a school where you already have credit or a good expensive school?

College Search & Selection
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<p>I need help to decide where would i go. A school where I already have like 20 credits because of my AP scores or a really good<br>
school where I really want to go but too expensive and I don't know if I will succeed.. Please don't say wherever you are happy!</p>

<p>PS. I will major in Biology with Pre-Med program. We are talking $18,000 vs. $35,000</p>

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<p>Pre-meds should strongly consider costs in order to save money and avoid debt for expensive medical school. If you do not get into any medical school, be aware that biology graduates do not necessarily have the highest paid job prospects.</p>

<p>Note, however, that some medical schools do not accept AP credits for pre-med course requirements, although substitution of more advanced courses is typically allowed.</p>

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<p>If a school is “too expensive” then you shouldn’t go there.</p>

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<p>Is that $18,000 vs. $35,000 before loans?
What’s the 4-year graduation rate at each?
Did you get into the honors program at either/both?
If you are premed, biology may not be the safest route, since only half premed students get into even one med school and there’s a glut of biology majors right now.
Can we ask what the colleges are?</p>

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<p>MYOS1634…</p>

<p>Yes, before loans.
UW-La Crosses (40%) and Loyola University Chicago (50%)
six years UWlax (68%) while LUC (72%)
No, I didn’t get into any honor program but will join a lot of extracurricular/leadership/maybe research
If not biology, what do you suggest to take?</p>

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<p>Med schools only require you to take specific classes. Major in something in which you are interested and do well so your GPA is high. If you are concerned about going into another field, math and engineering are great fields for future employment but they are not easy to do well in.</p>

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<p>well… I like science and math (biology, psychology and calculating…)
Can you give a specific major?</p>

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<p>Among majors relatively easy to do alongside the pre-med requirements (from a scheduling point of view; everyone’s view of intellectual difficulty is different), statistics and applied math may have decent bachelor’s level career prospects compared to many other majors, although choice of electives can influence how prepared you will be for the types of jobs that statistics and applied math majors often find (finance and computers are common).</p>

<p>Be aware that junior/senior level math courses tend to be proof-oriented, although statistics and applied math majors tend to need fewer proof-oriented courses than pure math majors.</p>