<p>Boulder is a fun college town. Have friends whose kids graduated from CU. CU is fine a school. You should be able to get all your pre-med coursework there. Since med school is expensive and COA at CU SOM even instate is high (tuition & fees ~$40k/year), you should attend an undergrad where you can minimize your debt.</p>
<p>Residency for CU requires a full 12 months of CO permanent residency. If you start as freshman you’ll need to petition the registrar for change in residency status once your parent has lived there for a year. If costs are an issue (and CU is lousy with OOS FA), then starting a CO CC might e a better option for you. OOS tuition fees are higher, but not as high as CU’s. Red Rocks CC (in JeffCo) has an especially good reputation in the sciences.</p>
<p>BTW, CU’s med school isn’t in Boulder–it’s in Aurora, east of Denver so there isn’t a lot of cross-over between CU-main campus and the Health Sciences campus. </p>
<p>One suggestion if you do decide to attend college in CO-- start doing some clinical volunteering as soon as you relocate to CO. CU SOM had (at least until this spring) a minimum of 400 hours of clinical experience as a requirement for admission. CU SOM has a new dean this year and that “requirement” no longer appears on the school website, but from what I’ve heard, the expectation for a large amount of clinical volunteering in applicants remains.</p>
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