Hi everyone!

If all of you that come across this post can share your opinion with me I'd greatly greatly appreciate it!

I'm from Miami FL

I got accepted into UW Madison February and today I heard back from FSU that I got accepted into their bridge program which is essentially a 1 year masters program with direct entry into their med school assuming you complete the courses with good academic standing of course.

I know for some simply going to uw-madison would be the obvious choice considering its regular admission to their med school and initially that was my thought as well but i wanted to share some things that are making me overthink

CONS TO UW - MADISON:

- Im from FL to uw madison is super expensive for me (~95/yr) also have not received financial aid offer yet as they are wait till may i believe (from what i heard i could be wrong)

- Normally 3 hrs away on a flight (perfect) HOWEVER there are no direct flights from FL to Madison (how convenient for me) or even Milwaukee so its 6 hrs away instead. Not horrible but my family plans on visiting constantly so it's just an extra little barrier

-Far from my mom and dad. We are immigrants. its truly just us 3 in this country so its definitely hard on all of us. (not the biggest con as im sure its the experience for a lot of us and we are truly just lucky to even have this opportunity as immigrants).

PROS:

-Amazing academics and research

- Higher rated

- I START MED SCHOOL AUGUST (REGULAR ADMISSION)

PROS TO FSU:

-In state cost of attendance

- In state so close to my parents

CONS TO FSU:

- HAVE TO COMPLETE A 1 YR MASTERS FIRST

-Not as high rated/ not much research/ In the works of having a home hospital (Not much of a con considering they do away rotations and still have great match rates)

like i said, i know for some there would be an obvious answer but even just reading advice/opinions will help

thank you!