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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]we are full pay with a HHI around 650k. we would only have paid slightly above in state, so merit is critical for private or OOS. our kid also is pre med and we plan on paying for medical school.  He is at his first year at VCU. he also got in Vandy, Colgate, and UT Austin. [/quote]

Got into Vandy, Colgate, Austin, went to VCU? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.[/quote]

Because he is pre-med and that would be a colossal waste of money.  He also got into a bunch of other schools, but all were similar in price to VCU (before the provost scolarship). My examples were real life comparisons as the poster was asking about private/expensive schools.[/quote]

Don't let them DCUM Shame you.  What your kid is doing is the smart choice!  
Even if he decides not to do Medical school (as someone stated), he will be debt free, likely have a very high gpa and the ability to go to an excellent grad program in whatever he wants to do, all that you can afford to pay for.

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The kid didn’t decide that…his dum a** parent let him apply to schools that don’t give merit aid and then told his kid he can’t go because….guess what…he didn’t get merit aid.

I mean don’t let him apply.[/quote]

where did i say he couldn’t go? he could go, but he’d blow through all his med school money. Unlike you he’s intelligent and understands what it takes to get into med school and understands that 300k is better spent on med school than undergrad that doesn’t mean shit for med school applications.

Many of you clearly know absolutely nothing about what it takes to be a doctor. You’re goofy. [/quote]

Those of us who intended, at one time, to become a doctor but changed our minds and our major in undergrad think it's nuts to choose your undergrad based on "doesn't matter where you go if you're going to med school".[/quote]

considering my kid has been working as an EMT for a year and comes from a long line of doctors, currently has a 4.0, and has never waivered, I think he’s gonna be fine. But keep obsessing . [/quote]

My niece worked as an EMT and after doing it for several years, it totally turned her off of pursuing medical school.  Perhaps everything will work out swimmingly for your kid, but you definitely restricted his optionality.[/quote]

cool! my kid started training on his 16th birthday and has been at it for 3 years. He has also started chipping away at getting certified as a paramedic.  He wants to be in emergency medicine and loves being an EMT My DH is a dr, his grandfather was a doctor, his uncles and aunts are drs, I was a nurse…I think he knows what he wants. Not sure why you all are sooo obsessed with my kid. it’s bizarre. I really hit a nerve huh? [/quote]

Keep digging.  You do realize this all comes across as "you are going to be a doctor damnit!"

Again, read your original post.  You didn't list any of this...your original post said your kid was allowed to apply to top schools that don't award merit, and then after acceptance, you basically told him you can't go because he didn't get merit.

You never said your kid wanted VCU, or that you had told him from the start that you will pay 100% for medical school only if you don't pick Vandy or Colgate with no merit.

Maybe write articulate posts the first time around?[/quote]

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