IU vs. Notre Dame Pre med

College Search & Selection
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Hey everyone,

So I was looking for some advice for my college selection. I was admitted to a number of schools, but I done to just these two, Indiana University and Notre Dame. I want to study neuroscience on the pre-med track and eventually try for a top medical school, Harvard, Duke, Johns Hopkins etc. I am in-state to IU, and received about 12,500 dollars in scholarships, so IU is really cheap, almost free. I received some Fin Aid to ND, but still 45k per year. My family is fairly wealthy and could probably afford ND, but I don’t want to be carrying around a bunch of loans, especially as I want to do to Medical School. What do you think? ND has the academics, but also coasts a lot. IU is cheap, but not world-renowned. However, for pre-med I heard it doesn’t matter so much. What do you guys think. Thoughts, advice anything.

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If the money, as you indicated, is not a major concern for your family, attend Accepted Student Days both at IU and ND and respective advantages/disadvantages will most likely become very obvious, based on your personal preferences. Best of luck on your decision.

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Notre Dame is not worth 180K more than IU, and medical schools will view these two the same. That 180K could go a long way towards paying back your med school loans.