<p>Need input here, narrow down to these three, basically future intention is medical career.
Umich - Instate Ross Preferred+ LSA(honor program) or Art&design dual
tuition cost: 10K+
Univ of Chicago - University Scholar about $15K scholarship&grant
tuition cost: 25K extra
Tulane - Dean Scholar + Honor program
tuition:$0.0
Any inputs on pre med program and comments on cost&benefit for these schools
well appreciated.</p>
<p>you should check out this program for tulane…
[Tulane</a> University - Pre-Health Programs](<a href=“http://www.tulane.net/advising/health_programs.cfm]Tulane”>http://www.tulane.net/advising/health_programs.cfm)</p>
<p>Well, as long as those kinds of things are being mentioned, the above is for the Creative Scholars, the below is for TAP-TP:</p>
<p>[Tulane</a> University - School of Medicine - Office of Admissions - faqs](<a href=“http://tulane.edu/som/admissions/faqs.cfm]Tulane”>http://tulane.edu/som/admissions/faqs.cfm)</p>
<p>So Michigan will cost $10K plus room and board or is that including room and Board? Same with Chicago. Is that $25k for Chicago inclusive of room and board? The way you presented cost of attendance above would suggest the following:</p>
<p>Tulane: $0
Michigan: $10,000/year all in
Chicago: $35,000/year all in</p>
<p>Is this about right?</p>
<p>Thanks guys, the room & board and other personal expenses are necessities, which are excluded in the calculation, even though they are partial cost. On the other hand, tuition is not. Let’s say tuition, which is different in each college, is opportunity cost. What I want to know that the opportunity costs in Chicago, UMich, Tulane are priced right in this case. Since the society we live is so dynamic and the choice to be a medical profession might slip away by any reason. Free ride is good for now and it might not good in three or four years’ later.</p>
<p>if youre really good, go to chicago. get high gpa there.
if youre ok good, get that free ride and go get the high gpa, which is what they look for for the med school, rather than the scool.
if you will not go to graduate school, i would pick a famous school now.</p>
<p>I say go to Michigan. Academically, it is as good as Chicago, and at roughly $70,000-$80,000 cheaper than Chicago and $40,000 more than Tulane, it is financial reasonable.</p>
<p>All are great schools, any school you prefer more? If you like them all equally and plan to attend grad school …med or not I say go for Tulane, its at least saving 50k at a excellent school.</p>
<p>Coolbrezze, Michigan will cost less than $40,000 more than Tulane, not "at least $50,000. And although Tulane is a good university, it is nowhere near Chicago and Michigan. </p>
<p>If the OP is 100% sure he wants to go to Medical school, Tulane would be worth checking out. But if the OP is not 100% sure about medical school, Michigan would be a safer choice.</p>
<p>Alexandre if OP is stating Tulane is cheaper its likely best pick especially if they plan to attend graduate school in any situation. Statistics show that graduating salary from the three schools are very similar none were peers with Dartmouth. Though if OP was asking about grad school then likely UMich or Chicago would be best option.</p>
<p>Coolbrezze, salary surveys are meaningless.</p>
<p>To a extent I agree, and it only provide salary for undergraduates right into their career but salary surveys are just meaningful as rankings we observe.</p>
<p>Coolbreeze, why are you referring to that Payscale elite colleges survey? It is meaningless because all students choose different majors and specialize in different fields. Therefore, certain occupations will pay more than others and will require advanced education for entry-level positions (which the survey excluded). It also does not take into account the cost of living across different regions. The survey is flawed and worthless.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies!</p>
<p>So I’m hearing a lot of “school A is a lot better than school B,” but could you guys elaborate on that?</p>
<p>What I’m trying to ask is basically if the quality of the schools are reflected in the cost, i.e. is Chicago worth 25k more than Michigan even though it is “better”? Although I definitely prefer the environment and the intellectualism as well as the smaller student body, I’m not sure if its worth paying that much to go there.</p>
<p>On the subject of my pre-professional desires, it’s mostly that this decision between colleges has forced me to consider what career I wish to go into most, and as of now, it’s medicine. That doesn’t mean it won’t change during undergrad though.</p>
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Same could be said for USNEWS undergraduate rankings, which do not show specific fields for undergraduate studies as it do with graduate school ( also offer ranking in different fields which can vary largely from its major ranking). Though as ranking, I’m just stating how it can also give a general ideal.</p>
<p>Coolbrezze, I don’t think it is reasonable to compare Tulane to Michigan. Like I said several times before, comparing them to each other would be like comparing Tufts to Stanford. Those two schools are not peers either. Schools have peer institutions. Michigan’s peers are schools like Cal, Chicago, Columbia, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Penn, Texas-Austin, UCLA, UIUC, UNC, UVa and Wisconsin-Madison. Chosing one of those over the other is perfectly acceptable…for the right reason (major, finances, geographic preference etc…). Tulane does not belong in this group. Tulane’s peers are schools like Case Western, George Washington, Lehigh, Miami etc… Unless it is much cheaper to attend, I would not recommend Tulane over a school like Chicago or Michigan.</p>
<p>Furthermore, there are some undergraduate rankings for specific fields, such as Engineering and Business. And even when there aren’t field-specific rankings, graduate rankings are apretty accurate gauge of excellence, even at the undergraduate level. There are exceptions of course, but generally speaking, a university that has a top graduate department or program in a particular field will tend to excell at that field at the undergraduate level…assuming it offers that program at the undergraduate level.</p>
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Well, it is good to know there is someone out there that decides what is and is not acceptable for choosing a college! What arrogance.</p>