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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has been hard. My child has gotten into their safeties (Towson/Salisbury) which they are NOT enthusiastic about. They have also gotten into some of their reach/target schools. Unfortunately, those schools so far are around 60k per year with merit (child has 4.8 gpa). Financial aid is minimal. I don't have an amazing salary, but child has substantial college savings because of extenuating circumstances (not enough to cover 240k though). They go to a decent high school in Montgomery County, and it is sad for them to see their classmates commit to schools they cannot commit to. How do you help your child handle going to a safety so they can graduate college without debt? My child is so disappointed to have to go to school with peers who didn't grind like them and sacrifice time. But they/we just aren't willing or able to pay 50k PLUS per year. They want to go to med school after college as well, so the price of undergrad really matters. Please tell me your stories of going to a safety bc of money and kid thriving.[/quote]

-the majority of medical schools in the top 50 have merit money, and about 1/3 have need based aid, making them overall cheaper on average than PA  or stem-masters programs, with double the salary over PA and triple what you can find with a typical stem masters.

-your student will be much more likely to get into med school in the first place if they go to a school where a significant portion gets into med school every year. This could be Case or could be an ivy, but should be the highest-level school they can succeed in, with a medical school on or near campus. Towson and the like do not have many students of the caliber to be serious applicants to medical school. Yours will not fit in to the culture based on your description. 
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