<p>It might be worth keeping in mind that a significant percentage of students change their minds about majors, careers, and pursuits while in college, including those anticipating a pathway in the hard sciences or medical school. Each individual needs to figure that out for himself, and a strong leaning in a given direction might counsel in favor of, say, a Delaware versus an Ivy where the relative costs are vastly different. Where the bill for a Yale or Brown is, instead, relatively modest, and given the world of opportunities and enlightenment that resides within those institutions, the calculus changes a bit.</p>