Northwestern vs Vanderbilt vs UVA (in-state)

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Don’t be cheap. Let the kid go to Vandy or Northwestern. Your kid earned it.

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Your kid needs to honestly ask themselves how much they like the cold. Northwestern is very very cold.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t be cheap. Let the kid go to Vandy or Northwestern. Your kid earned it.

This. Northwestern easy choice. Not even close. It's like a Georgetown but higher ranked.

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Anonymous wrote:If medical school is a consideration, probably makes sense to go with the lowest cost option and use difference towards medical school. All three are peers academically so just a fit choice otherwise.

This. I can’t imagine turning down in state UVA for pre-anything.

Even Northwestern? Interesting.

Yes, even Northwestern.

This is a financial decision, yes? Because UVA doesn't even compare.

Huh? No. I think of all three of these schools in the same academic tier. And I don’t have ties to any of them, went to two different T10 schools myself.

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Anonymous wrote:If medical school is a consideration, probably makes sense to go with the lowest cost option and use difference towards medical school. All three are peers academically so just a fit choice otherwise.

This. I can’t imagine turning down in state UVA for pre-anything.

Even Northwestern? Interesting.

Yes, even Northwestern.

This is a financial decision, yes? Because UVA doesn't even compare.

Huh? No. I think of all three of these schools in the same academic tier. And I don’t have ties to any of them, went to two different T10 schools myself.

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[Anonymous]

UVA, if money is remotely an issue. You still have the high price of medical school.

If money is no object, Vanderbilt. As another poster noted, Vanderbilt has a nicer campus, better weather, friendlier students/atmosphere , and an immediately adjacent, world-class medical center.

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Anonymous wrote:If medical school is a consideration, probably makes sense to go with the lowest cost option and use difference towards medical school. All three are peers academically so just a fit choice otherwise.

This. I can’t imagine turning down in state UVA for pre-anything.

OMG here the come the UVA boosters again. I will name you many schools to turn down for UVA unless it is only a money question.

1. Any Ivy (yes any, including Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, and Penn).
2. Stanford, Northwestern, Duke, Hopkins, Chicago, and any non Ivy in the top 15.

Georgetown SFS (rated #1--over Harvard too) in this area.

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Anonymous wrote:If medical school is a consideration, probably makes sense to go with the lowest cost option and use difference towards medical school. All three are peers academically so just a fit choice otherwise.

This. I can’t imagine turning down in state UVA for pre-anything.

OMG here the come the UVA boosters again. I will name you many schools to turn down for UVA unless it is only a money question.

1. Any Ivy (yes any, including Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, and Penn).
2. Stanford, Northwestern, Duke, Hopkins, Chicago, and any non Ivy in the top 15.


So Berkeley and UCLA are good.

Georgetown SFS (rated #1--over Harvard too) in this area.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA, if money is remotely an issue. You still have the high price of medical school.

If money is no object, Vanderbilt. As another poster noted, Vanderbilt has a nicer campus, better weather, friendlier students/atmosphere , and an immediately adjacent, world-class medical center.

I would say UVA has the nicer campus, Vandy is much more urban. Weather is the same, and both has the medical center/hospital next to undergrad campus.

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Anonymous wrote:If medical school is a consideration, probably makes sense to go with the lowest cost option and use difference towards medical school. All three are peers academically so just a fit choice otherwise.

This. I can’t imagine turning down in state UVA for pre-anything.

OMG here the come the UVA boosters again. I will name you many schools to turn down for UVA unless it is only a money question.

1. Any Ivy (yes any, including Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, and Penn).
2. Stanford, Northwestern, Duke, Hopkins, Chicago, and any non Ivy in the top 15.

Umm ok, obviously others have a different opinion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We looked at both Northwestern and Vanderbilt. I don't know anything about UVA. For pre-med, I think they're both very good. You really can't go wrong. If it makes any difference, the Vanderbilt University Medical Center is next to campus whereas the Northwestern University Hospital is 30 miles away in Chicago. Vandy is a more urban school. NU is more suburban. I think the Vanderbilt campus is much nicer, but NU has the lake. The two schools seem to have similar caliber students, but the vibe at Vanderbilt seemed a lot warmer and friendlier. It definitely felt more social than NU. Both schools are a part of major sports conferences. And they both kind of suck at sports presently.

You should visit of course. Most students will sense what feels right. Nashville is a blue city in a red state and some might find that off-putting. Northwestern is freezing for much of the academic year. And it has a quarterly system, which is not for everyone. Chicago is a great city, but NU is not in Chicago. Evanston is... fine.

DS preferred Vanderbilt and attends there now.

Northwestern hospital is only 12 miles away but it’ll take you at least 30 mins to get there, if that’s what you mean. But it’s not 30 miles away.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA, if money is remotely an issue. You still have the high price of medical school.

If money is no object, Vanderbilt. As another poster noted, Vanderbilt has a nicer campus, better weather, friendlier students/atmosphere , and an immediately adjacent, world-class medical center.

I would say UVA has the nicer campus, Vandy is much more urban. Weather is the same, and both has the medical center/hospital next to undergrad campus.

The other poster is comparing Vanderbilt and northwestern when they say Vandy has better weather. Weather is definitely not the same in Evanston, IL and Nashville.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA, if money is remotely an issue. You still have the high price of medical school.

If money is no object, Vanderbilt. As another poster noted, Vanderbilt has a nicer campus, better weather, friendlier students/atmosphere , and an immediately adjacent, world-class medical center.

I would say UVA has the nicer campus, Vandy is much more urban. Weather is the same, and both has the medical center/hospital next to undergrad campus.

The other poster is comparing Vanderbilt and northwestern when they say Vandy has better weather. Weather is definitely not the same in Evanston, IL and Nashville.

+1. That poster is saying, if you’re worried about $$ pick UVA.

If you’re not worried about $$ and can get into northwestern and Vanderbilt, pick Vanderbilt.

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Anonymous wrote:Your kid needs to honestly ask themselves how much they like the cold. Northwestern is very very cold.

But oh so beautiful.

The campus is gorgeous.

And all of the students we met or saw on campus were laid back for a high ranking school ans definitely "midwest nice"

[Anonymous]

I would pick Vanderbilt. Better for premed, easy access to the Med center as well as a more well rounded school with a great social scene. Also weather is the best of the three with mild winters.