UVA vs Georgetown for pre-med track

[Anonymous]

Very relevant/ my DS choosing between GU and UVA for pre-med. we are oos. $$$$ either way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very relevant/ my DS choosing between GU and UVA for pre-med. we are oos. $$$$ either way.

Why is that the choice for a premed? Consider that perhaps your DS should broaden his choices to include your own in-state flagship. Would you help him pay for med school with the leftover college savings?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m not a Virginian so daughter would pay out of tuition at UVA and our family doesn’t qualify for any financial aid.

She really wants to do pre-med. which school would you recommend? I’d like to spend less on undergrad to save more for medical school but also want to make sure my daughter gets good undergrad experience/research opportunities.

Didn’t realize college selection process was this stressful!

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience!

These schools are not really comparable when Virginia is oos. They are similar cost and Georgetown is far more prestigious. To the extent UVA has prestige, it is as an in-state school. The oos yield at UVA is terrible for this reason: oos students vote with their feet. Don’t make the mistake that you are choosing “equal” options when what makes them equal (Virginia in-state tuition) does not apply to you.

Again, you are wrong and can't prove that. The SCHEV you cited to on another thread was a yield chart for ALL public schools in VA.

Don’t assume I am the same poster; I am not. It is common knowledge that UVA oos yield, for the so-called prestige of the school, is bad. UVA admin is well aware of this; you, unfortunately, are not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not a Virginian so daughter would pay out of tuition at UVA and our family doesn’t qualify for any financial aid.

She really wants to do pre-med. which school would you recommend? I’d like to spend less on undergrad to save more for medical school but also want to make sure my daughter gets good undergrad experience/research opportunities.

Didn’t realize college selection process was this stressful!

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience!

These schools are not really comparable when Virginia is oos. They are similar cost and Georgetown is far more prestigious. To the extent UVA has prestige, it is as an in-state school. The oos yield at UVA is terrible for this reason: oos students vote with their feet. Don’t make the mistake that you are choosing “equal” options when what makes them equal (Virginia in-state tuition) does not apply to you.

Nay nay. Georgetown and UVA are both ranked 24 by USNWR. Georgetown is 94k a year and UVA is $40k instate. OOS is $80, which still means $60k more than UVA.

I get that subtlety is lost on you, as is math.
Don’t quote fake numbers. Check the source: https://sfs.virginia.edu/financial-aid-new-applicants/financial-aid-basics/estimated-undergraduate-cost-attendance-2025-2026
Sometimes Georgetown tuition and fees are 5k a year more; sometimes they are less than UVA (Engineering, Business etc.).
As for the potential 20k — not 60k — difference over 4 years, many parents do not want to pay private school tuition for a public. Period.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not a Virginian so daughter would pay out of tuition at UVA and our family doesn’t qualify for any financial aid.

She really wants to do pre-med. which school would you recommend? I’d like to spend less on undergrad to save more for medical school but also want to make sure my daughter gets good undergrad experience/research opportunities.

Didn’t realize college selection process was this stressful!

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience!

These schools are not really comparable when Virginia is oos. They are similar cost and Georgetown is far more prestigious. To the extent UVA has prestige, it is as an in-state school. The oos yield at UVA is terrible for this reason: oos students vote with their feet. Don’t make the mistake that you are choosing “equal” options when what makes them equal (Virginia in-state tuition) does not apply to you.

Again, you are wrong and can't prove that. The SCHEV you cited to on another thread was a yield chart for ALL public schools in VA.

Don’t assume I am the same poster; I am not. It is common knowledge that UVA oos yield, for the so-called prestige of the school, is bad. UVA admin is well aware of this; you, unfortunately, are not.

+1
Sometimes I wonder if people pose as UVA people to make UVA people look like idiots

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not a Virginian so daughter would pay out of tuition at UVA and our family doesn’t qualify for any financial aid.

She really wants to do pre-med. which school would you recommend? I’d like to spend less on undergrad to save more for medical school but also want to make sure my daughter gets good undergrad experience/research opportunities.

Didn’t realize college selection process was this stressful!

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience!

These schools are not really comparable when Virginia is oos. They are similar cost and Georgetown is far more prestigious. To the extent UVA has prestige, it is as an in-state school. The oos yield at UVA is terrible for this reason: oos students vote with their feet. Don’t make the mistake that you are choosing “equal” options when what makes them equal (Virginia in-state tuition) does not apply to you.

Again, you are wrong and can't prove that. The SCHEV you cited to on another thread was a yield chart for ALL public schools in VA.

Don’t assume I am the same poster; I am not. It is common knowledge that UVA oos yield, for the so-called prestige of the school, is bad. UVA admin is well aware of this; you, unfortunately, are not.

You, again. Get a life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m not a Virginian so daughter would pay out of tuition at UVA and our family doesn’t qualify for any financial aid.

She really wants to do pre-med. which school would you recommend? I’d like to spend less on undergrad to save more for medical school but also want to make sure my daughter gets good undergrad experience/research opportunities.

Didn’t realize college selection process was this stressful!

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience!

go to the cheaper school

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Very relevant/ my DS choosing between GU and UVA for pre-med. we are oos. $$$$ either way.

Why is that the choice for a premed? Consider that perhaps your DS should broaden his choices to include your own in-state flagship. Would you help him pay for med school with the leftover college savings?

Why is that the choice? Bc my DS worked incredibly hard to get into both schools, we can afford to give him the choice and pay for med school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very relevant/ my DS choosing between GU and UVA for pre-med. we are oos. $$$$ either way.

Why is that the choice for a premed? Consider that perhaps your DS should broaden his choices to include your own in-state flagship. Would you help him pay for med school with the leftover college savings?

Why is that the choice? Bc my DS worked incredibly hard to get into both schools, we can afford to give him the choice and pay for med school.

Ok, that's fair. It's not common to come across families, even most who are full pay for undergrad, who are prepared to full pay an additional 400k for med school.

[Anonymous]

While medical schools are largely stat driven (MCAT + GPA), I think you should favor schools that have good teaching in core classes (they can be very tough), good pre-med advising, and don't have a cutthroat nature (we're all in this together attitude). I didn't attend either but you should be able to get some through the pre-med advisors and perhaps some current perspectives through Reddit.

[Anonymous]

Mine was down to these two as well. Is now a second year at UVA. Couldn’t justify the price difference for in state. Has not found UVA to be cutthroat. Has good study groups for premed classes, note sharing, research opportunities, shadowing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine was down to these two as well. Is now a second year at UVA. Couldn’t justify the price difference for in state. Has not found UVA to be cutthroat. Has good study groups for premed classes, note sharing, research opportunities, shadowing.

Well your situation was different than OP's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine was down to these two as well. Is now a second year at UVA. Couldn’t justify the price difference for in state. Has not found UVA to be cutthroat. Has good study groups for premed classes, note sharing, research opportunities, shadowing.

Good to know. Keep up good work!

[Anonymous]

Georgetown if they are both out of state. 100%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown if they are both out of state. 100%.

Agree.