UMiami, UF, or UGA for Pre-med

[Gogetterr]

I live in Georgia and my family will be moving to Florida this summer, but I still qualify for 4 years of instate tuition for UGA and might be able to qualify for instate for UF after a year. I have already been accepted into UGA and am waiting on the others, which I assume I will be accepted to if everything works out (My stats: 33 ACT, 4.0 UW, 8 APs, 2 DE, 9 Honors).

Finances: For UGA, I will get HOPE, Zell, and so far, I have been awarded a $1500 a year scholarship
UMIAMI: Even if I were to receive the highest scholarship of 30k a year, tuition would still be 30k a year
UF: 20 something k a year if I don't get a scholarship but I would only pay that much the first year if I can qualify for instate the following year (does anyone know how this works??)

I want a college experience and have a lot of student connections at UGA, but I want to keep my options open just in case. I have been told to apply to more prestigious schools, but I have chosen to leave that for medical school (hopefully).
Anyways, which would you choose and why?

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[efle]

Why are you hesitant to apply to prestigious schools? Finances were a major deciding factor for me, and it turned out Top 20 private schools offered the best deals (full tuition and full ride offers, while my California state system wanted 20k+ per year). You might be surprised by the generosity of schools like Duke, Emory, Vanderbilt.

Of the three you have listed, it's pretty much a total toss up. I'd say if one of them ends up being a much cheaper option than the others, go there and don't look back. One interesting bit of data I can give you is the premeds per capita at each school (
University of Miami 12.2%, University of Florida, Gainesville 9.2%, University of Georgia 7.3%) but go for the $$$ for sure.

And again...nothing to lose shooting some apps to Top 20s. You're competitive and might get even better deals there.

 

[Gogetterr]

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[Dreamstoo]

At this point, it may just be personal preference.

For me, I would go with probably UF. Friend went there before transferring to my institution due to personal reasons. He had a blast there and said the academics are great and if anything under appreciated by some.