Any info about Emory would be appreciated.

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Anonymous wrote:The problem is Long Island. For some reason this school is VERY desired by obnoxious Long Islanders. Have no idea how they were admitted. Dont seem very studious.

Long Islander here. What a weird comment! You know what the GPA, rigor, test scores required to get in are. So if the kids from LI are not "studious" are they just naturally brilliant?

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Anonymous wrote:I heard they have funding issues so it doesn't feel nearly as affluent and resource-rich as the rest of the top 20-25.

You have obviously never been there. There is nothing about Emory that feels like it is lacking funding. The dorms, library and science facilities are all new and beautiful. Even the "old" dorms feel modern and well maintained. Contrast that to Duke where some of the dorms were literally crumbling apart. I was kind of shocked actually. The "museum to sports" at Duke was certainly impressive through.

- signed, just back from a college trip south

We visited last spring and I was struck by "just right" feel of the campus. My DC did not apply in the end, but it was a really positive experience after spending 2/3rds of junior year in hybrid learning. Nothing felt "resource deprived."

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Anonymous wrote:Never really considered a Southern school for my Asian kid. What is Atlanta like?

Diverse and amazing.

It may be in the South, but it is certainly not a "Southern school."

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Anonymous wrote:I heard they have funding issues so it doesn't feel nearly as affluent and resource-rich as the rest of the top 20-25.

You have obviously never been there. There is nothing about Emory that feels like it is lacking funding. The dorms, library and science facilities are all new and beautiful. Even the "old" dorms feel modern and well maintained. Contrast that to Duke where some of the dorms were literally crumbling apart. I was kind of shocked actually. The "museum to sports" at Duke was certainly impressive through.

- signed, just back from a college trip south

We visited last spring and I was struck by "just right" feel of the campus. My DC did not apply in the end, but it was a really positive experience after spending 2/3rds of junior year in hybrid learning. Nothing felt "resource deprived."

The idea of Emory being "resource deprived" is laughable! It's 2021 endowment is 9.2 BILLION. And there are only about 14k students at the school. It's flush with cash.

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Anonymous wrote:PP poster who complained about frats here...No Emory isn't at all like Vanderbilt. It has a much less Southern vibe to it. I just don't see the purpose of fraternities anywhere...my own opinion. I think about %20 of kids participate in Greek life...

It is also because there are zero sororities - zero - old bi-law about unrelated women living under the same roof constituting a "brothel". My BFF went there and was able to share an apt with no more than 2 other unrelated girls.

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Anonymous wrote:PP poster who complained about frats here...No Emory isn't at all like Vanderbilt. It has a much less Southern vibe to it. I just don't see the purpose of fraternities anywhere...my own opinion. I think about %20 of kids participate in Greek life...

It is also because there are zero sororities - zero - old bi-law about unrelated women living under the same roof constituting a "brothel". My BFF went there and was able to share an apt with no more than 2 other unrelated girls.

Nope. Hard no.
There are sororities, but not sorority houses. I was a proud member of an Emory sorority for four years (well, 3.5 - we rush in January). Back in the 90s they had "lodges" that would house no more than four of the sorority members - they were repurposed two-bedroom townhouses.
But there are new sorority locations on campus. I don't know if they house people or just serve as a meeting place.

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Anonymous wrote:The problem is Long Island. For some reason this school is VERY desired by obnoxious Long Islanders. Have no idea how they were admitted. Dont seem very studious.

Long Islander here. What a weird comment! You know what the GPA, rigor, test scores required to get in are. So if the kids from LI are not "studious" are they just naturally brilliant?

Obnoxious and totally self centered. The Long Islanders I knew there were drug crazed and not serous students. Many prepped their way to reasonable test scores and were full pay.

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Anonymous wrote:I heard they have funding issues so it doesn't feel nearly as affluent and resource-rich as the rest of the top 20-25.

You have obviously never been there. There is nothing about Emory that feels like it is lacking funding. The dorms, library and science facilities are all new and beautiful. Even the "old" dorms feel modern and well maintained. Contrast that to Duke where some of the dorms were literally crumbling apart. I was kind of shocked actually. The "museum to sports" at Duke was certainly impressive through.

- signed, just back from a college trip south

We visited last spring and I was struck by "just right" feel of the campus. My DC did not apply in the end, but it was a really positive experience after spending 2/3rds of junior year in hybrid learning. Nothing felt "resource deprived."

The idea of Emory being "resource deprived" is laughable! It's 2021 endowment is 9.2 BILLION. And there are only about 14k students at the school. It's flush with cash.

It's higher than that.

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Anonymous wrote:Parking lot for ivy rejects. Students are quite insecure that they didn't make it to an ivy or other elite.

SIGH. Why do people constantly respond this way about Emory, Wash U and Tufts ... It must be sour grapes or the same 5 posters ...

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Anonymous wrote:The problem is Long Island. For some reason this school is VERY desired by obnoxious Long Islanders. Have no idea how they were admitted. Dont seem very studious.

Well I hit the trifecta as an alum who is from LI and Jewish and was rejected by my first choice Penn (I don't think I am obnoxious ). I had a great experience at Emory and highly recommend - and I had many friends who did not tick any of those boxes, by the way . I hope my own kids consider it, although I know the whole process is so competitive and fraught nowadays.