Emory vs UW vs Saint Louis university for premed pls help

WayOutWestMom
Thu, 02 May 2019 20:20:56 +0000

@twnz19 Both Emory and WashU are going to be competitive undergrads for pre-meds. WashU has a reputation for being a real meat grinder academically for pre-meds. (Know at least 2 or 3 kids who went to WashU and ended up…not pre-med… due to the strong competition. High achieving kids from excellent schools with strong STEM backgrounds too.)

Neither Emory nor WashU offer early assurance admission to med school.

Which school does your D want to attend? Fit is more important than the school’s name. Unhappy kids don’t well at college.

Should she go where she is more of a match or reach is ok

More of match to be on the safe side, but, that said, I had one kid to go a reach-y school and she was super successful there.

Does WL make it reach vs initially admitted to another school

Not really because you don’t know why your D was waitlisted. Could be for a ton of reasons, none of them academic.