@“aunt bea” I am very well aware of the difficulties of getting into med. school and I believe about less than 42% of last year’s applicants were admitted. I understand the investments that are needed to make it and had also began preparing my education in high school as your daughter did! I understand that the realities of getting in are difficult, and apologize if I implied it was easy in some way 
I know plans are inevitable to change and have some experience with that, but I wanted to provide the outline I’d come up with for more context as to what my goals were and have made some backup plans in the case I don’t get admitted. I’d honestly just be grateful to any medical school that would accept me. I, too, have a few family members in the healthcare profession to help guide me along this path! Thanks for your point on the renting aspects (I know we wouldn’t be purchasing it, I just wanted to note my parents may not be ready to allocate money towards more property)!! I have also been studying up and getting more information on loans. That’s the main reason I haven’t committed to my first choice as I’ve come to understand the burdens of that over the past couple of months. It’s not something I’m going to take lightly, especially if it hinders my younger siblings of their future educational endeavors. If I had thought they were easy, I definitely would’ve committed a looooong time ago.