<p>Any thoughts on which of the above is considered more prestigious by med schools during their selection process. Also which would provide better pre-med experience, undergrad internship opportunites?</p>
<p>I don’t all could. To be fair: People really like Rice (it has one of the more scholarly oriented student bodies in the non-Ivy top 20. It is probably the most intellectual school among the southern top 20s). I think the smaller student body may be beneficial. However, Emory has so many darned research ops. right on the core campus that are medically/biologically related (and then if you want something different, shuffle to mid-town and check out Tech’s research venues, many folks I know do that). My understanding is that, despite the more scholarly environment at Rice, the rigor (for non-engineering science majors) is similar or maybe a little less in some pre-med science classes, because honestly, I haven’t seen to many peers in the top 20 beat some of ours. But in the end, if we are tougher in chem. and some bio courses, and they are tougher in physics and math, it evens out. It’s a top school so it’ll be hard.<br>
I also don’t think any prestige differences (they may not even be any) will be good enough to provide an advantage in med. schools admissions. Med. schools only care about this but so much. </p>
<p>Now one difference I must address again: The fact that the other two have engineering schools directly integrated into them may indeed provide a broader array of course offerings or more interesting research opportunities in the sciences. For example, imagine being a pre-med who gets to design say, a prosthetic foot via a biomedical engineering dept. That’s pretty cool huh? You must go to Tech to do that if you come. Now granted that</p>
<p>Emory has a medical school, nursing school and public health school, and a large healthcare system.</p>
<p>It owns four hospitals and operates several more by contract or joint venture (Grady, Atlanta VA, St. Joseph in North Carolina). plus the CDC is co-located next to the campus.</p>
<p>I believe Emory is usually the largest recipient of federal medical research grants.</p>
<p>Yeah, Emory kills when it comes to healthcare influence/clout, however, again, the research ops./internship ops. may be very stereotypical b/c of the lack of an engineering school. OP: Perhaps you should state your intended major, so I could tell you if it’s good at Emory or not b/c pre-med is not a major and I don’t want to lie and tell you to come here if the course offerings are not to your liking. Research is not the only thing that matters. You want to take science and non-science courses that you will enjoy and prep. you for med. school/give you interesting experiences.</p>
<p>There is absolutely no prestigious difference between these schools. Both Emory and Rice (and CMU) are held in high regard by most medical schools.</p>
<p>Rice is better</p>
<p>By what logic shuimao? Again, you provide none.</p>
<p>Emory is fantastic in any and all medical fields. It owns four hospitals, including one right on campus, and can provide a wealth of internship or research opportunities. I’m sure Rice and CMU are also quite good, but in my opinion, they just don’t have the reputation and expertise Emory has.</p>