<p>which one?</p>
<p>Emory and U of Rochester are both mid-sized research universities. The opportunities for research and med school prep are great with Emory having a small edge. Emory has a very high success rate of med school acceptance. There is a previous post with stats. Emory has the CDC and med school adjacent to the campus and they encourage undergrad research. Emory is just a better all around school. Have you been to Rochester in the winter and walked through the tunnels?</p>
<p>Colgate is a fine LAC but is a completely different environment in rural upstate NY. It has an excellent reputation. </p>
<p>The bottom line for rmed school admission is that you need solid grades and MCATs and all three could prepare you well.</p>
<p>I'm doing premed too. I got into Emory and Rochester (with some $$) and I chose Emory - no contest. Emory is much more prestigious (and warmer) than Rochester. Rochester's "free curriculum" is very tempting though, especially when compared to Emory's rigorous distribution requirements.</p>
<p>emory as a university is more prestigious than rochester, but rochester's pre-med program is VERY prestigious...so choose where you feel happiest. I haven't heard anything about colgate's pre-med program, whereas emory and rochester definitely lean that way as universities, so i would rule colgate out.</p>
<p>I don't think it's fair to rule Colgate out based on that. One could argue that it's better to do premed at a school that isn't packed with tons of other premeds.</p>
<p>I'm choosing between Emory, Colgate, and URoch too (although not for premed). Let me know where you decide to go! I'm leaning towards Colgate mostly because I know for myself that smaller classes are going to be a much better learning environment.</p>
<p>emory it is better in name, rank higher too</p>
<p>jnm-- Emory's student-faculty ration is 6 to 1 so you'd probably have lots of small classes at Emory too!</p>
<p>I agree with fut18000. This semester my classes have 15, 8, 14, 10, and 94 people in them (the class with 94 is Intro to Anthro, and there are probably only 40 or 45 people there on any giving day, plus the prof is great, but I'm getting off-topic). Last semester my classes had 12, 40, 7, 17, 15, and 35 people in them (the ones the 35 and 40 were both intro-level classes broken into smaller labs). So right there is an average of about 24 students in a class, which is smaller than I had in high school.</p>
<p>colgate is a great school, but the town it's in is a not so great city. It's small and dull. Emory will give you the opportunities that come with a big city ie: better internships and better hospitals. oh and you can smell manure all around the campus on colgate</p>