Emory vs WashU for premed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

You think Saint Louis lacks “urban culture?”

[Anonymous]

Son went engineering at WashU. He is now in med school. Loved washu and is doing well in med school.

Daughter is currently at WashU. She is a math major who refuses to go engineering or Olin business.

There are a lot of pre med students at WashU. But that is because it has amazing medical facilities and pre med faculty.

We have known 2 sets of kids at the school. ALL were happy, driven students who seemed collaborative and well-adjusted. Don’t know a thing about Emory. But I wanted to throw in my 2-cents about WashU, which we have loved for both kids and

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Why? what if OP has 800k in a 529? What is they are worth 20 million and just don't care about that amount of money?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

You think Saint Louis lacks “urban culture?”

Yes, urban culture doesn't mean black and crime. Atlanta is the Mecca for black creatives and entrepreneurs with important black cultural centers like Spelman and Morehouse. St Louis is just a city that has a lot of black people too...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

You think Saint Louis lacks “urban culture?”

Yes, urban culture doesn't mean black and crime. Atlanta is the Mecca for black creatives and entrepreneurs with important black cultural centers like Spelman and Morehouse. St Louis is just a city that has a lot of black people too...

Seriously sometimes better to just shut up when you don’t know what you are talking about. There’s a whole bunch more to black culture in Saint Louis than crime.

[Anonymous]

I meant that Emory is more diverse and Atlanta is more Metropolitan. My DC would prefer Emory. St.loiuis is a dying city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

You think Saint Louis lacks “urban culture?”

Yes, urban culture doesn't mean black and crime. Atlanta is the Mecca for black creatives and entrepreneurs with important black cultural centers like Spelman and Morehouse. St Louis is just a city that has a lot of black people too...

Seriously sometimes better to just shut up when you don’t know what you are talking about. There’s a whole bunch more to black culture in Saint Louis than crime.

Oh yeah? Please, random DCUM, tell me all about the black culture of St Louis and how it is so much more cultured than the most famous black American city. You just know so much, baby bird feed the info to me

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

You think Saint Louis lacks “urban culture?”

Yes, urban culture doesn't mean black and crime. Atlanta is the Mecca for black creatives and entrepreneurs with important black cultural centers like Spelman and Morehouse. St Louis is just a city that has a lot of black people too...

Seriously sometimes better to just shut up when you don’t know what you are talking about. There’s a whole bunch more to black culture in Saint Louis than crime.

Oh yeah? Please, random DCUM, tell me all about the black culture of St Louis and how it is so much more cultured than the most famous black American city. You just know so much, baby bird feed the info to me

Are you five? Seriously, what is going on with some of the posters lately?

I never said that Saint Louis “was more cultured” than Atlanta,” whatever that means, because I don’t view everything as a competition as to what is “best.” Both Atlanta and Saint Louis are important centers of black culture, as are Baltimore, Memphis, Chicago and New York, as well as many other cities.

I’m not going to lecture you on Saint Louis because I don’t think you are truly interested in learning about it but I’ve attached a few links for those that are.

https://explorestlouis.com/whats-new/a-walk-through-history-in-st-louis/

https://explorestlouis.com/guide/black-culture/

https://www.frannythetraveler.com/post/blackity-black-travel-st-louis-edition

[Anonymous]

Emory is slightly easier to get into if you don't mind the Oxford campus. Emory just released their enrolled stats and it's very close. I think WashU has a higher acceptance rate and Emory lower test scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You won't go wrong with either.

Emory 2023
Allopathic (M.D.) Applicants
Total Applicants - 350
National Acceptance: 46%
All Emory Acceptance: 65%
Filtered by GPA/MCAT**: 84%
Of the accepted students 81% submitted their application between May and July
**Based on a GPA of 3.7 or higher, a MCAT of 510 or higher, and an application submission between May and July
Osteopathic (D.O.) Applicants
Total Applicants - 78
National Acceptance: 56%
All Emory Acceptance: 53%
Filtered by GPA/MCAT**: 68%
Of the accepted students 68% submitted their application between May and July
**Based on a GPA of 3.5 or higher, a MCAT of 505 or higher, and an application submission between May and July

Great data! Note 3.7 at Emory is slightly BELOW average overall GPA.
In other words they do not have to be a top 25% student at Emory to get in to MD schools.
5

Impressive comment

NONE of that is true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You won't go wrong with either.

Emory 2023
Allopathic (M.D.) Applicants
Total Applicants - 350
National Acceptance: 46%
All Emory Acceptance: 65%
Filtered by GPA/MCAT**: 84%
Of the accepted students 81% submitted their application between May and July
**Based on a GPA of 3.7 or higher, a MCAT of 510 or higher, and an application submission between May and July
Osteopathic (D.O.) Applicants
Total Applicants - 78
National Acceptance: 56%
All Emory Acceptance: 53%
Filtered by GPA/MCAT**: 68%
Of the accepted students 68% submitted their application between May and July
**Based on a GPA of 3.5 or higher, a MCAT of 505 or higher, and an application submission between May and July

Great data! Note 3.7 at Emory is slightly BELOW average overall GPA.
In other words they do not have to be a top 25% student at Emory to get in to MD schools.
5

Impressive comment

NONE of that is true.

Yes the avg gpa at Emory is a 3.4.

[Anonymous]

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.

Even that crybaby author got into med school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Emory is slightly easier to get into if you don't mind the Oxford campus. Emory just released their enrolled stats and it's very close. I think WashU has a higher acceptance rate and Emory lower test scores.

Emory is not easier. They're the same.
Washu- 12%, 1500-1560, 33-35, 57% reporting
Emory- 10%, 1470- 1550, 32-35, 64% reporting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emory is slightly easier to get into if you don't mind the Oxford campus. Emory just released their enrolled stats and it's very close. I think WashU has a higher acceptance rate and Emory lower test scores.

Emory is not easier. They're the same.
Washu- 12%, 1500-1560, 33-35, 57% reporting
Emory- 10%, 1470- 1550, 32-35, 64% reporting

Looks like the 25th percentile threshold might speak to the difference in med school acceptance rates later on. 65% vs 85%

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emory is slightly easier to get into if you don't mind the Oxford campus. Emory just released their enrolled stats and it's very close. I think WashU has a higher acceptance rate and Emory lower test scores.

Emory is not easier. They're the same.
Washu- 12%, 1500-1560, 33-35, 57% reporting
Emory- 10%, 1470- 1550, 32-35, 64% reporting

Looks like the 25th percentile threshold might speak to the difference in med school acceptance rates later on. 65% vs 85%

Emory is 84% with a committee letter, WashU does the same. The 25th isnt any different practically but Emory is more diverse so maybe the 10th percentile dips lower than we can anticipate.