<p>D was accepted at Emory (15K/yr scholarship), Rice (no scholarships) and UT Deans Scholar Honors Program (2K/yr scholarship). She will likely major in Biology, and follow a pre-med track. Her plans are to go on for an MD or MD/PhD.</p>
<p>We don't qualify for any financial aid, so taking into account the National Merit scholarship, the net COA is ~47K (Rice), ~36K (Emory) and ~20K (UT-Austin). </p>
<p>Any thoughts on how these stack up for undergraduate education, given D's intention to go to medical school? Thanks for your input.</p>
<p>all the schools are great, d can succeed at either. Just go to UT, its pretty much on the same level as those other 2 schools. Where you get your undergrad from doesnt matter to much when you get your Upper Level degree (MD/PHD)</p>
<p>UT is the right choice, unless of course D happens to like one of the other schools more. as far as med school, as long as she graduates with like a 3.4 and up and has a good MCAT score she will be able to get into to some GOOD schools</p>
<p>I have heard (I can’t comment on the truth of this statement) that Dean’s Scholar HP has a 100% acceptance rate into med school. Something to consider. And really, if D has no preference, going to UT makes sense, fiscally. I mean, the perks of a private school at the cost of a public?</p>
<p>Dean Scholars program is one of the best honors programs at UT. DS does claim a 100% acceptance rate to med school, although I wonder how accurate that is. Who wants to be the first to get rejected from med school. However, of the DS I knew who applied for med school, none of them got rejected.</p>
<p>As far as the quality of education afforded by the DS program, I would say it’s on par with Rice (maybe better), but definitely better than Emory.</p>
<p>My son chose UT (Plan II with scholarship) over Rice (with scholarship) and hasn’t regretted it for a second. His honors classes are small, he’s getting to know his profs well. The honors dorm is great, too. We feel like he is getting a great education. My worries that UT was just too big and that he’d be “just one of many” were unfounded.</p>