UMich vs. Emory

[Doctor&Geek]

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I don't think any other campus could be more ethnically diverse.

You obviously haven't been to California, and Berkeley or UCLA specifically.

 

[figure five]

hi,

I'm an M4 at Michigan, this thread caught my eye. I would agree with previous posters that the Detroit vs. Atlanta argument is mostly irrelevant. Detroit does have a few sweet venues for seeing bands, the occasional outdoor street festival, etc. But otherwise there's not much going on, and it's separated from Ann Arbor by 45 minutes' worth of suburban freeway. The pistons *are* sick (I'm from California but have rarely missed their games over the last 3 years), but the Palace is nowhere near downtown Detroit.

Ann Arbor is fun, there's enough to do here to keep you entertained when you have free time. Loads of quality music, art, sports, outdoor activities, and students / young professionals. The ability to come home to a parking spot, a convenient grocery store, student-friendly businesses / hours / prices are all underrated characteristics when you're post-call and grumpy. I chose this program over other great places in larger cities at least in part for that reason.

It is cold in the winter and hot and humid in the summer.

In terms of comparing the Umich and Emory programs: can't speak about Emory but have always heard that it's solid. Somebody said earlier in this thread that you can go to whatever residency you want from any US allopathic school. I'm not sure I agree on that point, especially if one is potentially interested in fields that are more competitive (orthopedics, plastics, ENT, ophthalmology, derm, urology, neurosurgery, radiation oncology, etc).

It's not just about the overall reputation of your medical school, but the reputation of your professors / advisors / dept chairs who write your clinical evals and letters of recommendation. A 'top' med school will have prominent people in most fields, including alumni spread out across the country, so you really will have a strong advantage in securing the residency of your choice. Having gone through residency interviews and the match (early match field), I would say that coming from Michigan was a major asset. There are Michigan alums in high places from coast to coast, and they love to talk about their time here.

On the other hand, if one is considering primary care or less competitive specialties, then I would say go with your gut feeling. If you're happy and comfortable in med school, you'll be motivated to do your best and to learn for the sake of learning...and for the benefit of your future patients (a reality which is just around the corner).

 

[gostudy]

Somebody said earlier in this thread that you can go to whatever residency you want from any US allopathic school. I'm not sure I agree on that point, especially if one is potentially interested in fields that are more competitive (orthopedics, plastics, ENT, ophthalmology, derm, urology, neurosurgery, radiation oncology, etc).

I still stand by that claim on the grounds that if you look at match lists from any US allopathic school from the last few years you will see that all of them had graduates entering competitive specialities. Granted more students from top schools will enter competitve specialties on average, but I was making the point that match lists should be a low priority on your list if you are deciding between two top 20 schools. At this point, school prestige matters less and how you perform at the top 20 school matters more.

 

[Johnisit1234]

I'm an M2 at Emory, and I have to say that I love the school. In regards to competition, I think saying that Emory is 'fierce' is NOT true. People don't compete against each other. You're trying to get the best grades possible because you're a freakin' med student. You wanted the highest grades and A's as a premed, nothing stops you in med school.

People are incredibly friendly, work very hard, and are really diverse.

Go to where you felt that happiest. You're going to be spending four years of your life in medical school. Wherever you go, it's going to be tough. It will be miserable if you go to a school that you may not be as happy at.

I still stand by that claim on the grounds that if you look at match lists from any US allopathic school from the last few years you will see that all of them had graduates entering competitive specialities. Granted more students from top schools will enter competitve specialties on average, but I was making the point that match lists should be a low priority on your list if you are deciding between two top 20 schools. At this point, school prestige matters less and how you perform at the top 20 school matters more.

 

[paki20]

congrats man you are in an excellent position..two great schools to choose from ..i dont think you can go wrong with either choice

i dont know much about umich but i know about emory..i posted these in another thread:

"emory is about to revamp all its med school facilities as part of its strategic plan, its rehauling a lot including med school facilities, curriculum, state-of-the art technology, etc etc emory university is putting a lot of money into the med school...emory just came onto the scene in the early to mid 1990s and has gotten a lot of prestige and achieved a lot within the last decade.. within 10 years emory will be top 10-top 15 just watch..i think for the long-term prospects emory will be your best bet

emory med school also just sold an HIV drug, EmTriva (Em = stands for emory really creative huh) to a pharmaceutical for half a billion dollars making it the largest sale of intellectual property by any university...its has a termendous amount of opportunities and connections including Grady (20 mins to downtown by shuttle usually faster if you have a car), Emory Clinic (on campus), Crawford Long, Centers for Disease Control (CDC-its freaking on Emory's campus), Winship Cancer Institute, EXCELLENT neurology and cardiology deparments (a lot of famous people use Emory Healthcare including Muhammad Ali and President Jimmy Carter who is affliated with Emory), CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta also has connections with Emory med, Emory has connections with its surrounding institutions including Georgia tech (one of the best biomedical engineering programs in teh nation), Morehouse, etc etc, plus getting medical experience in a city like Atlanta will be amazing..plus emory has an amazingly BEAUTIFUL campus in a relatively very safe area...basically my point is that emory will give you a lot of experience and opportunity and emory WILL ONLY increase its prestige over the years"

 

[Art]

congrats man you are in an excellent position..two great schools to choose from ..i dont think you can go wrong with either choice

i dont know much about umich but i know about emory..i posted these in another thread:

"emory is about to revamp all its med school facilities as part of its strategic plan, its rehauling a lot including med school facilities, curriculum, state-of-the art technology, etc etc emory university is putting a lot of money into the med school...emory just came onto the scene in the early to mid 1990s and has gotten a lot of prestige and achieved a lot within the last decade.. within 10 years emory will be top 10-top 15 just watch..i think for the long-term prospects emory will be your best bet

emory med school also just sold an HIV drug, EmTriva (Em = stands for emory really creative huh) to a pharmaceutical for half a billion dollars making it the largest sale of intellectual property by any university...its has a termendous amount of opportunities and connections including Grady (20 mins to downtown by shuttle usually faster if you have a car), Emory Clinic (on campus), Crawford Long, Centers for Disease Control (CDC-its freaking on Emory's campus), Winship Cancer Institute, EXCELLENT neurology and cardiology deparments (a lot of famous people use Emory Healthcare including Muhammad Ali and President Jimmy Carter who is affliated with Emory), CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta also has connections with Emory med, Emory has connections with its surrounding institutions including Georgia tech (one of the best biomedical engineering programs in teh nation), Morehouse, etc etc, plus getting medical experience in a city like Atlanta will be amazing..plus emory has an amazingly BEAUTIFUL campus in a relatively very safe area...basically my point is that emory will give you a lot of experience and opportunity and emory WILL ONLY increase its prestige over the years"

It is interesting that you bring up Sanjay Gupta's ties to Emory. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and is featured in one of the brochures. Do you want to go to a school that has connections with a famous doctor (Emory) or do you want to go to the school that trained the famous doctor (Michigan) 🙂 .

 

[Labslave]

It is interesting that you bring up Sanjay Gupta's ties to Emory. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and is featured in one of the brochures. Do you want to go to a school that has connections with a famous doctor (Emory) or do you want to go to the school that trained the famous doctor (Michigan) 🙂 .

Great point. Seriously.