Anonymous
Post 04/12/2026 16:45     Subject: Williams vs Emory premed
Williams is more prestigious than Emory. They are both great options. What would you child like best?
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2026 16:45     Subject: Williams vs Emory premed
I’m surprised OP’s kid applied to both Emory and Williams. Very little overlap between the schools. My kid who’s at Emory has observed that a lot of students there weren’t interested in SLAC’s and were more likely to have applied to places like Michigan, UCLA, Duke, Columbia, Penn.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2026 16:44     Subject: Williams vs Emory premed
Anonymous wrote:Williams (and Amherst) carry the prestige of Harvard and Yale. If you want to carry that prestige, Williams. If you don't care about that prestige, then which ever college is cheaper (and this goes for a host of colleges in the T50)

Williams is no where near HYPSM territory. What kind of bots are spamming this thread?
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2026 16:41     Subject: Williams vs Emory premed
Williams (and Amherst) carry the prestige of Harvard and Yale. If you want to carry that prestige, Williams. If you don't care about that prestige, then which ever college is cheaper (and this goes for a host of colleges in the T50)
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2026 12:59     Subject: Williams vs Emory premed
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Anonymous wrote:Williams has much more prestige, never would consider Emory a desirable place. But Williams is rural and cold.

I don’t agree at all. Maybe if you’re knee deep in Boston, but everywhere else would know much more of Emory. It’s really only in the minds of DCUM that these niche lacs are uber prestigious.

Irrespective of perception, Williams ranks well when viewed objectively. This site, for example, placed it a rarefied 8th nationally when considered among colleges and universities together:

https://wallethub.com/edu/e/college-rankings/40750

More students choose Emory according to parchment honesty its a wash on prestige although the avg genz would prefer Emory for obvious reasons (Atlanta).


Emory booster seems to think its location is going to be a tie breaker. College kids don’t think Atlanta is that big of a selling point when deciding which school to attend.


Yeah they do. It is honestly quite odd to apply to both Emory and Williams…have to believe the cross-applicant pool is quite low.

Now, it doesn’t have the same pull of Boston for college kids, but no city has such a concentration of top schools as Boston.
Anonymous
Post 04/12/2026 12:55     Subject: Williams vs Emory premed
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Williams has much more prestige, never would consider Emory a desirable place. But Williams is rural and cold.

I don’t agree at all. Maybe if you’re knee deep in Boston, but everywhere else would know much more of Emory. It’s really only in the minds of DCUM that these niche lacs are uber prestigious.

Irrespective of perception, Williams ranks well when viewed objectively. This site, for example, placed it a rarefied 8th nationally when considered among colleges and universities together:

https://wallethub.com/edu/e/college-rankings/40750

More students choose Emory according to parchment honesty its a wash on prestige although the avg genz would prefer Emory for obvious reasons (Atlanta).


Emory booster seems to think its location is going to be a tie breaker. College kids don’t think Atlanta is that big of a selling point when deciding which school to attend.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2026 21:38     Subject: Williams vs Emory premed
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Williams has much more prestige, never would consider Emory a desirable place. But Williams is rural and cold.

I don’t agree at all. Maybe if you’re knee deep in Boston, but everywhere else would know much more of Emory. It’s really only in the minds of DCUM that these niche lacs are uber prestigious.

Irrespective of perception, Williams ranks well when viewed objectively. This site, for example, placed it a rarefied 8th nationally when considered among colleges and universities together:

https://wallethub.com/edu/e/college-rankings/40750

More students choose Emory according to parchment honesty its a wash on prestige although the avg genz would prefer Emory for obvious reasons (Atlanta).
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2026 21:34     Subject: Williams vs Emory premed
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Williams has much more prestige, never would consider Emory a desirable place. But Williams is rural and cold.

I don’t agree at all. Maybe if you’re knee deep in Boston, but everywhere else would know much more of Emory. It’s really only in the minds of DCUM that these niche lacs are uber prestigious.


Maybe if you are in Atlanta but not in the rest of the world. Emory doesn't have more recognition than the top SLACs. Neither group has much recognition with the general public. That is fine and to be expected since since school knowledge for the vast majority of the public comes from watching sports. Both Emory and Williams are great schools; this thread is one of the most inane threads that I have read in a long time.


Internationally, only universities are well known. It’s insane to think any SLAC is known in the “rest of the world”. Not saying Emory is well known either, but you aren’t helping the discussion.



Emory isn’t well known internationally.
Anonymous
Post 04/11/2026 19:51     Subject: Williams vs Emory premed
These two schools are really different. One is very small, only undergrads, rural, high percentage athlete, and cold. The other is suburban with access to big urban, mid sized, grad schools galore, and warm.

Prestige" is the red herring here, surely, your kid has a preference on type of school? They will be sufficiently prepared for med school at either school.