Wayne State almost FULL scholarship, Med School, HELP!

MYOS1634
Tue, 10 Feb 2015 22:38:44 +0000

We need to know OP’s budget and costs at each university.
But just because WSU is cheaper doesn’t mean it’s a good choice.

I looked at stats because I wanted a good AL equivalent and Wayne State has the same basic stats as Jacksonville State (sorry for slaughtering the university’s name though…) Similar to Troy, too. So, admitted to 'Bama, UAH, and Troy (or Jacksonville)… if there’s a good financial offer at the first two, and a better offer at the last one, the cheapest isn’t necessarily the best choice for a high-stats applicant.
I agree that if there’s a financial issue (parents can’t/won’t pay EFC, for instance), then Wayne State will do. But the difference between even WSu’s top students and this applicant is too great for it to be a good academic fit, so if UMichican or Michigan State are affordable, they’d be a better choice.

If the student got into UMich and financial aid doesn’t work (ie., needs merit), I would imagine that s/he’d get decent merit from MSU. And if the student has a low EFC, UMich is rather good with financial aid for its state’s residents. So, in my opinion, both choices would be superior to WSU.

I know I’m not clear… I meant that more kids try to be premeds than end up making it through (Umich has 28,000 undergrads, WSU has 18,000, and the numbers of premeds who apply to Wayne State SOM, which should favor Wayne State undergrads, show that there’s a huge discrepancy, indicating students who didn’t get enough advisng or didn’t make it through for various reasons… ) - lots are attracted by the med school and don’t realize there’s a big gap between the two… and can’t even qualify to apply to their own med school (let alone others in Michigan). Wayne State is not a horrible school… just not the best one, if something else is affordable, for this particular student.