<p>Please help me, I'm very very confused.</p>
<p>I'm planning to major in bio or something related. Maybe even economics.
I'm an international student.</p>
<p>What should I choose?</p>
<p>(I know this is the Emory board but I would appreciate unbiased responses. Thank you!)</p>
<p>Michigan, Miami, or Ohio?</p>
<p>Michigan - Ann Arbor.</p>
<p>Emory. More prestigous, private university. Its ranked higher, has WAY less student population, is harder to get into, and isnt freezing year round!</p>
<p>Pre-Med track is also very strong @ Emory. Business school is top-rated if your interested in that or you can do Economics which is part of the liberal arts program of Emory College.</p>
<p>Michigan was one of the first schools I applied to and I think its a great school, but its just too big and I like the feel of a smaller, more intimate setting. </p>
<p>Oh, and Atlanta > Michigan, lol.</p>
<p>Thanks for your response!</p>
<p>Are there a lot of research opportunities at Emory? I'm not going pre-med but might end up going into biology research.</p>
<p>I'd really go to UMichigan and it does seem that Michigan is a better fit..
Emory is NOT a major research university. Infact its more of a liberal arts school than most universities of its calibre.
Umichigan has TREMENDOUS research opportunites if thats what you're into and also has arguably a top 10 economics program. Econ majors at Um are consistently hired by top banks and i cant really say the same for Emory
Atlanta is a cool city but is really not as great a college town as Ann Arbor
Since you're international, UM is far more prestigious than Emory abroad. </p>
<p>Why dont you ask that Alexandre person on the UM boards. He'll give you better answers than any of us</p>
<p>(And for what its worth, I was accepted at Emroy and rejected a UM)
There was another discussion on this topic. Here you go:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-michigan-ann-arbor/162769-u-mich-ann-arbor-emory-georgia-tech-wash-u-st-louis-2.html?highlight=emory%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-michigan-ann-arbor/162769-u-mich-ann-arbor-emory-georgia-tech-wash-u-st-louis-2.html?highlight=emory</a></p>
<p>^Thank you so much!</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I'm as confused as ever.</p>
<p>I want to go to Emory because its smaller and more tight knit and I think I would be absolutely overwhelmed by Michigan's size.
But then again, there's research opportunities and prestige (which plays a role since I am an international student)...</p>
<p>Arrrgh :(</p>
<p>To say that Emory isn't a major research University is just wrong. Here is the list for the rankings of research funding from the NIH. You can find the link to the spreadsheet here: Award</a> Trends</p>
<p>Rank* Organization
1 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
2 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
3 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
4 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO
5 WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
6 DUKE UNIVERSITY
7 UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
8 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
9 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
10 YALE UNIVERSITY
11 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
12 SAIC-FREDERICK, INC.
13 HARVARD UNIVERSITY
14 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO
15 STANFORD UNIVERSITY
16 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
17 MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL
18 CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
19 VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
20 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON
21 BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
22 BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL
23 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM
24 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
25 EMORY UNIVERSITY
26 SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
27 FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER
28 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
29 CORNELL UNIVERSITY
30 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER/HSC AURORA</p>
<p>Emory received 574 grants totaling $221,790,571 last year.
Michigan received 975 grants totaling $386,027,410.</p>
<p>Michigan has 5x the UG population, and because of its size, most of the UG have no access to research with star professors. At Emory that isn't the case.</p>