UVA vs Georgetown for pre-med track

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Anonymous wrote:May I ask how they’re different socially? My daughter doesn’t seem to care so much about social stuff LOL, she wants to go to school that can give her the best chance to get into medical school

Have you visited with her? There are clear differences. UVA is a large state school (granted not as large as some of the HUGE ones) sprawled out over a wide area. Georgetown is a compact private school in DC. Georgetown is filled with type A go getters and the social culture is dictated by clubs (many of which require applications...but there are more inclusive ones too). UVA will have a broader mix of student types. Georgetown will have students from around the country and around the world.

all that talk and no mention of Catholic.

The percentage of Catholics in the GU student body is less than the percentage of Catholics in the us

that doesn't matter, you pro-catholic poster. OP did not indicate anywhere in her posts that a) they are catholic or b) that they understand the catholic environment could have an impact upon OP's DS.

Someone isn’t reading. Georgetown is not particularly religious anymore than any other non-Jesuit school.

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Anonymous wrote:May I ask how they’re different socially? My daughter doesn’t seem to care so much about social stuff LOL, she wants to go to school that can give her the best chance to get into medical school

[b]Have you visited with her? There are clear differences. UVA is a large state school (granted not as large as some of the HUGE ones) sprawled out over a wide area. Georgetown is a compact private school in DC. Georgetown is filled with type A go getters and the social culture is dictated by clubs (many of which require applications...but there are more inclusive ones too). UVA will have a broader mix of student types. Georgetown will have students from around the country and around the world.

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all that talk and no mention of Catholic.

It’s pretty irrelevant there.

Nope not any more.

MAGA

Georgetown is much more liberal overall than UVa

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not a Virginian so daughter would pay out of tuition at UVA and our family doesn’t qualify for any financial aid.

She really wants to do pre-med. which school would you recommend? I’d like to spend less on undergrad to save more for medical school but also want to make sure my daughter gets good undergrad experience/research opportunities.

Didn’t realize college selection process was this stressful!

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience!

Dear OP - go to college confidential. UVA's pre med is rated much higher than Georgetown. https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/georgetown-university-04018

The student has to get into both schools. Kid could get into UVa but not GU.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not a Virginian so daughter would pay out of tuition at UVA and our family doesn’t qualify for any financial aid.

She really wants to do pre-med. which school would you recommend? I’d like to spend less on undergrad to save more for medical school but also want to make sure my daughter gets good undergrad experience/research opportunities.

Didn’t realize college selection process was this stressful!

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience!

Dear OP - go to college confidential. UVA's pre med is rated much higher than Georgetown. https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/georgetown-university-04018

That’s medical school not pre-med.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not a Virginian so daughter would pay out of tuition at UVA and our family doesn’t qualify for any financial aid.

She really wants to do pre-med. which school would you recommend? I’d like to spend less on undergrad to save more for medical school but also want to make sure my daughter gets good undergrad experience/research opportunities.

Didn’t realize college selection process was this stressful!

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience!

Dear OP - go to college confidential. UVA's pre med is rated much higher than Georgetown. https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/georgetown-university-04018

That’s medical school not pre-med.

So few seem to grasp the difference. Princeton doesn't have a medical school but it will have a higher acceptance rate for pre-meds into accredited medical schools than either of these schools.

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UVA has a rich selection of pre-med course and the standard ones are very competitive with many pre-med students. Has several pre-med friends who ended up with great med school and residency placements. Knew only one who decided to go to medical school outside the US because US medical schools are such a hard admit.

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I looked at this. Georgetown had a higher reported medical school acceptance rate.
UVA reported acceptance rates from 52%-60% (national average a bit over 40%). Georgetown
reports "ranges from 75-85%. The five year acceptance rate for 2019-2023 is 79.6%."

The UVA link no longer seems work correctly, but you may find the information elsewhere on the site:

https://career.virginia.edu/pre-health/medicine/applications#Statistics%20for%20Medical%20School%20Applicants

For Georgetown it is under "what is the medical school acceptance rate" here:

https://premed.georgetown.edu/postbac/pb-prospective-students/postbac_faq/

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Anonymous wrote:May I ask how they’re different socially? My daughter doesn’t seem to care so much about social stuff LOL, she wants to go to school that can give her the best chance to get into medical school

[b]Have you visited with her? There are clear differences. UVA is a large state school (granted not as large as some of the HUGE ones) sprawled out over a wide area. Georgetown is a compact private school in DC. Georgetown is filled with type A go getters and the social culture is dictated by clubs (many of which require applications...but there are more inclusive ones too). UVA will have a broader mix of student types. Georgetown will have students from around the country and around the world.

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all that talk and no mention of Catholic.

It’s pretty irrelevant there.

Nope not any more.

MAGA

Georgetown is much more liberal overall than UVa

+1

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone for your feedback.

Daughter got into both UVA and Georgetown. Georgetown is a bit more pricey for us but I’m more focused on which pre med has better program and more acceptance to medical school. Daughter definitely likes feel of Georgetown more but wants to choose school that offers more/better research opportunities during undergrad and higher acceptance rate into medical school (assuming she does well in both schools)

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks everyone for your feedback.

Daughter got into both UVA and Georgetown. Georgetown is a bit more pricey for us but I’m more focused on which pre med has better program and more acceptance to medical school. Daughter definitely likes feel of Georgetown more but wants to choose school that offers more/better research opportunities during undergrad and higher acceptance rate into medical school (assuming she does well in both schools)

Did she visit both departments and ask questions of the right people who are actually there, on campus?

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Not sure if similar at UVA, but GU Med likes GU undergrads.

There may still be a fast track program at GU where you are admitted into GU med school after sophomore year, typically having completed important courses like Orgo. No need to take the MCATs if accepted into this track. You can still take it if curious.

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You also clearly have to complete your undergraduate degree to continue on to med school.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure if similar at UVA, but GU Med likes GU undergrads.

There may still be a fast track program at GU where you are admitted into GU med school after sophomore year, typically having completed important courses like Orgo. No need to take the MCATs if accepted into this track. You can still take it if curious.

I strongly doubt this exists at GU.

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It is called the Early Assurance (EA) program. There is a minimum GPA requirement that has to be maintained through your first 4 semesters. There is an application. Very selective. It exists in other schools as well.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not a Virginian so daughter would pay out of tuition at UVA and our family doesn’t qualify for any financial aid.

She really wants to do pre-med. which school would you recommend? I’d like to spend less on undergrad to save more for medical school but also want to make sure my daughter gets good undergrad experience/research opportunities.

Didn’t realize college selection process was this stressful!

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience!

Dear OP - go to college confidential. UVA's pre med is rated much higher than Georgetown. https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-medical-schools/georgetown-university-04018

The student has to get into both schools. Kid could get into UVa but not GU.

Not anymore!