Hi everyone! I recently posted on here asking for opinions on whether or not I should choose Emory or Northeastern for pre-med/pre-public health. Just as I had settled on Emory, I recieved an email that I had been invited to UMiami’s honors Foote Fellows program which includes a number of benefits such as ged ed requirements being wiped away, priority housing, and special honors seminars. I am thinking about going to Medical School after undergrad or to grad school for Public Health and studying epidemiology or health policy as I would like to work in creating effective health programs / relief programs for communities in need. I would study Medical Anthropology at UMiami and Anthropology at Emory. I really would like to study Arabic too, but UMiami does not offer that if I choose to go there. Both schools are around the same price, although Miami may end up being a few thousand cheaper! I like the environment at both schools, although Miami has more school spirit which I appreciate. On the plus side for Emory it is more highly ranked and has the CDC close by so i could get an internship. I would like advice on which school seems to be the better fit for me & will give me the best foundation for my future. Thanks!
Honestly, for me it is the little things (like UMs AWESOME gym) that really draw me to a school… and their food.
Housing I don’t really care about.
That aside,
Emory is a better school for premed, no doubt about it. You have to weigh the pros and cons. UM = good education and more fun. Emory = better education.
Costs seem about the same.
I’d go with Emory, but it’s really up to you. Find things you may like about each school and list them out.
@MaddieMcG Actually, you CAN study Arabic at UM. They offer a minor in Arabic Studies. And, even, if they didn’t, you could still study it as a Foote Fellow:
“Directed Independent Language Study (DILS) is designed to give motivated students the opportunity to study languages not currently offered through traditional classroom instruction at the University of Miami. The goal of the program is to assist students to gain linguistic and cultural competence primarily through active conversation in the language of their choice and to promote their ability to adapt and respond to new linguistic and cultural environments. Flexibility is one of the key components of the program as it responds to the students’ language needs. http://www.as.miami.edu/dils/”
Arabic Studies - http://www.as.miami.edu/mll/undergraduate/majors-and-minors/minors-as-of-aug-2011/
Course Offerings - http://www.as.miami.edu/mll/undergraduate/course-descriptions/arabic-arb/
DILS - http://www.as.miami.edu/advising/areas/foote-fellows/