Vanderbilt or Emory for pre med?

[Anonymous]

Pre med white girl. Neuroscience major.
Mainstream interests. Hoping for a classic college experience: dating, going out, etc. Neutral on needing big game days or Greek life if there are other social things to do but will participate if these things exist. Coming from an intense high school where she studied hard for 4 yrs. Very strong student. Diversity is good.
Very set on pre-med. Parents are both practicing physicians so she has her eyes open to the profession.

[Anonymous]

Emory

[Anonymous]

Vandy has a hospital right in the middle of the campus. And big time sports.

[Anonymous]

Emory Neuroscience is ranked 38th globally, Vanderbilt 88th.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/neuroscience-behavior

[Anonymous]

Wow this is one of the hardest ones I’ve seen. Purely because of her wanting a very traditional mainstream college experience, Vanderbilt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vandy has a hospital right in the middle of the campus. And big time sports.

Emory has 4 hospitals in Atlanta, with one on campus. Getting research and shadowing will be much easier.

[Anonymous]

Both schools are Greek heavy, but if your neutral on big games then Emory.

[Anonymous]

Did you get off the waitlist?

[Anonymous]

Emory for premed.

[Anonymous]

Emory poster that's famous here makes me want to say Vanderbilt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pre med white girl. Neuroscience major.
Mainstream interests. Hoping for a classic college experience: dating, going out, etc. Neutral on needing big game days or Greek life if there are other social things to do but will participate if these things exist. Coming from an intense high school where she studied hard for 4 yrs. Very strong student. Diversity is good.
Very set on pre-med. Parents are both practicing physicians so she has her eyes open to the profession.

Either one, or pick one in the top 15 that has a medical school on or close to campus if it is a fit:
WashU, Penn, Hopkins, Columbia, Duke, Harvard, Yale, Brown.

These top schools are great places for premed with loads of clinical and research opportunities and funding for students, presuming she is verifiably strong, got 5s on STEM AP such as chem, bio, physics, calc and presuming 1510+ on SAT with no extra time. Those facts will set her up to have an excellent chance to be average or above among premeds at these places, and an excellent chance for 513+ on MCAT.

Premeds work hard everywhere. Dating culture is very different at all schools, with less of it, but serious students premeds or not can and do have fun at all of these schools.
Vanderbilt, Emory, or any of the others above are excellent feeders to premed such that average students with average GPA for the specific undergrad (3.7-3.85 for most of these) will do well.

[Anonymous]

Vandy has grade deflation for premed to gatekeep the number of applicants. Just something to be aware of. Not sure about Emory but I think more or less to some degree deflation as well.

For a strong applicant, it probably doesn't make any different. It's something you have to think about based on your DC's situation.

[Anonymous]

Vanderbilt because Emory mom can suck it.

[Anonymous]

Emory is a much easier admit. Getting in to Vandy from public school is tough. Social scene also more intense at Vandy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Emory is a much easier admit. Getting in to Vandy from public school is tough. Social scene also more intense at Vandy.

We dont know if OP is a freshman or transfer admit, but considering the date, probably transfer.

Freshman
Emory- 8.5%, 1520/34 , 67% submit scores
Vandy- 4.1%, 1540/34, 51% submit scores

Transfer
Emory- 16%
Vandy- 23%

Both are hyper selective but Emory is a harder transfer acceptance.