Heck yeah! My ex husband graduated with 250k in medical school debt and that was in 1996!
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Thank you! I will post updates as I receive them. It’s going to be an interesting year. The admissions officers have their work cut out for them. It is definitely sinking in how big the qualified applicant pool is.
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@MYOS1634 Agree with all your comments re: Barrett. I was just hoping for what seems to be a high-academic option that was still open for applications for OP since that seemed to be what they were seeking.
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Have you considered University of New Mexico? I think they are still taking applications for their scholarships…but I’m not sure.
With regard to getting to know your professors…I went to a college with 900 students my freshman year…and honestly didn’t develop relationships with any professors there. I can’t even remember any of their names.
I transferred to a large public university with in excess of 25,000 undergrads. I can name every single professor I had there. It was easy to develop relations by attending office hours and study sessions they had. Plus once you are taking courses in your major, that huge school “shrinks” to the size of your major department.
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You can be considered for the UNM Amigo Scholarship until April 1.
The Amigo will give you in-state tuition, plus $200/year stipend.
Full time tuition & fees at UNM is $8863.00/year (2 semesters).
But it’s too late to apply for the Regents (full ride). Application were due Dec 1 and all Regents have been awarded.
BTW, UNM’s med school is directly across the street from the main campus. Plenty of research, shadowing and volunteer opportunities for pre-med hopefuls.
UNM is a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and one of the largest supplier of Hispanic and Native American applicants for medical school.
UNM is also a relatively smaller state flagship U with only about 16,000 undergrads.
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Makes total sense. I never thought of it that way. I just always thought it would be so competitive to get research opportunities with so many students. Definitely something to consider.
I’m applying right now! Thanks! So glad I started this thread!
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UNM also has the Mind Research Network over near the hospital. Interesting work if you’re interested in neuroscience.
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On the other hand, being at a very small college and never meeting any professor is… a personal choice. At these colleges, advisers organize picnics for their advisees, there may be a “take your professor to lunch” program, you may be in classes with 15 others 
, your professor may notice you in a class and ask you to babysit/housesit/lead a review session, and you don’t have to wait till senior year for that.
Note that all colleges have office hours and you really should take advantage of that, whether you’re at a small or large college.
So, it’s really a personal choice!
It’s true that at large universities, if you are in the Honors College you’ll typically have smaller classes and depending on your major your number of large classes may greatly vary
(CS and engineering may have classes with hundreds of students till senior year, philosophy or French majors may get small seminars starting freshman year!)
Kudos on applying to UNM.
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I went to Binghamton 30 years ago and then Stony Brook medical school. Left with almost no debt and am now an allergist in private practice. The options that you have as premed are pretty amazing and to leave college and go into med school with no debt should be a very big consideration. Medicine is no longer a guaranteed high income career (especially psychiatry which is terribly reimbursed) and with the pandemic there are some who can’t find jobs. Binghamton and Genesco are schools that many are desperate to attend.
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Rhodes - deadline has passed but small liberal arts with a great med school acceptance rate - really what it’s known for - have a program with GW med school - also incredibly generous with merit. I don’t know if they would take a late applicant or not … but maybe
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Totally agree you should contact Rhodes. LAC with internship opportunities at St Jude Hospital in Memphis. The list of their med school acceptances the last two years is impressive.
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A safety is not a bad thing. My son went by choice to a safety. He loved every minute of his 3 years undergrad and is now still there in his first year of Vet school 18,000 undergrad. He knew all his professors, got summer jobs through alumni, did research. His pre-med gf did cancer research since her freshman year and has won several big rewards. You can find what you want at a big school or a small, safety or ivy. Save your money for med school!
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I’m biased, but ASU and Barrett are definitely worth considering. ASU offers generous merit scholarships – my guess based on your stats above is you qualify for the Presidential Scholarship of $15,500 (out of state student, renewable for 4 years). Check out the scholarship estimator (google “asu scholarship estimator”). I don’t know what award situation is at moment, but they’ll let you know almost immediately after admission decision.
Barrett application has Early Action, Regular, and Late I and Late II. Late I deadline is March 7; Late II April 4. Given your interest in Neuroscience/Cognitive, it may also be worth exploring the Mayo Clinic/ASU partnership.
Barrett is its own community on the Tempe campus, but certainly a part of the larger campus. It has its own dorms, dining hall (and arguably better/healthier food), and activities.
My son graduated from Barrett last year. He applied to some of the same schools you did. Ultimately he decided on ASU/Barrett because of the overall value. He worked hard, got a great job, and even recommended Barrett to his younger brother. When I asked if Barrett was worth it, he gave a definitive “yes”.
Also, travel is pretty easy. Approx. 15 minutes by light rail from ASU to Phoenix airport.
Good luck!
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UNM looks like a potentially really good fit for what you are interested in and an easy application! We have spent a lot of time there for sports stuff and have friends that work there is various capacities. Perhaps it is the just the folks I gravitate to but it actually feels more like a small northeastern college town type of vibe in and around the school. I suspect it is a mix of barely made it to college, only there to party kids and super smart too quirky for brainy U of A or ASU type folks. I vote for UNM as your safety. I assume strangers on CC get to pick your school right?
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Just want to say that you have a nice list of reaches, but should you end up with only Bing or Geneseo, you could do a heck of a lot worse.
I know a lot of happy students at both of those schools, including my son, who attends Bing and loves it. My D attended one of the schools on your “target” list and loved it. She was accepted to Geneseo and thought it was great when she visited. If your worst option is one of the SUNY or CUNY schools, you’re not in a bad position.
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That is a large underestimate. A more realistic lower estimate now is about $200k if you are in-state for a state with lower cost public medical schools and you get into one of them. However, if the OP is a New York resident, the realistic lower estimate is more like $280k, based on in-state New York public medical school costs.
But that is probably the best case – the more likely case is about $400k because you cannot count on your (probably only) admission to be to a lower cost in-state public medical school. Of course, by the time the OP gets to medical school (if the OP gets admitted), costs will be higher.
I am flabbergasted, how much is in state medical school now at SUNY? That is SHOCKING?