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I'm currently a senior at a high school with a program that allows students to complete their junior and senior year of high school at a community college for free, and because of that I only applied to schools in Texas and one in DC because I'm certain that they'll accept my credits.
The schools I applied to (and have been accepted to) are the University of Texas at Austin, Baylor University, the University of Houston, and Howard University (a HBCU). I was set on going to UT Austin, but then today Howard gave me a full ride and now my parents are pushing me to go there. My parents think that it'll be good to be around people that look like me so that I don't feel awkward and feel like I can't make any friends (African Americans only make up 4% of UT Austin's student body), I'll have a better chance at getting into Howard's medical school (though I don't even know if I want to go there), and they won't have to pay for anything. However, I think that UT Austin would given me a better chance of getting into whatever medical school I want so long as I maintain a high GPA and score well on the MCAT because, to my knowledge, it's overall better school that Howard.
Which school do you think I should attend and why?
The schools I applied to (and have been accepted to) are the University of Texas at Austin, Baylor University, the University of Houston, and Howard University (a HBCU). I was set on going to UT Austin, but then today Howard gave me a full ride and now my parents are pushing me to go there. My parents think that it'll be good to be around people that look like me so that I don't feel awkward and feel like I can't make any friends (African Americans only make up 4% of UT Austin's student body), I'll have a better chance at getting into Howard's medical school (though I don't even know if I want to go there), and they won't have to pay for anything. However, I think that UT Austin would given me a better chance of getting into whatever medical school I want so long as I maintain a high GPA and score well on the MCAT because, to my knowledge, it's overall better school that Howard.
Which school do you think I should attend and why?
