School list help please!

[music314]

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Hello everyone!

I was looking to get some additional advice on my school list. My #1 concern is the hard cost (i.e. tuition and fees, not really looking at living expenses since they can vary). Just to be clear, I am not looking for a "chance me", but rather advice on what schools I could consider looking into that have cheap tuition & fees, let you have in-state tuition after one year, and/or offer merit-based scholarships. I am an Illinois resident, have strong letters of rec, plenty of service, a good amount of shadowing (~150hrs), 3.99oGPA, 4.00sGPA, and 24 AA, 24 TS, 22 PAT (nothing below 22). I would prefer to stay in the northeast board region (i.e. northeast or midwest schools). Also, of the schools I am applying to, if I wished to potentially specialize, do you think any of them would be better to go to than the others? Thanks!

So my school list...
1) Ohio State University
2) University of Michigan
3) Virginia Commonwealth
4) University of Illinois at Chicago
5) Southern Illinois University
6) University of Connecticut
7) University of Missouri-Kansas City
8) Marquette University
9) Case Western University

I may end up leaving it at 9 schools, but I am considering adding a 10th.

Any input is appreciated!

 

[fit2]

You're from IL, right?

illinois resident

 

[Lunatic]

Oh god, I hope you don't apply to OSU.

 

[FeralisExtremum]

UConn would be your best shot at specializing within that list, though I'm not sure how friendly they'd be to an IL resident.

 

[jg4318]

Iowa's good for specialization and offers scholarships to most OOS students

 

[ColoradoTeeth]

Just saw that part. Add Pitt. It's approximately the same cost as UIC and Marquette. ~255-260K w/out living & scholarships. You can find apts for $600/mo around the school so COL is cheap as well.

COL as in Colorado? As someone that lives in Denver, let me tell ya, you're not finding anything anywhere near 600/month

 

[music314]

Just saw that part. Add Pitt. It's approximately the same cost as UIC and Marquette. ~255-260K w/out living & scholarships. You can find apts for $600/mo around the school so COL is cheap as well.

That sounds good. Cheap COL is also tempting. I will add it to my list. Thanks!

 

[music314]

UConn would be your best shot at specializing within that list, though I'm not sure how friendly they'd be to an IL resident.

Thanks! UConn is one of my top choices for both price and having a good program with good opportunity to specialize.

 

[ColoradoTeeth]

Cost of living

Ahhhh. Fridays man...

 

[deleted696582]

My #1 concern is the hard cost

Easy, Southern Illinois should be your number one. Their clinics are new and look great. Small town and tiny campus though (in case you don't like that).

And yes, you can specialize from Southern Illinois, but I wouldn't worry much about that right now.

I'd leave the list how it is since your stats will get you plenty of interviews.

 

[music314]

Easy, Southern Illinois should be your number one. Their clinics are new and look great. Small town and tiny campus though (in case you don't like that).

And yes, you can specialize from Southern Illinois, but I wouldn't worry much about that right now.

I'd leave the list how it is since your stats will get you plenty of interviews.

Yeah it is definitely one of my top choices because of the incredibly cheap tuition (~150k not including COL) and I've heard they are really good clinically.