Midwest undergrad schools with good pre-med courses and scholarships aka Unicorns...

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<p>Yeah Dayton looks like I’d get a full ride with tuition, room & board and possibly extra money in stipends if they allow that</p>

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<p>Note that some privates make use of the committee letter to keep admit rates artificially high. Doesn’t help the kid who doesn’t get a committee letter, though.</p>

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<p>OP, those numbers on the UDayton site are over 4 years, not each year. No full rides available that I know of.</p>

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<p>Knox is a hidden gem, and with your stats I think you’d be in line for some merit. Great preprofessional programs and very personal. Ive known several med students and residents who came out of there that still rave about it for years after. </p>

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According to the following Washington Post article almost two thirds of grades at Yale are either an A or an A minus. Princeton abandoned its goal of limiting these to 35%. Not exactly hell.
<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/catherine-rampell-as-for-everyone/2014/08/11/b6bfe85a-218f-11e4-958c-268a320a60ce_story.html”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/catherine-rampell-as-for-everyone/2014/08/11/b6bfe85a-218f-11e4-958c-268a320a60ce_story.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>However, I have heard rumors that WUSTL does have grade deflation. Yet, if it is of the mild Princeton experiment’s variety, then it hardly needs to be concerned about.</p>

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<p>@jackdmoore97‌ </p>

<p>No…you have to divide that amount by 4 years. Their highest amount isn’t even full tuition.</p>

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<p>I wouldn’t go by overall % of a school’s As. There would still be some weeding, and some B/Cs in the BCMP classes. In that “other” premed forum, we see kids from grade inflation ivies still get Bs and Cs in those classes. </p>

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<p>@mom2collegekids Yep just went back and looked at U Dayton, must’ve been skim reading to quick at school… Now it seems a bit more realistic. I think I’m going to put in an app at U of Alabama as I like what I see so far and apply for all the scholarships I can manage. I also like that fact that I will be considered “above average” there as far as GPA and test scores are concerned. Personally I think it’d be pretty frustrating going from #1 in HS to bottom 25% in college now that I really think about it. Any other suggestions other than Knox (currently researching) or St. Olaf (next on the list). I guess now that I think staying in the midwest isn’t really big criteria. I was just trying to stay in state because I always figured it was cheaper but now that I see some of these OOS scholarships I’m up to suggestions.</p>

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<p>Is your PSAT good enough for National Merit? If so, a bunch of scholarship opportunities open up.</p>