<p>I’ve gotten basically all my acceptance letters at this point and I have an estimate of my financial offers, so I’d like some input on which of these schools I should choose…</p>
<p>I’m a Pre-Medicine track, looking to major in Neuroscience or Cognitive Science or something in that area (doesn’t really matter if the school offers it…but just to give you an idea of what I’m interested in). I’ve lived in 6 different states, and that makes this decision particularly difficult cause I can adjust anywhere.</p>
<p>I want to be near a city, which all of these schools give me. I’d like a large student body, a decent party scene that can get crazy when it needs to, but that has students that will buckle down at the end of the day. I need a school where there is a relatively competitive student body (because otherwise I slack off like crazy :-P). I need DIVERSITY. I’m Asian Indian and I am so sick of white people (I’m live in Maine at the moment). It’s really important to me to go to a school where I have really abundant research opportunities, and they send their students to very prestigious medical schools (which is a requirement I think all these schools fill - which makes this decision even harder!!!)</p>
<p>Tulane is about 30K for me, I’m looking into their 7 year med program and I’ve been accepted into their honors college. UPitt is also about 30K, I didn’t get honors or anything. Ohio State is going to be about 20-25K, I should be getting into their honors college. Uminnesota is about 20-25K, I’m waiting on their honors college.</p>
<p>I’m doing engineering but I have 3 of those 4 schools on my list (missing Tulane). They all have differences but the advantage to osu is probably the parties which you’re looking for. the other two schools have it but osu is one of the “study hard, play hards.” you also have the buckeyes to root for (one thing it has over minnesota, which is currently my top choice). but if you want city life, minnesota is the only one in a truly big city (coming from an NJ person in between philly and nyc). not sure about diversity though, all i could think of is tulane probably doesn’t have much of it. don’t know though, don’t take my word. i want diversity too (i’m white but my school is only about 55% white) just because i’m used to it but it’s not exactly a deciding factor unless the school i want to go to has a kkk club or something</p>
<p>If you get into Tulane’s 7 year medical program, take it and don’t look back. Getting into medical school is tough regardless of what undergrad you go to these days. If not, visit the other schools to see what feels best. You can do well at any of them.</p>
<p>OSU will always be a school you can be proud of. Good academics, good athletics, it is continiously gaining recognition as more impressive freshman classes enter and it is the best state school in Ohio so you know it will always receive adaquate funding from the state. All the rest are good options but 20 years down the road you’ll have more to be proud of graduating from OSU. Also, if you plan on going med you will want as little debt as possible from your undergrad.</p>