<p>I’m just worried they are considering Emory because it is known for “pre-med” and thus looks attractive. The OP needs to see if it offers anything else that may indeed be better for them here than if they went to Chapel Hill instead of saying “I just to want to go to school that’s good for pre-med” (any school w/ok grading practices, that is associated with a healthcare system, has a committee letter system, and has coursework demanding enough such that a student “can” be easily prepped for the MCAT if they want that. Tons of elite and lesser known schools will meet these criteria). If that is literally the primary thing that made them consider Emory, then I would place Chapel Hill higher because potentially spending more money on a pre-med curriculum unless it’s say Harvard (which has made it’s intro. sequences integrated and and geared toward interests of life science oriented students), is not really worth it in my opinion. There should be something else that they want from a place like Emory. “Pre-med” is nearly the same everywhere, but with differing degrees of challenge (something tells me that N. Carolina is tough, but many of the Emory analogs with high quality instructors will be a bit tougher. The only difference is that Chapel Hill is bigger so being in a remotely tough course can feel more stressful than it does in a cozier setting where the professor is more accessible. In addition, the competition may be slightly higher at Emory. As in, people will collaborate, but are way more grade conscious, so sometimes exam averages on what would normally be considered difficult test may catch a mediocre performer by surprise and have a higher than expected average. An example for this is how many biology teachers here give harder exams than Georgia Tech counterparts and yet the exam average will hardly ever dip below 80).</p>
<p>Science curricula and pedagogy differ along with general academic offerings and environment. Aside from having lots of pre-meds, these two schools are completely different.</p>