<p>I am deciding between OU and a few other schools currently. I love the OU campus and how close it is to my family. As a National Merit Finalist, I would recieve a hefty scholarship from the school and have earned a place in the Honors College. With all this said, I have some concerns regarding OU. I am looking to go to med school and worried that OU might not be the most impressive school on a resume when I have other options including Ivy Leagues and Stanford. In addition, i have always gone to a small private school (my graduating class will have 50 people) and I worried that I might feel overwhelmed in such a large college setting. Any insight would greatly appreciated!!!</p>
<p>I doubt if OU would be harmful for premed, especially in the south-central region.</p>
<p>What are your other options? OU sounds like a pretty good fit, but we can’t really help much if we don’t know what to compare it to.</p>
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<p>I thought you were choosing between Bucknell, Denison, Trinity, Auburn and OU?</p>
<p>As gadad pointed out, I am seriously considering Bucknell, Denison, Trinity, and Auburn as well. I just mentioned the well-known schools that I have been accepted to like Penn and Stanford to give a sense of the other academic options that I have.</p>
<p>If you’ve cut Penn and Stanford off the list in favor of the other five, is cost going to have to be the deciding factor? Because for someone who’s been admitted to Penn and Stanford, OU is not going to be a perfect fit - it’ll be an economical value. I wouldn’t expect the experience to approximate that at P or S, but if the cost differential is going to be > $200,000, it’s certainly reasonable to go for the good value.</p>
<p>I honestly applied to both Penn and Stanford to just see if I could get in to schools with such great reputations and was pleasantly suprised when I got my acceptance letters. You are right that cost is a big part of my decision but it is not THE deciding factor. My parents income is such that we do not qualify for much financial aid but paying over $55,000 a year is unrealistic. Therefore, Penn and Stanford have never really been options. Right now, Bucknell is the most expensive school at about $33,000 a year; while my parents are willing to pay that, i feel guilty asking them to send me 3000 miles away to Bucknell when I have affordable options nearby my hometown. I guess my question is do you think that the more expensive schools will have a subastantially greater payoff in the end when I’m applying for med school or my first job??</p>
<p>I think that there are certain benefits of the more selective schools, but employability or med school acceptance are not among them. OU should be fine for those.</p>