USC, U Washington OOS, or U Arizona?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>I'm considering pre-med heavily, and I want to know if prestige matters at all for undergrad. </p>

<p>I'm a national merit finalist, so I have half-tuition at USC (Southern California, in case there's any question) and full-tuition at U Arizona (as well as another miscellaneous out-of-state scholarship from UW that puts it at about the same cost as USC for me). </p>

<p>My parents would pay about the cost of USC or UW in any case (~35k) for four years, and I would take out the loans for medical school no matter what. The difference is that I'd take out ~100k (assuming that living cost at U Arizona is around 10k/year, which is not paid for by the scholarship) more loans for medical school than if I went to U Arizona. </p>

<p>Is it worth it to pay the extra money for USC or UW and would it help me get into medical school? Or is it more worth it to go to U Arizona and save up the tuition money for medical school?</p>

<p>Also, all of the above schools have medical schools--do they favor students from their own schools? Or do they favor students from their own states (I'm not from Washington or Arizona, so I wouldn't be favored if that were true)?</p>

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<p>UW favors students from the WWAMI area, if you went to UW and are not a resident of WA-WY-AK-MT-ID you will have a tough time getting in. Going to a good school definitely gets you some respect in admissions, but not enough that I would go madly into debt for it.</p>

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