I am a high school senior looking for some insight on how to select an undergrad school from folks who are in med school - I have been accepted in UC Riverside and UC Santa Cruz and also private liberal arts schools such as Hamilton, Scripps, Loyola Marymount , Trinity. Private schools are expensive and i will have to incur a loan of up-to $350k to attend, with an overall cost of more than twice the cost of UC’s. The UC’s i have been selected are Tier 3 colleges 1) Is it worth spending that much and take loan for Hamilton / Scripps for pre med 2) What can i do to compensate to prepare for med school if i chooses Riverside or Santa Cruz - how big of a disadvantage it will be for Med school entrance 3) How best to decide between Riverside vs Santa Cruz .