Achak320

So I can't decide which place I want to go to. I honestly like the city of Chicago much more than Nashville but the fact that Uchicago is known as the place where "fun comes to die" makes me consider Vanderbilt more. I want to go to med school and I hear that it's like really hard to keep a good GPA at UC. But I also think I would have a lot of opportunities at UC. So any advice?

beefs

I think its a bit harder to get into med school from U of C because of what you said, getting a good GPA isn't easy.

atmosph1

as someone who got into and is going to chicago, and as someone who lives in nashville i think i can give you some advice.
i've had a ton of exposure to vandy, worked in a lab, born there, parents work there, etc.
from what i can tell the undergrads can more or less fall into two categories: really hardworking or really wealthy and unmotivated. vanderbilt has historically been a school for wealthy, white southerners and as a result is fairly homogeneous. in an attempt to shed this image, vandy has recently stepped up diversity recruitment (of the minorities, including asians, who applied to vandy in my class, the lowest fin aid offer i heard of was 40,000). so, i can't say what it will be like in a few years but for now, thats the general consensus, not to say that this generalization is rock solid, but i feel it's pretty accurate.
as far a chicago goes, i just feel that there's a really cool atmosphere surrounding it, and i'm really excited to go there. i really want to study math and physics, which are way way better at chicago than vandy, so if i were in your shoes it wouldn't be a competition, but i'm not sure about the medical programs.
hope this helped

katereb17

Go to Vandy!
So I can get off the wait list at UChicago!!


....only kidding.


Kind of. :-)