools for medical school and grad school admission. That is what matters to the OP.
None of the colleges you named are need blind/ meet full need for internationals:
From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need-blind_admission):
āThere are currently only seven U.S. higher learning institutions that are need-blind and meet full demonstrated need for all applicants, including international students. These are:
Amherst College
Curtis Institute of Music
Harvard College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Minerva Schools at KGI
Princeton University
Yale Universityā
Vassar is famous for generous financial aid, so that should not be a minus for it relative to your other choices.