Which is better for pre med University of South Carolina vs University of Maryland vs University of Texas A&M [all out of state]

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Schools known for good merit aid

Off the top of my head, he got all of this. All of these scholarships are purely merit based and renewable all 4 years.: Earlham College: $48,500 in renewable merit scholarships Lawrence University: $55,000 in renewable merit scholarships Ohio University Athens: $25,000 in renewable merit scholarships, plus partial housing voucher University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: $3000 in renewable merit scholarships Northern IL University: $9500 in renewable merit scholarships University of Dayton: $42,000 in renewable merit scholarships Iowa State University: $42,000 in renewable merit scholarships University of Alabama: $28,500 in renewable merit scholarships Mississippi State University: $25,000 in renewable merit scholarships University of Illinois Chicago: $9500 in renewable merit scholarships Ohio State University: no real scholarship, but did get the Out of State Tuition Waiver (was still gonna be too expensive) Bowling Green State University: $12,000 in renewable merit scho…

This^ thread focuses on merit aid. Scroll through it and take notes.

Wheaton Massachusetts (not Illinois) is known as a college that supports its premeds and has solid merit aid. Same for Juniata in PA or Hendrix in Arkansas. If you intend to get into med school, your stats should be competitive for these colleges.

In addition, there are lots of health-related professions: PA, Nurse, NP, Physical Therapist… What appeals to you among these and do you distinguish between these?

Generally, to be a successful premed/pre health student you need 1) to be in the top 20-25% applicants for that college 2) a college that is supportive rather than competitive.

As @thumper1 and @DadOfJerseyGirl said, for specific advice, go to the “chance me/match me” part of the website and fill out the form. You’ll get personalized advice with tiers of schools, etc.