<p>I am currently deciding between UT Austin and Case for pre med.. If I choose to go to UT Austin, my tuition will be free. My parents are willing to pay for Case though.. Is going to case Western worth spending thousands of dollars extra? Does anyone know the current rate of acceptance and average MCAT score for either? Which one would be better for pre med? Thanks!</p>
<p>If you will read this thread, you’ll find you answer:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/1484178-if-you-high-school-please-read-before-posting.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/1484178-if-you-high-school-please-read-before-posting.html</a></p>
<p>Basically you should ignore any hype you read on college websites about acceptance rates.</p>
<p>Also, free tuition is tough to pass up, esp since there is little or no financial aid (except HUGE loans) to pay for medical school.</p>
<p>Thank you! That really helped.</p>
<p>Thank you so much, like I’ve said, it really does help to have input from other people. It’s reassuring that you have seen both of your children go through that process and although their experiences differed from the each other, they both were successful. Besides, I’ve been told that Texas medical schools have to accept a percentage of in-state residents…</p>
<p>Texas state med schools (except Baylor) accept in-state students almost exclusively. Even Baylor’s incoming classes are 70% in-state.</p>
<p>Texas is great place to live if you want to go to med school.</p>
<p>Okay so apparently the tuition is free only for the first year. And would you happen to know if that rule still applied if I decided to go out of state? I would still be a resident… I do like the intimate feel of a private school compared to that of a state school…</p>
<p>Your state residency during college will be that of your parents. </p>
<p>So long as your parents continue to reside in Texas, you will be in-state for Texas med schools even if you go OOS for college.</p>
<p>If you delay your med school application until after college graduation, then the rules change. Your state of residency will be where you live/work after graduation.</p>
<p>^not as black/white as you put it with regard to post college, you can still be a resident of the state your parents are in despite living/working somewhere else but it will require some understanding of tax/residency laws.</p>
<p>Twelve months of “living” in Texas, once you are “independent for tax purposes” will establish your domicile in Texas which in turn satisfies the residency requirements for TMDAS schools.</p>
<p>P.S: I am not a Texan. I know this through a friend who got sucked in by the high (>90%) acceptance rate of pre-meds from Rice and ended up sending his son there. He eventually found out that, their lofty acceptance rate, by a large measure, had to with the fact that Rice admits >40% in-state kids and they usually don’t have a problem getting into med schools. He was exploring the possibility of establishing Texas residency for his kid by buying a condo in Houston. The joys of medical school admissions … :)</p>
<p>Are you sure that it would cost you a lot to attend Case?
Case is private college, so being IS or OOS is irrelevant. Case is very well known for great Merit packages some are close to full tuition. If my own D. has decided to attend Case, we would have paid only $5k / year in tuition, the rest was covered by Merit award. I know several pre-meds who received about the same Merit award or close.<br>
Free is great though. But I would advise to choose based on which school fits you the best personally. The cost at Case might not be what it appear to be. Frankly, Merit package from Case was the best out of all UGs that D. had applied even the one that she eventually has chosen to attend on full tuition Merit award (state public), moneywise, Case award was simply the highest. Great Medical School also.</p>