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Please help. My son( a high school senior from competitive public high school) got accepted to UCLA with Scholarship and cal-grant, which mean almost free ride(SAT2300 and 14AP all As and many ECs). Just found out yesterday he also got accepted to Princeton and wait list at Harvard.
We are not wealthy. We are from California. He has never been away from me, a very caring mother. He plan to go to Medical School later. Need advice please. I am so new to all this. I did not go to school here in the US . I am from Australia.Thank you all in advance. I read SDN and know you guys are great help.
So here's the situation: he does not feel he will be above average kids in terms of GPA if he goes to Princeton. Princeton is new to him, the community and everything. New territory. Princeton Financial Aid not as good as UCLA. Princeton cost $12,000 per year from parents and $3,000 work study. On the plus side, Princeton will have commitee letters of recommendation when applying for med school and Health profession Advisesr available to help prepare for med school applications( I did some research) and get to know professors more. And may be class discussions (which he enjoy while at high school). And he may grow academically, personally, and professionally. New territory can stretch Simba more as in the Lion King.
At UCLA, he is top 1.5% of applicant(hence the scholarship) and invited to apply for honour program. (Also got regent scholarship from UCSD, UCD and UCI but he's only thinking of either UCLA or Princeton). He does not think he is smart but achieved through study hard.The plus sides, he already knows and feel comfortable about three clubs that he will join and may run for vice president or chair or president and involve with with outreach community services while joining those three clubs and meet great people whom he feel comfortable there. Great weather, award winning foods added to the pluses. UCLA med school have full scholarship for approx. 30 med student( I know this is 4 years from now).
Will it be easier to be accepted to any UC Medical School in CA after graduating from Princeton?
So another question is if he goes to Princeton, will he be consider CA residence and pay the in-state tuition when applying for UC Medical School 4 years from now?
Sorry about the long writing. Thank s again.
We are not wealthy. We are from California. He has never been away from me, a very caring mother. He plan to go to Medical School later. Need advice please. I am so new to all this. I did not go to school here in the US . I am from Australia.Thank you all in advance. I read SDN and know you guys are great help.
So here's the situation: he does not feel he will be above average kids in terms of GPA if he goes to Princeton. Princeton is new to him, the community and everything. New territory. Princeton Financial Aid not as good as UCLA. Princeton cost $12,000 per year from parents and $3,000 work study. On the plus side, Princeton will have commitee letters of recommendation when applying for med school and Health profession Advisesr available to help prepare for med school applications( I did some research) and get to know professors more. And may be class discussions (which he enjoy while at high school). And he may grow academically, personally, and professionally. New territory can stretch Simba more as in the Lion King.
At UCLA, he is top 1.5% of applicant(hence the scholarship) and invited to apply for honour program. (Also got regent scholarship from UCSD, UCD and UCI but he's only thinking of either UCLA or Princeton). He does not think he is smart but achieved through study hard.The plus sides, he already knows and feel comfortable about three clubs that he will join and may run for vice president or chair or president and involve with with outreach community services while joining those three clubs and meet great people whom he feel comfortable there. Great weather, award winning foods added to the pluses. UCLA med school have full scholarship for approx. 30 med student( I know this is 4 years from now).
Will it be easier to be accepted to any UC Medical School in CA after graduating from Princeton?
So another question is if he goes to Princeton, will he be consider CA residence and pay the in-state tuition when applying for UC Medical School 4 years from now?
Sorry about the long writing. Thank s again.