<p>I have less than a week left to make this decision and I'm still as split as I was when I received my acceptance letters. Needless to say there are pros and cons to both sides. I've lived in Florida my entire life so the weather isn't exactly a bonus to going to UF, I mean its great, but its nothing new. As far as that goes, the weather in Atlanta isn't that different from Florida. Financially, the cost of attending both is almost the same with aid and grants added up, about $2000 dollar difference per year, Emory being the more expensive and also requiring a work-study whereas UF does not. I plan to go pre-med, but while I say that now, I'm not sure if I'd change my mind during college. I feel like choosing UF would be taking the easier way out, and like I was passing up such a good oppurtunity because so many people want to go to Emory but can't. I really don't know what to do...</p>
<p>I was in a similar situation choosing between cornell and UF. I went back and forth and finally i chose UF the other day. My choice came down to me feeling more comfortable going to UF and knowing that most likely i will have a higher GPA at UF. But also Cornel lwas very far away and very cold so that worked against it. In the end just go where you will be happiest it doesnt really matter about the prestige for UG especially if your going to med school. GO where you will be happiest and get the highest gpa.</p>
<p>The higher GPA at UF reason I think is false. Just because its a public university does not make the classes any easier.</p>
<p>Campus life is night and day difference. Uf is a major sports school and Emory is not. Gainesville is a college town and Emory is in Atlanta, plenty to do but div. III sports program. Emory has a great premed program and a great business program but that is about it. UF is well rounded and your options are much greater. And last but not least, small school Emory and large school UF. Academically you can't go wrong with either one.</p>
<p>I agree, you can't go wrong either way.</p>
<p>well...i was in the same situation and i chose UF over emory. financially and overall it just made sense...</p>
<p>Emory is a top 20 school and while UF is good, it's not really in the same league.</p>
<p>Not transferable, Do you response to every thread about emory? I looked at you post history and everyone has been defending emory. Not like there is anything wrong with that. </p>
<p>BlackDragon, what where you planning on majoring in? I could give a better opinion with that information. Believe it or not there are probable things that UF is better at than emory.</p>
<p>Although you are quite a good detective, you falsely seem to think your statement discredits my response about rankings.</p>
<p>I am not disputing Emory's academic achievements, but I do feel UF has more resources for students, if the student takes the initiative to look or apply for them. I would have ended up at Emory if they offered more aid. I just didnt want to finish college with 100,000 to pay off, compared to the $2,000 I will have when I finish UF.</p>
<p>I'm planning on a pre-med track, not sure exactly what specific major I'll choose.</p>
<p>It really doesn't matter for premed, while I can't speak for Emory, I can tell you UF has great resources for premeds in terms of research work with professors and hospital volunteering, two necessary items on your application (along with your gpa and MCAT). If you choose UF (make the decision based on where you think you will be comfortable, visit the campuses if you need to), I recommend looking into McKnight Brain Institute starting your freshman year. You can get involved in their lab early and move up into more serious research as an upperclassman. And this is just one opportunity, there are plenty out there. You just have to look!</p>
<p>Here is a link to the McKnight Brain Institute:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mbi.ufl.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.mbi.ufl.edu/</a></p>
<p>McKnight Brain Institute
The Evelyn F. & William L. McKnight Brain Institute of the University of Florida (MBI-UF) is one of the world's largest research institutions devoted to the challenges resulting from brain and nervous system disorders. The MBI-UF's research and educational programs incorporate over 300 faculty from 57 academic departments and 11 colleges.</p>
<p>Well... where have you chosen to go to? You can't go wrong with either. Both great schools.</p>
<p>That's an over-simplification. UF is stronger than Emory in more areas than you probably think. For example, UF is second only to Harvard in number of Merit Scholars and it has higher total research funding. And there are specific departments, such as the Brain Institure--pointed out earlier--that are of international repute.</p>
<p>But a big point that I think is often missed is the academic strength of UF's student body. UF's freshman class is about 6,600, while Emory's is about one-fifth that size. The average SAT of incoming freshman at FL is about 1305, while the average SAT at Emory is about 1385. But that is the average of the entire pool of freshman at each institution. Now if you take the top one-fifth of the freshman pool at UF, I would bet the average SAT is significantly higher than at Emory. My point here is that there are many high-level students at UF. (Just consider UF's lower division Honors College, which requires a minimum SAT of 1400 for admission.)</p>
<p>Further, UF is gaining ground rapidly in many areas. It is just getting stronger and stronger. Still, since it is a large public university, no matter how strong UF gets in individual areas, the average SAT (and average GPA) of admitted freshman will likely never get as high as a small, so-called elite private school. Hence, UF may not ever overtake Emory in many of the statistical measures and so may never make into the top 20 (I'll point out that Emory is much closer to 20 than it is to 1!), but that does imply that UF "is not really in the same league."</p>
<p>Do you want freshman classes with 300+ student in a class? Choose UF.
Emory: 7/1 faculty to student ratio
UF: 21/1 faculty to student ratio</p>
<p>More comparisons...
UF 25-75 percentile SAT: 1160-1360
Emory 25-75 percentile SAT: 1300-1470</p>
<p>UF acceptance rate: 57%
Emory acceptance rate: 37%</p>
<p>That said...your education is what you make of it. Emory and UF are completely different schools and you have to decide what you really want in your education and college experience. Personally, I would choose the small school with where you get to know your professors from the first day of freshman year...not when your in junior/senior level classes. Others may want the extreme sports environment of UF...what could be better for any sports enthusiast?</p>
<p>UF acceptance rate this year was just under 40%</p>
<p>In regards to Emory being more favorable because of its small size, one can make a large school small, but cannot make a small school large. Basically, if you decide to join clubs and get involved with talking to proffesors you can make UF seem like a small school, however, Emory will never have the advantages of a large school. If you go to UF and make an effort you can meet your teachers on the first day of your fresh year.</p>
<p>she chose emory. smaller schools are more preferable for me. but i'm going to UF lol. how do you know UF acceptance rate is under 40%? i thought it was just under 50%.</p>
<p>"i thought it was just under 50%"</p>
<p>That was last year (2010). It seems the 3 National Championships really boosted the total number of applicants for the Class of 2011.</p>