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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean, if a college was offering me free undergrad plus a $4k stipend every year, I'd at least go look. If you know you're headed to medical school, I'd save every dollar I could on undergrad.

Some people have enough money that this isn’t a deciding factor.

Agree. Everyone assumes paying for college and med school is not possible. For some families, it's a non-issue.

Yes, we are all too aware of the Richie Rich type, but for someone who ISN"T, it's still an interesting proposition. I grew up next door in Georgia. Went to a top public high school where myself and many others were northern transplants. Still, the mega churches and conservative mindset could be pervasive, even in suburban Atlanta. I'd have to weigh that with not having a huge financial outlay for undergrad and giving kid great chance of debt free postdoc life. There is no right answer here. I have daughters and would hate to have them in Alabama if something came up where they needed good OB/GYN care. But I also know that there are great people fighting the good fight and SPLC is headquartered in Alabama. I could see justifying my DD going there pre-law to work on the ground with many of these institutions. She is T20 quality, but if she wanted professional school, I could make a case for the full ride. Smart kids succeed most places.

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Anonymous wrote:I mean, if a college was offering me free undergrad plus a $4k stipend every year, I'd at least go look. If you know you're headed to medical school, I'd save every dollar I could on undergrad.

Some people have enough money that this isn’t a deciding factor.

Agree. Everyone assumes paying for college and med school is not possible. For some families, it's a non-issue.

Anonymous wrote:I mean, if a college was offering me free undergrad plus a $4k stipend every year, I'd at least go look. If you know you're headed to medical school, I'd save every dollar I could on undergrad.

Some people have enough money that this isn’t a deciding factor.

I mean, if a college was offering me free undergrad plus a $4k stipend every year, I'd at least go look. If you know you're headed to medical school, I'd save every dollar I could on undergrad.

Anonymous wrote:They either mean one of two things:

- They point to only their NMF pre-med kids and note that they have 100% med school admission; or
- They are saying you are guaranteed admission at UA Birmingham or one of their other affiliated med schools.

Alabama's overall med school acceptance rate is 57% (most attending in state Alabama med schools) which is above the 46% national average, but far below 80%+ for top schools.

This. There will be some small print they aren't telling you about.

I mean, it’s Alabama.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's for a particular pre-med program; you'd need to look into it.

https://news.ua.edu/2023/09/ua-pre-med-students-achieve-100-med-school-acceptance/

Likely not top-tier med school admissions, or they'd say. Write and ask for the data.

My NMF pre-med kid wanted an SLAC for undergrad, so didn't consider UA. It's a big, ra ra football school with a very small cohort of top students. You should visit and see how your kid feels about it.

I don't see any non-white kids in the pre-med cohort picture

That is really surprising to me given that white students are only 50% of medical school students in the USA.

My neighbors NMF kid went to UA undergrad (basically free), got into Duke for med school and is a doctor now.

Anonymous wrote:If they have 100 percent med school admission, it’s because they refuse to support some applicants, weeding out at the front end. Better to go to a school that will support any student seeking to pursue the pathway.

Why would you not want only the best in medical schools?

Anonymous wrote:The city of Tuscaloosa is pretty much an even distribution of Black and White residents.

The state of Alabama is 63% white. The student body reflects the state’s population.

Anonymous wrote:OP, the naysayers on this thread seem uninformed. If you get a chance to visit, do so (Alabama will set you up with someone in McCollough, the pre-med program). You will be glad you did.

+1

The city of Tuscaloosa is pretty much an even distribution of Black and White residents.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's for a particular pre-med program; you'd need to look into it.

https://news.ua.edu/2023/09/ua-pre-med-students-achieve-100-med-school-acceptance/

Likely not top-tier med school admissions, or they'd say. Write and ask for the data.

My NMF pre-med kid wanted an SLAC for undergrad, so didn't consider UA. It's a big, ra ra football school with a very small cohort of top students. You should visit and see how your kid feels about it.

I don't see any non-white kids in the pre-med cohort picture

UA student body is more than 70% white, nearly twice the US college average.

You say this like it's a bad thing.

It's definitely not a good thing...

Well, if you don’t like going to school with white people, you can hang around with the 10,000 undergraduates who are not white (30 percent of 34,500).

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's for a particular pre-med program; you'd need to look into it.

https://news.ua.edu/2023/09/ua-pre-med-students-achieve-100-med-school-acceptance/

Likely not top-tier med school admissions, or they'd say. Write and ask for the data.

My NMF pre-med kid wanted an SLAC for undergrad, so didn't consider UA. It's a big, ra ra football school with a very small cohort of top students. You should visit and see how your kid feels about it.

I don't see any non-white kids in the pre-med cohort picture

UA student body is more than 70% white, nearly twice the US college average.

You say this like it's a bad thing.

It's definitely not a good thing...

Do you have something against white people?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That's for a particular pre-med program; you'd need to look into it.

https://news.ua.edu/2023/09/ua-pre-med-students-achieve-100-med-school-acceptance/

Likely not top-tier med school admissions, or they'd say. Write and ask for the data.

My NMF pre-med kid wanted an SLAC for undergrad, so didn't consider UA. It's a big, ra ra football school with a very small cohort of top students. You should visit and see how your kid feels about it.

I don't see any non-white kids in the pre-med cohort picture

UA student body is more than 70% white, nearly twice the US college average.

You say this like it's a bad thing.

It's definitely not a good thing...