<p>So I’d sit down with d. and say, "Dear, we have the money to send you to Emory. However, you also think you want to be a doctor. We applaud you for that, and hope your dream will come true. However, you should know that by the time you start going to med school, it is likely to cost close to $300,000. If you choose Emory, we won’t have the funds to help you with that. So it will all be loans. It you take them, it will impact what kind of medicine you can practice, and you will likely be in the hole for a very long time. Doctors do it, of course (though the cost of med school keeps rising), but we have also seen doctors struggling to pay their bills. And there are almost no scholarships for med school. </p>
<p>We also know that many students begin thinking they will be doctors, but don’t end up going that route. However, if you feel pretty sure, you should take what we’ve just told you seriously.</p>
<p>And we’ll support you and love you in whatever choice you make."</p>
<p>(Of course, you only say the above if it’s true. ;))</p>
<p>I don’t think students can do well in the college they don’t want go to. There is no dream for them.
I do have a friend went to a college offered her merit $$$ and gave up her dream school, but her parents promised they will help her some $$$ for Med. school.</p>
<p>Just in case, i hate saying it, If OP’s D lost merit scholarship in next 4 years, parents will be end up at full pay to NEU.
I mean it would be better family sit down to talk about the budget, and let kid make the final decision, no regret.</p>
<p>1/4 discount might not be worth it.
NEU has excellent co-op programs, it helps students finding jobs after graduation. Emory has much better liberal art education and has its own medical school, it will do much better job for medical school preparation. These are two different type of schools.</p>
<p>It depends on student too, does she has a STRONG WILL to be a doctor? if yes, she might be successful in either school. Some people started from 2-year community college and became medical doctors later.</p>
<p>Decision’s official. She’s going to NE with the understanding if she doesn’t like it, she can transfer. Hmmm. Is there wisdom in this compromise? How easy is it to get into Emory as a transfer student (assuming that is what it may come to)?</p>
<p>@momo809: Hopefully you will post a year or so from now with an update. </p>
<p>Tell her parents that when they are at orientation this summer, to take her on a walk through the Harvard Medical Area on Longwood, a short walk from Northeastern. Boston is an amazing center for medical research.</p>
<p>Tom, thanks. That’s an excellent idea, especially since she wants to get into medical research.
Will definitely revive this thread a year from now and let you know how it turned out.</p>
<p>Several first time co ops are in research . I think she will love it there. I’m glad mine didn’t base her decision on where her friends were going. What an opportunity to spread her wings</p>
<p>askq–if the OP’s DD lost the merit scholarship after the first year her chances of getting into medical school are pretty close to zero so it wouldn’t matter then if they had to pay for UG.</p>
<p>mom0809–congrats on the decision. Probably a very good chance she won’t want to transfer once she gets there and settles in and meets kids-we know that, but she doesn’t :D.</p>
<p>Mom0809: extremely easy to transfer to Emory…easier than freshman admission, honestly if the GPA from college is decent (I know kids with 3.3 freshman GPA’s who have transferred there)</p>
<p>I’m sure she knows that she could transfer if unhappy, but why even go down that route by discussing it? Kids we know that were unhappy first semester stuck it out there and of course things turned around for the better. The first semester is always an adjustment, know matter if you are in love with the schoool or just lukewarm. By the second semester kids find their niche and usually things get better and then they don’t want to transfer. I would encourage her to find reasons to stay, not to transfer! If she’s that set on Emory, it could be a great place for med school! Or she may decide to stay in Boston! NEU has come a long way these days and it’s a much tougher admit. She will surely feel challenged and meet groups of kids who are her academic equal.</p>
NEU has come a long way these days and it’s a much tougher admit. She will surely feel challenged and meet groups of kids who are her academic equal.</p>