Is Emory a Top Choice For Anyone?

[Anonymous]

I know it has a reputation as a fall-back school and uses ED to protect its yield. Does anyone in DMV/Northeast circles apply to and matriculate at Emory as a genuine choice instead of as a fallback?

[Anonymous]

3311 students applied ED 1 to Emory last year.

[Anonymous]

Every school is someone's first choice.

[Anonymous]

No football
No engineering
Suburban location/no convenient public transit
Red state

Not for kids looking for the whole package (flagships) or true urban schools (BU, NYU)

[Anonymous]

Emory is the Northeastern of the South

wonderful schools, just tough for kids to get excited about them

[Anonymous]

Excellent school. Easy access to a major city (including for great internships) while still having a pretty campus. Near a major airport and pro sports, concerts, etc. Good weather. Blue area in a red state. Great undergrad business program. Decent athletics for those who want to participate.

Agreed that it tends to be more of a fallback to Ivies/Duke/Vandy but it does have a lot going for it. I would choose Emory over most of its "peer" schools like Wash U, Tufts, Rochester, CWRU.

I would personally strongly consider it over Hopkins, though I'm sure I will get a lot of grief for that. I would rather spend four years on Emory's campus than Hopkins (I know this board has a huge DMV slant).

[Anonymous]

Not DC's first choice, but won't have any regret whatsoever if ended up there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Excellent school. Easy access to a major city (including for great internships) while still having a pretty campus. Near a major airport and pro sports, concerts, etc. Good weather. Blue area in a red state. Great undergrad business program. Decent athletics for those who want to participate.

Agreed that it tends to be more of a fallback to Ivies/Duke/Vandy but it does have a lot going for it. I would choose Emory over most of its "peer" schools like Wash U, Tufts, Rochester, CWRU.

I would personally strongly consider it over Hopkins, though I'm sure I will get a lot of grief for that. I would rather spend four years on Emory's campus than Hopkins (I know this board has a huge DMV slant).

I wouldn't choose Emory for computer science or engineering as not strong in either. GTech perhaps.

[Anonymous]

Parents who went to Ivies are sheepish and apologetic when their kids attend Emory.

[Anonymous]

My kid liked Emory better than the LAC’s they toured

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid liked Emory better than the LAC’s they toured

Not sure that means much. They're different schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I would personally strongly consider it over Hopkins, though I'm sure I will get a lot of grief for that. I would rather spend four years on Emory's campus than Hopkins (I know this board has a huge DMV slant).

how about carnegie mellon?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Excellent school. Easy access to a major city (including for great internships) while still having a pretty campus. Near a major airport and pro sports, concerts, etc. Good weather. Blue area in a red state. Great undergrad business program. Decent athletics for those who want to participate.

Agreed that it tends to be more of a fallback to Ivies/Duke/Vandy but it does have a lot going for it. I would choose Emory over most of its "peer" schools like Wash U, Tufts, Rochester, CWRU.

I would personally strongly consider it over Hopkins, though I'm sure I will get a lot of grief for that. I would rather spend four years on Emory's campus than Hopkins (I know this board has a huge DMV slant).

Agree. St Louis is awful and a PITA to get to from the East Coast. Tufts is dreary. Rochester and CWRU are a tier below IMO and both have location challenges.

[Anonymous]

We really want to like Emory. But it just has no identity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Excellent school. Easy access to a major city (including for great internships) while still having a pretty campus. Near a major airport and pro sports, concerts, etc. Good weather. Blue area in a red state. Great undergrad business program. Decent athletics for those who want to participate.

Agreed that it tends to be more of a fallback to Ivies/Duke/Vandy but it does have a lot going for it. I would choose Emory over most of its "peer" schools like Wash U, Tufts, Rochester, CWRU.

I would personally strongly consider it over Hopkins, though I'm sure I will get a lot of grief for that. I would rather spend four years on Emory's campus than Hopkins (I know this board has a huge DMV slant).

Those aren't peers schools