Emory vs WashU for premed?

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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.

Yes - but PP isn't wrong about Atlanta, either.

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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.

Agreed, it probably is a lower percentile as the reason. Does WashU do letters for every applicant then? Their stats page doesn’t mention it as a qualifier

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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.

Agreed, it probably is a lower percentile as the reason. Does WashU do letters for every applicant then? Their stats page doesn’t mention it as a qualifier

Yes, they do. I remember them saying so several years ago. Also Johns Hopkins med rate is 65% and they don't do committee letters. There's no logical reason for washu to have a higher rate than JHU other than the committee letter being the difference.

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I also know a few students from Emory get into medschool without a committee letter. Most went DO however.

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Also pp was correct, Emory students GPA is about a 3.7
So it seems like Emory had grade inflation vs WashUs deflation.
https://news.emory.edu/features/2023/05/er_commencement_hub-04-05-2023/index.html

[Anonymous]

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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%

The 25th is lower at Emory because more students submit scores

[Anonymous]

I don’t know anything about Wash U., except that it’s a great school. Emory is also strong in several humanities areas and premed kids there can enjoy courses in those areas. Emory may also be good for someone with a strong interest in global health/public health.