<p>Your parents and you need to have a major Pow Wow on financial resources. One game plan would be if you agreed to go to the best bargain offer you got in medical school, which would include the Med school in the Alabama system. Price it out, keeping in mind that if you stay the course at Vanderbilt, it is possible tuition discounts might be offered. Another thing to consider is a request for a chat with the Medical advisor at Vanderbilt via Skype regarding range of costs of med school admissions from the class four years ahead. Every year in the Premed Dore for a Day meeting (I sat in four years ago) he talks to parents who have Georgia Honors and Alabama Honors and UVA admissions and other flagship honors admissions who are struggling with “Letting Go” of their son or daughter’s admission to much more expensive Vanderbilt. Consider posting on this board on the med school threads with your all too common question re State Honors Flagship vs expensive private when you have med school to fund ahead of you. It might be that there are experienced parents over there on the med school threads who would recommend Vandy for undergrad and flagship for med school. Make sure to look up say Vandy Med and Alabama Med and see how old you have to be before they quit docking your parents income in the equation via the FAFSA. Many med schools consider themselves to be a “family” obligation and you are not deemed independent till age 28 or so. congrats and best of luck</p>