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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I see your child's other choices include UMD-CP (in-state), Notre Dame, Tufts and Haverford full pay.
May I ask why her top two choices are Yale and BU and not Yale and UMD-CP?  Mostly curious why UMD-CP is not in the running since that is extremely affordable even without a scholarship.  Also can't believe she did not get a scholarship to UMD-CP given her caliber.  There are tons of high performing kids at UMD-CP (I think around 40% of the Blair and RMIB magnet kids end up there for financial reasons) and they seem to do very well with med school admissions.[/quote]
She likes BU for the possibility of doing the 7 year liberal arts/med school program. [/quote]

The 7 year accelerated program has a separate admissions process.  I don't think she can apply or transfer in later. BU does have an early med school admission program, but you don't shave off a year of school.[/quote]
Yes, that is my point. She has applied and was accepted to the 7-year medical school program, and would need to maintain a 3.2 GPA and score in the 80th percentile on the MCAT to continue in the program. She also would not be able to apply to other medical schools which we are not sure about. [/quote]

Hang on. So not only does she get a full scholarship for undergrad, she shaves one year off med school and saves money? OMG OP, this is a no brainer, take BU. This will set your child up financially for life. And she'll be just as good and competitive a doctor at BU as anywhere else.[/quote]

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