<p>Deciding between USC (with NMF scholarship) and UMKC 6 year med (in state). Thoughts?</p>
<p>Would you choose UMKC without the 6 year med program? What type of college experience do you want? Are you completely sure you want to go to med school? Would you want to go to a higher ranking med school?</p>
<p>Many kids who get admitted to bs/md programs are very well qualified/HYPS type students who probably would do well in college and be able to get into med school the traditional route. However, it can be very reassuring to know that you already have a slot. For you, the 6 year program will make it also more accelerated, and being in-state could be a great cost savings. This would be hard to turn down as long as you are positive that med school is in the future. The downside would be that it isn’t a top 25 school, you wouldn’t have a traditional 4 year college experience, and if you change your mind, you are still there (or have to transfer).</p>
<p>S is in the USC bacc/md program and is happy to have the guaranteed slot in a CA med school. He is still working hard to have excellent stats in case he wants to apply out and to prepare himself. He could have gone HYPS, but decided the guaranteed slot was what he wanted and the Presidential scholarship helped as well. </p>
<p>Both are excellent choices— depends on what kind of college experience you want and what you want to pay for it. Congratulations of great choices!</p>
<p>It really depends on what you want. If you want to start med school immediately, then go for 6 yr. I looked at the residency match list for this yr n last, n it looks like the students still end up in good areas. If you want a fun undergrad edu n aren’t sure if you can commit to something like this, then go with USC. Also consider which city you would rather live in. Congrats on getting in, and DON’T let not taking the MCAT be ur overall decision for being at UMKC. My older sister n my cousin have both taken it, and they said it’s not as bad as people make it, if you put in effort to study. Good Luck!</p>