UMKC 6 yr medical school or Northwestern HPME or MIT - worth $300K more?

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@OSUCowboys

There are a lot of elitist morons out there who would assert that going to a college like MIT is worth someone having to actually pay $500,000 for it. These are the world’s most idiotic people. Fortunately because they are all nerds, this is nature’s way of dying them off while the rest of us procreate.</p>

<p>Should you go to MIT or Northwestern and give them $500,000 when you could get a medical degree from UMKC for just $150,000? The answer is hell to the no!!

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<p>First of all OSUCowboys (how appropriate that you would think OSU is actually a good school - you must pick your schools by sports teams), Even if you went to an Ivy League medical school after MIT for undergrad it STILL would not be $500,000. Even with Northwestern HPME as a 7 year program, it STILL would not be $500,000</p>

<p>With figures from the websites:
For tuition for 3 years undergrad + 4 years medical school in HPME:
$38,088 + $38,088 + $38,088 + $41,926 + $41,926 + $41,926 + $41,926 = $281,968</p>

<p>MIT tuition alone: 36,140 x 4 = 144,560, and even if he/she went to the most expensive private medical school afterwards, it STILL would not be $500,000.</p>

<p>I highly doubt the original poster has not even $1 financial support from his/her parents to where he/she has to take loans on EVERYTHING. If this was ACTUALLY the case he/she would receive A LOT of financial aid.</p>

<p>Considering I actually know about the UMKC program AND I go to UPenn Med for medical school (I guess for you UPenn is elitist), I think I know A LITTLE more about medical school than you do esp. when it comes to ability to matching into specialties later.</p>

<p>If the only thing driving you is price, then why don’t you tell the original poster to go to community college the first 2 years?? That will save you money too!! I love when people like yourself who know NOTHING of what you’re talking about give advice. Hate to see what happens when you are working under an “elitist”/“nerd” - something I’m sure YOU aren’t even though you are on CC right? Seriously, grow up.</p>

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@OSUCowboys

I would politely decline Vanderbilt admission, go to Ohio State and pocket the $22,000, and put that towards grad school at Vanderbilt.</p>

<p>Doesn’t matter where you go for your undergrad so long as you do go somewhere and aren’t in debt for it. Go into debt for your grad school instead. That’s what’s been pounded into my head ever since I was in high school though.

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<p>Quote from another thread, it’s obvious based on your previous postings besides the pricetag you don’t actually care about the quality of the education you are getting for that price. You assume that grad schools don’t care what undergrad you go to which is WRONG. If you want to get into a top notch grad school, and you go to a state school, you have to be close to perfect in stats unlike someone who goes to an Ivy undergrad who is given more of a pass. It’s bad advice like yours that you pass off as actually good which is scary.</p>