<p>That truly is the question you have to ask. Hopefully your parents are truly able to pay for Dartmouth. If they can; it’s not going to be putting them into financial danger, then yes, it is a viable choice,and I would probably take it. Who knows if you’ll end up in medical school anyways? Most who go there borrow, and when you start applying OU is going to look awfully as an option even coming from Dartmouth. Friends of ours include a MD with a Dartmouth undergrad, who ended up with only one med school acceptance and it was to his home state school. He was more than happy to take it. Med school admissions is a whole other thing. You;ll be in good company with med school borrowers.</p>