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[Clymb]

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Hi everyone,

I'm a transfer student with ~2 years left of pre-med. I got accepted into University of Denver--it's supposed to offer good research, small classes, etc, not to mention that I can walk there (I don't have a car). It's a very expensive school but everything I researched said they offer great aid. Well, I was not lucky to receive great fin aid--even though I have never made over 15k/year, I never seem to receive any. Not sure what I'm missing...anyways, my main question is this: should I continue to go here, which to me seems like the most helpful for pre-med, considering the opportunities and class size, and suck up having the possibility of huge debt if I can't get scholarships...OR should I go to CU Denver, which is much cheaper, but also much larger/not as personable with instructors, not as many opportunities, etc. I'm willing to do whatever I need to get into med school, but if I can avoid ~50k of debt for two years of school, that would be nice!

 

[utmn]

Go to CU Denver. Sure DU is a good school, but just for prereqs I don't think it's worth going into 50k of debt for. In my experience, it is possible to forge relationships with professors in schools of any size- some just require more effort. If anything I imagine there would be more research opportunities at CU, but don't quote me on that!

 

[deleted651092]

CU Denver. definitely way cheaper than DU. If you're aggressive enough you'd get plenty of opportunities, maybe even at the Anschutz campus. There are tons of Bio majors though so you might get a better chance at standing out if you choose a different major.