Bryn Mawr, Smith OR free education at U of Central Florida for pre-med?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I am currently a senior in high school and have been accepted to Bryn Mawr and Smith college. I did receive some financial aid and through the stride program at smith, it will cost around 25K a year. Bryn Mawr, on the other hand, will cost around 40 K.
I also received admission to the honors college at Univerisity of Central Florida (third tier)... I am a florida resident so through a scholarship, the education at any florida public school is free. there is also a 7 year medical program that guarantees admission into university of south florida medical if all the benchmarks are met through a program at UCF.
Is it better to be a pre-med at a more academically prestigious school such as bryn mawr or smith (and pay $) and then apply to medical school OR go to a state school like UCF (free) and to USF medical school? Does undergraduate make a difference? </p>

<p>I also applied to UF, UM, USF and got into all of them, but after visiting the Florida colleges, I decided that I liked UCF the best although it is third tier....orlando is nice. </p>

<p>Any advice? Just in case, class rank top 1%, SAT...kinda low heh...2080 out of 2400, 4.5 weighted GPA, 3.98 unweighted, all the extracurriculars etc... Thanks!</p>

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<p>There’s a lot still to consider.</p>

<p>–How do you, personally, like the three schools?
–What are your career goals? Do you think you’ll want to go to USF? (Being a new medical school, it has some difficulties. On the other hand, it is of course a fully-accredited, US-based MD program.)
–What does $25K/year, or for that matter, $40K/year mean to your family?</p>

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<p>correction: UCF (new), USF (established)</p>

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<p>My understanding is that USF was founded in 2001?</p>

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<p>USF (1971), FSU (2000), and UCF (2009, but according to them takes 3 years to get fully accredited)</p>

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<p>Ah, FSU was the one I meant then. Apologies. But the underlying theme – you need to decide whether you really want to go there – remains.</p>

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<p>I’m wondering the same thing!!! but at BMC vs. BU vs. HC :)</p>