<p>The title says it all. I'm trying to decide between the two schools now. I plan on doing Pre-med and I just want to get opinions with pros and cons of each school. At Georgetown NHS I would be doing Human Science while at Vanderbilt I'm not too sure yet (probably Medicine, Health, and Society). I'd have to pay the same amount at both schools (~$5000 due to very generous financial aid) and I wouldn't mind going to either city. It just depends on which school would give me more internship opportunities, a better education, and a better chance on getting in a decent medical school (though I know this really depends on the student, certain schools seem to have better reputations). Any input would be appreciated. Thank you</p>
<p>Georgetown is certainly a great school but Vanderbilt is better for pre-med by far. If my daughter had to choose I would tell her to pick Vanderbilt. She got waitlisted there.</p>
<p>Quoting Jason Hoya</p>
<p>"Here are some of the required courses that you’ll take as a Human Science major that you typically won’t find in regular biology majors:</p>
<p>-Human Anatomy and Physiology I and II
-Pathophysiology
-Pharmacology
-Molecular and Cellular Fundamentals of Disease
-Disease Genetics
-Human Immunology
-Microbiology (medical focus)
-Physiological Adaptations to Extreme Environments
-Human Growth and Development</p>
<p>Electives in Human Science include Exercise Physiology, Biochemistry of Human Functioning, and Cell Biology of Cancer.</p>
<p>Human Science has a new cellular and molecular biology teaching laboratory that you’ll use for all of your science courses that have labs. You also have access to GUS, Georgetown University Simulator, the human patient simulator in NHS. You’ll get to use him in various courses, and you can use him for independent research if you choose. Human Science is great if you want a preview of medical school courses, as it mirrors some of first and second year of medical school, obviously at a less intense level. You won’t have to waste time learning about photosynthesis, plants, prokaryote genetics, etc. as you’ll be focusing on the human. There is also an abroad translational health science summer internship that you may or may not be interested in. It’s a pretty unique opportunity, combining study of pediatric respiratory viruses in lecture, study in the laboratory setting, and finally study in the clinical setting in hospitals.</p>
<p>Georgetown University Nursing and Health Studies</p>
<p>The department is small, with probably 30 or so majors. You’ll have many opportunities for your faculty and advisors to actually get to know you, and this helps in getting involved in research, and the faculty primarily take undergraduate students as research assistants. In fact, for one course, Exercise Physiology, Dr. Hyatt allowed us to learn some of his research instead of doing a traditional exercise physiology laboratory. We got to learn molecular techniques in muscle research, and studied the effects on muscle hypertrophy of cutting off a certain stalk of the pituitary gland. two students then continued on as formal research assistants after the course.</p>
<p>Disadvantages are that you are locked into the courses you have to take, so you can’t really pick and choose which upper level courses you will take, as most are required. So it’s really hard to add on a double major if you want, but some do a minor in Psychology (since it’s pretty easy to get those requirements) or a certificate (NHS-speak for minor) in public health.</p>
<p>Advantages, as said above, are that you get a preview of medical subjects, a small department, great faculty interaction, patient simulator, new laboratory, and a unique study abroad program."</p>
<p>I had the SAME dilemma. I ended up picking Georgetown (i’m majoring in nursing with a certificate in international health).</p>
<p>Hey Shayz328, it looks like I’ll be seeing you next year as I’m about 90% sure I’ll be headed to Georgetown in the fall. I talked to a lot of different people and they all recommended Georgetown so hopefully everything will go over fine with my parents haha. </p>
<p>And thanks for the input guys.</p>