<p>When someone asks a question like the one I am about to ask the discussion always comes to "ask yourself the question: why you need an ivy league college education at all".. I kindly request to spare me the philosophical issues here and give a straight forward reply. Thank you in advance. We came from Russia (so forgive my errors in the English language, please) and currently live in FL . My son qualifies for the "Bright Futures" Award, so he can choose any state school he wants with 100% tuition paid by the scholarship. And he initially wanted to go to FSU. (He is planning to major in accounting and go to an Ivy League Law school then). Well, a month ago we recieved a letter from Stetson University. They give him a scholarship of $21K a year. I still have to pay around $15K a year myself, which of course I can do, but its going to be rather difficult. Anyway, my son's tennis partner is a well-known MD, an ivy-league alumni, and a former member of admissions committee told him to go to Stetson, because it would be next to impossible to jump from FSU to Harvard or Yale. He said most of the professors in colleges like Stetson are from Ivy league and thats the way he got to an ivy league Medical School himself - his professor called his former classmate, who is now a Dean in a "Bigname" school and - Voila - he was admitted. Of course it was nit just the phone call that had him admitted, the guy had all his "stats" in place too - a good GPA, etc, etc. I have not seen a lot of information about Stetson - neither on this forum nor on the web in general. All I know about this school is that tuition fees there are compatable to ivy league schools. I would appreciate your comments and advice. Thanks.</p>
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<p>the university of florida is a much better school than stetson and as long as your son maintains a great gpa, he will still have a shot at an ivy league level medical school.</p>
<p>which undergraduate school you attended does not factor in to grad/law/med school admissions</p>