Emory vs WashU for premed?

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FWIW, Barnes hospital is amazing with lots of opportunities for premeds and WashU Medicine is top 5 in the nation for NIH funding

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Anonymous wrote:FWIW, Barnes hospital is amazing with lots of opportunities for premeds and WashU Medicine is top 5 in the nation for NIH funding

WashU is amazing. My colleague went there undergrad and med school and I went to Duke undergrad and WashU med. toxic premeds were extremely rare at both! Then again the ones who come out on top rarely think what they went through was toxic, because we were not “weeded out”, and back then half of every Stem class was assigned a B- or below. Now the median of the curve is usually a B+ with 40% getting A range grades, then it gets even looser with over half getting A-/A in upper level stem. The super cutthroat days, IF they even existed, are gone.

[Anonymous]

It use to be the JHU med school took very few of its own undergrads which made it very competitive. Not sure if that has changed.

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Anonymous wrote:Don't go to pre-med heavy colleges as a premed. It is miserable, grossly competitive, and made to weed you out. Opt for places with good opportunities that aren't filled to the brim with your competition. It is very likely your DC will drop it from the exhaustion of being surrounded by premeds. This is witnessed very often at WashU and harms the culture. https://www.studlife.com/forum/2018/09/19/a-letter-to-pre-meds-calm-down.

100% agree. Pre meds are not fun to work with and places like Johns Hopkins are extremely toxic.

I think that’s a Johns Hopkins problem. The Wash. U. premeds I knew weren’t toxic at all.

Yeah, and I'm sure a JHU parent would say the JHU premeds they knew weren't toxic at all. No one cares about your feelings.

Maybe JHU isn't really like that either. The difference though is WashU doesn't have a rep for it. Anyways, I found the overall environment at WashU (not just premed) to be super collaborative. if I had to describe the vibe in three words, they would be chill, nerdy, wholesome.

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Maybe JHU isn't really like that either. The difference though is WashU doesn't have a rep for it. Anyways, I found the overall environment at WashU (not just premed) to be super collaborative. if I had to describe the vibe in three words, they would be chill, nerdy, wholesome.

Just to add something for the OP, I don't think there was really grade deflation with premed. No inflation, but no deflation either. It can get difficult at times but with good time management totally doable.

[Anonymous]

https://wustl.app.box.com/s/kogpybkjk8qkfou07a5lpzql5452law6

Latest stats for WashU's premed students (2024)

[Anonymous]

Numbers wise they are similar, it comes down to fit and what schools location is better for DC. WashU is more traditional while Emory has a big city vibe similar to Georgetown.

[Anonymous]

Have a student at WashU who is not premed, but all DCs friends are. So very big premed community and support. Dont know about grade deflation, just know the kids are applying and getting into amazing med schools , w/o a gap year. Have a very organized system/ deans to guide them for applying.

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Anonymous wrote:Numbers wise they are similar, it comes down to fit and what schools location is better for DC. WashU is more traditional while Emory has a big city vibe similar to Georgetown.

Saint Louis is also a big city. Both campuses are in more suburban areas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have a student at WashU who is not premed, but all DCs friends are. So very big premed community and support. Dont know about grade deflation, just know the kids are applying and getting into amazing med schools , w/o a gap year. Have a very organized system/ deans to guide them for applying.

80% of WashU premeds take a gap year before attending medical school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC planning to apply ED2 but is torn between the two. Heard grade deflation at Wash U.

Too expensive. Go to state flagship instead.

[Anonymous]

Gap year(s) are the new norm everywhere as much as mine doesn’t want to. The amount of hours expected to be competitive now nearly necessitate it.

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Anonymous wrote:Numbers wise they are similar, it comes down to fit and what schools location is better for DC. WashU is more traditional while Emory has a big city vibe similar to Georgetown.

Saint Louis is also a big city. Both campuses are in more suburban areas.

It is not, not Atlanta big.

[Anonymous]

I think Emory is better for POC and those into "urban" culture. WashU is a lot more preppy than Emory likely due to the cities they are in.

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Anonymous wrote:DC planning to apply ED2 but is torn between the two. Heard grade deflation at Wash U.

Too expensive. Go to state flagship instead.

Unless you have both med school and college fully funded, this is the right answer.