<p>My current plan so far is to major in chemistry for undergrad, and go to med school for pathology, and I'm curious if going to UGA or GT would offer any advantages?</p>
<p>I would prefer to go to Tech just because I think it would fit my personality more (although the male-female ratio is not encouraging LOL), but it seems much more difficult to get into than UGA, so does GA Tech offer any advantages towards getting into med school rather than Georgia to make it worth it?</p>
<p>Emory… :D</p>
<p>Apply to both. I think both are good for pre-med. How rigorous do you want your education? Also, if your personality matches Tech, and you are admitted, you should probably go for it.<br>
Skorpius7: Uh, no, Tech apparently does just as well (percentage wise I think; in fact they may do better). We have way too many applying for one. I don’t know if the new pre-health mentoring can curb the effect of this reality). Not to mention many of their grads. get into our med. school which isn’t an easy feat at all. The fact that they can do it from a tough engineering school indicates that Tech does something right. The people left w/a high enough GPA must be testing well on the MCAT.
Lots of people here have the GPA, but not the MCAT. Also, if a person is truly interested in science for the sake of science, I think Tech may be a better environment as they aren’t a bunch of whiny pre-meds that simply want high grades and are hardly actually interested in the stuff they learn (how many people major in NBB simply because it supposedly looks better than bio to med. schools, when in reality, it’s one of the easier science majors? Also, while the exams are quite hard, the workload is often really high enough to inspire true engagement with the coursework). They actually talk about and do science outside of class (you know, other than research or other activities that merely boost a resume). It’s a more intellectual atmosphere in that context. We have the cultural intellectual aspect, but the culture among science major undergrads. is not as rich in my opinion. I like what I see over there. I’d imagine the pre-meds somehow get caught in the creative culture (I mean seriously, does Emory have an generated by the engineering scene there. Again, as good as Emory’s academics are, the academic culture doesn’t seem as rich. Once we leave the classroom, all bets are off in terms of academics (an admitted exception would have to be the non-preprof. science majors.). Everything else is just joining 10^6 volunteer clubs/organizations, shadowing doctors, mostly to build a resume and at other times partying, cramming, or something. Emory’s pre-med/science scene is very stereotypical and I’d imagine UGA is similar. I see something different at Tech that is certainly worth praise/recognition. Emory is good and has a lot to offer (luckily, as a non-premed, I can take bigger risks and take advantage of the more academic side of things whereas pre-meds have to ride the grade inflation wave and take easier, normally lamer, courses. Either way, I’m considered a misfit here. If I were at Tech, I wouldn’t be. With this said, it’s nice to stand out I guess, just as a pre-med kind of stands out at Tech) , but I would hardly suggest it for a person that says that Tech matches their personality. Chances are, it matches Tech better than UGA for similar reasons that Tech would match someone better than Emory. As you can tell, I think Tech honestly matches my personality better, however I still like it here mainly because of the mentoring, teaching, and flexibility kind of afforded to my experience due to the smaller size (not to mention, if you have a different mindset than the majority here, teachers and faculty tend to recognize it and help you along more 
, I’ve benefited from this.) However, if I was pre-med, I would have seriously considered going to Tech I guess. Wouldn’t want to be part of the mass-culture here. Mass culture there is better IMO.
Emory=UGA for people with high SATs (yes, with harder academics, but despite that, I wouldn’t say we’re more academically/intellectually oriented as it comes by force and not by choice like at places like UChicago for example), so we’re more like Harvard in a sense (no I’m not saying we’re as good as Harvard. I’m saying that we are not as academically oriented as one would think and that we have a reasonable level of grade inflation. Here, like most top 20s Civic orientation>>>intellectual orientation among UGs, which is fine…I guess).
Tech=public MIT. More academically oriented, keeps people on toes, civic orientation of UGs=Academic/intellectual orientation (in fact, may fall hand in hand). Just a different atmosphere, one deserving of respect. </p>
<p>OP: As you can tell, I’m advocating for Tech if you get in. Doesn’t make sense to choose a school based upon whether it is easier to get in than another, given that you never know until you apply.</p>
<p>Well I’m going to apply to both, I was asking more if I should stress out about getting into Tech or not. I’m more worried about getting into Tech because my SAT’s and GPA are right in the middle of the 50% admitted range. I just don’t really know how med school admissions works and if going to a academically tougher school pays off.</p>
<p>It may enhance your MCAT by a bit. If anything, the rigor will prep. you for med. school more as you’ll be exposed to and responsible for more complex content which you are likely to see in a medical education (admittedly, this is one thing Emory does well, integrating science relevant to those in healthcare into various courses. It does it extremely well. More app. based natural science courses, less lecture based/traditional pedagogy). Also, being in the middle of 50% range is a really solid position.</p>