HMC vs. ASU vs. ND vs. SCU

College Search & Selection
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<p>…I know, I know!
(In case it's not clear: Harvey Mudd College, Arizona State—the honors college, Notre Dame, and Santa Clara University).</p>

<p>I'm currently planning on a biomed-kind of engineering (not an official option at many places, but I'd be able to take appropriate classes) with the hope of going to medical school (not an orthodox choice, I suppose…)</p>

<p>At ASU, I have a full tuition scholarship (due to National Merit status); at Notre Dame and Santa Clara, I have half tuition. Mudd has given me nothing. I am not Catholic. I've visited the schools, and I've neither fallen in love with any of them enough to override financial/other concerns nor found that I intensely disliked any of them.</p>

<p>What do I do? Anything I should be thinking about in particular?</p>

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<p>Given how expensive medical school is, lower cost has a strong pull. How much debt would each school require?</p>

<p>What college GPA thresholds are there to retain any scholarships at each school?</p>

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<p>Yea all of them are great so choose the cheapest one i.e Barret. Notre Dame is also cool if you don’t like big schools. I don’t see any reason to pay full price and attend Harvey Mudd since other peer schools are giving you merit aid.</p>