Vanderbilt or SMU Honors with Scholarship?

VandySAE
Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:24:38 +0000

I would choose Vanderbilt given these two. Plenty of people go to SMU Law from here, especially if they’re considering going (back) to Texas after grad school. You would have a stronger pre-med track at Vandy than SMU.

When it comes to fit, there isn’t that much separating the two schools, this basically comes down to whether you prefer Nashville to Dallas or a regional school versus one with more national recognition. The student bodies are very similar.

The Honors program here basically consists of one “Honors” level course a semester and doesn’t really mean much (except maybe bonus points on your resume). If you really want that type of atmosphere, SMU would provide it (although the quality of education in their honors program is probably similar to Vanderbilt).