<p>How is the pre-med program at Emory? Do they have grade deflation or inflation? I sent in my deposit to enroll there next fall, but I'm starting to have second thoughts now.</p>
<p>Well, what can you do about it? I think Emory would be a fine institution to pursue premed.</p>
<p>The acceptance rates of Emory students (from what I've seen, at least) is pretty disappointing actually. Not what you'd expect from a private school of that caliber.</p>
<p>Really? What is the med school acceptance rate that you saw?</p>
<p>I've heard Emory is a great school for premed.</p>
<p>Hi all,</p>
<p>I'm an Emory grad and second-year med student. I just wanted to clarify the acceptance rate thing. Unlike some schools, where pre-med committees screen out potential med school applicants (and then brag about their 100% acceptance rate), Emory's pre-med advising office is less hands-on. There are a ton of resources available for pre-meds, but nobody's forced to use them. The only thing you're required to do is use them to compile and send your recommendation letters (there's no "committee letter") and transcript. Anybody who wants to can apply to med school. That of course leads to a lower overall acceptance rate. </p>
<p>I liked the system, and it worked really well for me and my colleagues. It rewards students who are proactive, which is a good lesson to learn before med school.</p>
<p>I'm not comparing it to one of those schools that screens for their 100%. Compare it to another prestigious Southern private school, Duke, and it falls well short.</p>
<p>Providing resources is something any school can do. It's what low ranked public schools do. And from what I've seen, Emory's acceptance rates are slightly higher than the national average, like public schools' rates.</p>
<p>Emory's</a> 2007 applying class, with summary of past years</p>
<p>Doesn't Duke have some amount of screening as well?</p>
<p>Don't you have to maintain above like a 3.2 or so gpa to get a committee letter?</p>
<p>Maybe BDM can clear that up for us...</p>
<p>No .</p>
<p>No counter-argument for Emory's own published numbers, but I will say that I don't think sending over 200 kids to med school a year is anything to sneeze at. I did a little searching around and saw an 88% acceptance rate for Duke. Does that mean they're sending 340 kids to med school every year? That's pretty crazy.</p>
<p>218 in 2004.</p>
<p>As a current Emory student (a junior/rising senior), I can wholeheartedly recommend the premed program here. Emory's medical center is the premier healthcare provider for the Atlanta area, and it provides top-level research/shadowing opportunities. </p>
<p>Steeler seems to think that the low admittance numbers has something to do with the school itself. This is incorrect. In no uncertain terms, Emory will kick your ass through this process. The classes are rigorous, as one would expect from a top 20 institution, but they represent the ever changing field of science. My biology lab, for example, is the only one in the nation which uses live *Danio rerio<a href="look%20it%20up">/I</a> embryos to teach over 500 students embryonic development. Moreover, they leave it 100% up to the student to make it where they are going. This means minimal forced interaction with the school. The resources are there and they are strong, but it is up to you to utilize them.</p>
<p>In short, Emory will not inflate your grades. NONE of my classes have curves; you get what you get. This can be good and bad. But it means your success as a premed is directly correlated to the amount of effort you put forth. Emory allows any and all premed students to apply, even the fools with 2.5's and 21's. Honestly, lots of the kids around me are making C's and are still going to apply. They may not make it, but Emory won't stop them. </p>
<p>See you in the fall!</p>
<p>Once again, no, I'm not knocking Emory as a school. It's a great school. But for such a good private school, more of its students should be going to medical school.</p>
<p>Let me put it in perspective. I go to a very low ranked public school. We have a ton of students. Our facilities are nowhere at the level of Emory's, from your description. Our school also has "minimal forced interaction" with the school. The school lets any student apply. Our school's undergrads get into medical school at roughly the same rate as Emory's do, despite the latter having a <em>much</em> smarter student body. You don't see that as an issue?</p>
<p>I don't know why people are trying to explain Emory's low low med school acceptance rates with the fact it doesn't screen its applicants. Which top 25 school, other than JHU, actually screens its applicants? None.</p>
<p>I'm not sure what's wrong with Emory but it is curious how its acceptance rate is only right around the national average.</p>
<p>I do see it as an issue. Perhaps it has something to do with the elitist nature of some of the students. They assume their undergraduate institution's ranking will correlate to the med school they get into, and they apply too "high." </p>
<p>My guess is that they kick our asses too hard for us to make it.</p>
<p>Hopkins is the only school that screens.</p>
<p>Sounds like Emory has the same system we have here at Northwestern. And at any other top 20 school too.</p>
<p>Why is Emory's rate so low? This is discouraging....I feel like I won't have a chance of getting into a top med school.</p>
<p>By the way, do any other schools release a chart with official figures on acceptances like Emory does? I have a hard time believing some of these stories of schools having acceptance rates >90%.</p>
<p>Duke used to do so, but the new administration has redesigned the website and so far hasn't posted new ones. I have the saved pdf on my computer and can confirm that it's often in the 85% range.</p>
<p>Uh oh.. this is not good news</p>
<p>Oh well, college is what I make of it but I still HOPE I can get some breaks with some more lenient profs :P</p>