Hello guys I I am now considering a job in the medical field(my major would probably be biology). I heard that where you go for undergrad is completely irrelevant if you are considering a job in the medical field, and that the mcat, job experience, gpa, and networking will be all that most med schools care about. And that it is more important to save money for med school. Considering all these factors wouldn’t it make sense to go to the cheapiest college that you can(that you still liked and felt a good fit at)? Also I have a 3.95 weighted and a 30 superscored. With these stats what are some colleges that would offer me MERIT based colleges that are large, have d1 football, and a solid biology program. If possible please state the amounts. Also if possible state colleges that offer a bs/md program. Any advice or information can help, and as always thank you!!!
Home state? How much can your family afford to pay/year for college? Geographical location preferences?
I know U of Alabama (the flagship) offers lots of aid for strong out-of-state applicants, and is also a pretty good college. I want to say they have a D1 football team, but am not sure. As @Gumbymom said, please provide some more details about your FA situation, where you want to go to college, size, etc. because those details will narrow things down a lot. Thanks!
Yes, 'Bama has a little-known football team, but they have raised their requirements for the biggest merit awards.
We’re you NMF?
^^Bama has a football team??
Little-known.
They’re secretive about it.
You need to know the secret handshake to even find out where their home games take place and when.
@grant123 This is not 100% true. While the most important factors are GPA and MCATs, the school you go to also matters to some extent, for two main reasons. The first is that adcoms at medical schools do have some preconceived notions about the rigor and quality of the undergraduate programs. The other and even more important reason is the research and volunteering opportunities available at your undergrad. Being able to volunteer and do research at one of the best hospitals and medical schools in the country and get letters of recommendations from well-established faculty counts for something.
Lots of students get medical volunteer experience in the summer or take a gap year after undergrad to gain it and work in their apps. Someone with the name Penn95 will try to convince you that school name matters, but it does not. Your biggest risk if going to a lower ranked school is poor prep for the MCAT. But you can go fairly far down the ranking lists and still get good MCAT scores if you are a strong student. Lots of LACs, for example do a good job of pre-med preparation.
A 30 isn’t going to get you into a bs/md program. And in fact isn’t a great indicator that you will eventually have a high enough MCAT score for med school. Bio isn’t a very marketable major if you don’t get into med school, either. Consider a backup plan – majoring or minoring in something else. Finally, large state schools tend to weed out a lot of pre-meds. Class sizes are large and students with strong prep (sometimes repeating material they learned in HS) are gunning for good grades.
If you can raise your ACT, merit might be available at UAlabsma, Ohio State, or UMaryland, for example.
There are, of course, other jobs beside doctors in the medical field.
Rutgers in NJ. Football team is terrible, but they are D1 and a good time. I don’t know how good their merit is if you’re out of state, and in state it’s very competitive. I don’t know if you would get much. Rowan, another NJ state university, is much more generous and is building their sciences and just built a hospital right by campus. D3, but school is quickly growing and there is rumbling of them moving up but who knows?
My home state is georgia, and UGA would be a good option but it has gotten VERY hard to get into for in state students. I would probably not recieve need based scholarships; however I would like to make things cheapiest possible so my parents don’t have to pay a lot for med school and undergrad. I would love the New England area however I find that colleges up there don’t often offer the large merit based scholarships that colleges in the south do.
The big state Us usually have a weed-out mentality. For a good-not-great student who really wants to have the best shot at getting a med school admit, I recommend checking out decent but not highly-selective LACs. One place to start is Hiram College. It’s not highly-selective, and has an affiliation with a medical school (NEOMED) that might just give you a little boost.
A few more points in your ACT would increase your chances for UGA. Did you really study hard for the 30? Was it your first attempt? I doubt you will do better than your Hope/Zell Miller scholarships and in state tuition financially without a significant test score hike.
At Nebraska to our would likely get a $14,500 per year George Beadle merit scholarship.
At Florida State u might get a waiver of your out of state tuition, so you’d likely pay just the low in-state rate.
At Texas Tech probably a waiver of out of state tuition ,plus a scholarship that would pay for in-state tuition:
https://www.depts.ttu.edu/scholarships/FreshmanPresidentialLevels.php
Also check out Oklahoma State, West Va, Florida International, South Florida, and Mississippi.