Anonymous
Post 02/16/2026 21:03     Subject: Wash U v Emory
They are both great schools and have nearly similar stats except Emory has a larger percentage of international students.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/compare/1564-2520/emory-university-vs-washington-university-in-st-louis?xwalk_id=139658&xwalk_id=179867
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2026 16:32     Subject: Wash U v Emory
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m a Wash. U. alum. I loved the school, and I loved the area around the campus. University City is a beautiful, affordable place with great food.

But Case Western, Emory, Johns Hopkins, Rice, Tufts, the University of Chicago and the University of Rochester are all roughly comparable.

The academic experience for students at schools like Northwestern, UNC, UVa. and William and Mary who want an Emory/Wash. U. kind of experience is probably pretty similar.

Some students might prefer one over the others, or get more aid at one than at others, but the idea that people are coming here to bash any of them, and hype up the importance of small differences in rankings from questionable sources, is absurd.

Case and Uof R isnt in this group. Even Tufts is a bit of a reach.


aren’t, not isn’t.

Premed students at these two schools are essentially indistinguishable from the other schools in that group.
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2026 15:16     Subject: Wash U v Emory
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’m a Wash. U. alum. I loved the school, and I loved the area around the campus. University City is a beautiful, affordable place with great food.

But Case Western, Emory, Johns Hopkins, Rice, Tufts, the University of Chicago and the University of Rochester are all roughly comparable.

The academic experience for students at schools like Northwestern, UNC, UVa. and William and Mary who want an Emory/Wash. U. kind of experience is probably pretty similar.

Some students might prefer one over the others, or get more aid at one than at others, but the idea that people are coming here to bash any of them, and hype up the importance of small differences in rankings from questionable sources, is absurd.

Case and Uof R isnt in this group. Even Tufts is a bit of a reach.


They might have weaker financial aid, but the professors are the same kinds of people.

The good students have about the same stats.

A freshman math class at any of those schools can knock the wind out of students who come less well-prepared than they think they are.

And they’re all midsize private schools that are great for premeds.

So, they might rise and fall in various rankings, but I think that any given biology major at Yale who sneered at a biology major from the University of Rochester would look snobbish. The sneering would say more about the personality of the Yale grad than the quality of the Rochester grad.
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2026 10:02     Subject: Wash U v Emory
Both great schools. My DC (from NoVA) will choose WashU over Emory though if they have the choice.
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2026 08:44     Subject: Wash U v Emory
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This thread originally started with OP wondering why there seem to be more Wash U commits than Emory commits so far…it doesn’t sound like an invitation to say why one is better than the other. They’re essentially twins in most respects.

The OP is replying to themselves in this thread. It was made to troll Emory, until actual facts were laid out that Emory has more applicants, a higher retention rate, and more students submitting test scores. Now suddenly both schools are equal and they dont know why posters are getting defensive because they were "just asking a question". No one in here is stupid except the ones or two WashU boosters that think we cant see through them.

+1 the "WashU is great but, Emory not so much" commentary seems to have quickly vanished from the thread. If Emory has better scores, lower acceptance rate, higher retention rate, WashU booster need more than 4 spots in the rankings to justify why WashU is better, especially when its a 4 way tie and WashU could easily be 23 instead of 20. US news says small differences like that is just noise.
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2026 08:37     Subject: Wash U v Emory
Anonymous wrote:I’m a Wash. U. alum. I loved the school, and I loved the area around the campus. University City is a beautiful, affordable place with great food.

But Case Western, Emory, Johns Hopkins, Rice, Tufts, the University of Chicago and the University of Rochester are all roughly comparable.

The academic experience for students at schools like Northwestern, UNC, UVa. and William and Mary who want an Emory/Wash. U. kind of experience is probably pretty similar.

Some students might prefer one over the others, or get more aid at one than at others, but the idea that people are coming here to bash any of them, and hype up the importance of small differences in rankings from questionable sources, is absurd.

Case and Uof R isnt in this group. Even Tufts is a bit of a reach.
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2026 00:20     Subject: Wash U v Emory
Anonymous wrote:Why is there such hatred for Emory? My guess is pure and unadulterated jealousy: lots here have had kids rejected and also would have difficulty affording it.


Probably it comes from people who are taking web manipulation classes. They get assignments to start fights by insulting people’s colleges.
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2026 00:15     Subject: Wash U v Emory
Anonymous wrote:What happens if we add Rice to this discussion? How does it relate to Emory/WashU?


Any of us who went to Emory or WashU know that our schools were terrific, that Rice is terrific, and that the experience and outcomes for students who go to any of those schools, and even for HYPSM, depend mostly on a lot of factors without much connection to rankings.

Any people who’d come here and try to say that Rice was second-tier would not be worthy of your attention.
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 23:58     Subject: Wash U v Emory
I’m a Wash. U. alum. I loved the school, and I loved the area around the campus. University City is a beautiful, affordable place with great food.

But Case Western, Emory, Johns Hopkins, Rice, Tufts, the University of Chicago and the University of Rochester are all roughly comparable.

The academic experience for students at schools like Northwestern, UNC, UVa. and William and Mary who want an Emory/Wash. U. kind of experience is probably pretty similar.

Some students might prefer one over the others, or get more aid at one than at others, but the idea that people are coming here to bash any of them, and hype up the importance of small differences in rankings from questionable sources, is absurd.
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 22:56     Subject: Wash U v Emory
Anonymous wrote:What happens if we add Rice to this discussion? How does it relate to Emory/WashU?


For premed, Rice is slightly better in terms of preparing kids. Typical premed options in this range of schools include rice, vandy, washu, emory. All four are good. Vandy has a higher weed out intensity than the other three. For a strong kid, they can go wrong with any of the four.
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 19:19     Subject: Wash U v Emory
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What happens if we add Rice to this discussion? How does it relate to Emory/WashU?


My kid applied to Emory WashU rice Vanderbilt among others that are both more and less selective and prestigious. These 4 are great schools with pros and cons like every school. It’s unbelievable though to see how many negative comments are made about these schools. Sure, they’re not in the same tier as HYPSM but I don’t think anyone is trying to argue they are.

Exactly, yes Emory is third tier. Along with Cornell, Dartmouth, UCla, Georgetown, ND, Vandy, and other great schools.
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 19:17     Subject: Wash U v Emory
Anonymous wrote:What happens if we add Rice to this discussion? How does it relate to Emory/WashU?

Depends on major, for engineering
Rice>WashU>emory

Business
Emory>Washu>Rice

Etc.
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 18:00     Subject: Wash U v Emory
Anonymous wrote:What happens if we add Rice to this discussion? How does it relate to Emory/WashU?


My kid applied to Emory WashU rice Vanderbilt among others that are both more and less selective and prestigious. These 4 are great schools with pros and cons like every school. It’s unbelievable though to see how many negative comments are made about these schools. Sure, they’re not in the same tier as HYPSM but I don’t think anyone is trying to argue they are.
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 17:43     Subject: Wash U v Emory
What happens if we add Rice to this discussion? How does it relate to Emory/WashU?
Anonymous
Post 02/15/2026 16:18     Subject: Wash U v Emory
both are third tier, way below UChicago, not to mention HYP.