<p>I am an African American male and that goes to the Texas Academy of Math and Science at UNT, which is dual credit high school/college program where we take classes at the University of North Texas while living on campus. We got about two years of college credit while attending the program which is transferable to all public texas universities, most public institutions around the country, and even some private schools. I have very decent stats and my academic counselor said that based on my scores, grades and extracurriculars I have a good shot at an ivy league school. However most private institutions and all Ivies do not accept our college credit, so we would have to attend all 4 years of the college instead of the 2 years we could spend at a public university. I am also interested in applying to the Howard University (a Historically Black College/University) 6 year med program which is significantly easier to get into than other combined med programs, which is probably due to its lower rating as a Medical institution. Finally another option for me is to attend our "flagship" school for our academy which is the University of Texas at Dallas. This school is very science and math based, and provides usually provides near full ride scholarships for sat scores above 2100 and ACTs above 30. So basically I was wondering if the CC community could weigh in on what they feel would be the best decision to make assuming I get into an ivy, Howard University 6 year program, and UTD what would be the wisest choice to make?</p>
<p>The time for that decision is AFTER you are accepted to these different programs. You should apply widely and then spend time making a considered, thoughtful choice once you have acceptances in hand.</p>
<p>Why not apply to them all, then decide after you know your available choices?</p>
<p>Howard also has [merit</a> scholarships for stats](<a href=“http://www.howard.edu/financialaid/grants_scholarships.htm#Freshman]merit”>http://www.howard.edu/financialaid/grants_scholarships.htm#Freshman), but only until the money runs out, so apply early if you apply there.</p>