Vanderbilt (full ride) vs. UMiami (full ride)

vandum
Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:27:19 +0000

So i was accepted to Vandy as a cornelius vanderbilt honors scholar with a full tuition scholarship, and i got into University of Miami as a Singer Scholar (full tuition) and a Foote Fellow, which is an honors program that waives all my General education requirements (core curriculum) so i can go straight into my major. (economics and pre-med)
I’m having trouble deciding which one would be the best school to go to, as Vanderbilt is ranked higher (17th vs 38th), but UM allows me the Foote Fellow program to advance academically and possibly double major.
UM is close to home/family, i grew up in miami and love the city, it has the latin/jewish community that i’m used to. I visited Vanderbilt and liked the campus, but wasnt a huge fan of nashville, at least when compared to miami. also, it seemed that vanderbilt has more of the “college town” type of atmosphere, whereas at Miami you have the suburb of coral gables as well as downtown right nearby.
is nashville better than i think it is? do the vanderbilt students stay mostly on campus or is there actually nightlife off campus?
is going to UM or vanderbilt going to affect my entrance into Medical school or any type of graduate school, for that matter?