<p>A couple of things that serious students sometimes forget to consider when they’re dismissing a large flagship because it has some “less-serious” students attending:</p>
<p>1) Those “less serious” students will likely be found in the “easier majors”. They won’t be found in your serious major…or at least they won’t be there for long. ;)</p>
<p>2) Many of these schools offer Honors Colleges which can create a “school within a school” atmosphere…especially if they have honors dorms and other honors facilities. </p>
<p>3) Once you’re really into your major, your dept becomes like your own mini-college. Your classes are often held in a couple of buildings. What’s going on across campus becomes almost unknown to you. </p>
<p>4) STEM classes at any good school are going to be a challenge. </p>
<p>5) Premed req’ts at any good school are going to be a challenge. Those are the weeder classes. They serve the purpose of weeding out all of those who really don’t have what it takes to move forward as premeds or as STEM students (since the classes are shared). </p>
<p>6) Students who graduate from their flagships (or other state schools) do get into ranked PhD programs, med school, law school, etc.</p>
<p>(By the way, alcoholic potheads don’t last long at UNC; they flunk out</p>
<p>lol…this is pretty much true at all good schools.</p>
<p>Med school is expensive. It sounds like your dad will pay the $15k or so that will be your remaining costs at UGA, GT, or any other school where you’d get free tuition. That means no undergrad debt. It may also mean that your dad will help you with med school costs. YOU DON’T WANT undergrad debt if you’re going to med school.</p>
<p>You have an ACT 34. If you don’t want GT or UGA, then apply to a school that will give you free tuition for those stats.</p>