Hey guys, I’m deciding between the 6 colleges in the title for application ( I did NOT get into them yet obv). Below are my preferences so if you guys could help me choose 2 ish from these I’d be grateful.
-I’m going for Biomedical Engineering as a Pre med so the internship/research ops are important to me.
-Don’t like a city wide campus like NYU. Prefer a centralized or bounded area
-grade inflation would be great
-I’m Indian and although this isn’t too important, I’d like there to be a decent Indian presence. Not asking for something over the top, but just some cultural connection
-Prestige and recognition are not huge factors here, but between two very similar schools, I would take the name brand
-Good support for pre-meds with ops and advising
-Cost isn’t a big concern rn cause I live in CA and if I don’t get good aid here I can always to a cheaper UC.
Thanks in advance. I’ve been wasting so much time deciding on these so any help would be appreciated
EDIT: I also like to have a lively city/area nearby, but not right across the street. Like if the college was in NYC or in a secluded area wth nothing nearby, I wouldn’t like the 2 extremes. A campus like 15-30 mins away from a big city is the best balance for me
@Malluman Are you trying to arrive at a specific number of applications? Of the six, do you want to eliminate 2? 3: 5?
“Cost isn’t a big concern.” Have your parents set a budget? Do you know your EFC? Have you run the NPC for each of these universities? Will you be eligible for need-based aid? If not, how much merit would you need to make these schools affordable?
I don’t know all of these schools well but I do know that you would get very little merit/financial aid from UDub or CU Boulder. UDub has a 8K award for high stats OOS students.
Tufts is need-based aid only.
Case Western has a strong biomedical engineering program, a discrete and nicely located urban campus, and has generous merit awards (including a few very highly competitive full tuition by separate application; an award of 25-30K is more probably, depending on stats). I would keep Case on your list. Vanderbilt also has merit scholarships for high stats students of 1/2 to full tuition, again, very competitive.
I would start with the financials first. No sense applying and getting in if the money side isn’t feasible.
If you have not visited these schools, perhaps you can do so this Fall; that may help you decide where you will be more comfortable as a student, and help you in your decision-making process.