<p>I would like to know what colleges are good for me. I have good grades - 4.0 GPA (4.5 weighted), a 30 ACT composite, with some volunteer work here and there. I don't play any sports or musical instruments, and am on a couple of committees in school (nothing major). I want to go into the medical field, so I need to go somewhere that has a good pre-med program. And of course, I want to know where I can get the most scholarships/financial aid since I'm not exactly rich :)</p>
<p>Check out Emory! :)</p>
<p>What region? How big of a student body? Rural/suburbs/urban?</p>
<p>“And of course, I want to know where I can get the most scholarships/financial aid since I’m not exactly rich”</p>
<p>Then you need to spend some time in the Financial Aid Forum reading up on need-based and merit-based aid. Your GPA and ACT scores put you in the range for some decent scholarships, however you still need to know what your family is ready, willing, and able to chip in. If they can contribute nothing at all, you will have to dig longer and deeper to find the places with the kind of money that you would need.</p>
<p>The standard advice for students who are interested in medicine, is to attend the undergraduate college/university that will leave you with the least amount of debt, and most likely to leave your family in a position to help you pay for med school. Med school is ridiculously expensive, there are almost no scholarships for it, and even if you attend your cheap-o home-state public med school, you are likely to finish with $200,000 to 300,000 of med school debt.</p>
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<p>Here are some automatic full scholarships you can qualify for based on your GPA/ACT score. I think since you’re going to med school and you’ll need financial aid, it’s best to pick a place that offers you a scholarship so you don’t end up in lots of debt before you even start med school.</p>
<p>Most people aren’t’ rich, but most people have to pay for most of their education. </p>
<p>Most schools do not have much aid to give. Some only have federal aid…and free federal grants are for low income students. </p>
<p>You need to ask your parents how much they’ll spend each year on college.</p>
<p>you do have stats that are high enough for merit scholarships at some schools. But, there will still be remaining costs, so you need to know how much your parents will spend.</p>
<p>Most good schools have good pre-med advising. </p>
<p>Being pre-med isn’t a “program”…it’s just a list of 8+ regular classes that you must take. They aren’t uniquely pre-med. The classes are:</p>
<p>2 semesters of bio
2 semesters of Gen Chem
2 semessters of OChem
2 semesters of Physics
math
and now I think psychology has been added…</p>
<p>If you want to go to med school, what will your major be? Bio? chem? Engineering? Something in the humanities? What?</p>
<p>I’d prefer Midwest or East Coast. I want to go to a university that gives me the most aid, whether financial or scholarships, because I don’t want my parents to have to contribute much. And my major will most likely be Biology.</p>