Is Emory a Top Choice For Anyone?

[Anonymous]

Emory invented the Covid vaccine. What has gt invented that saved the world?

[Anonymous]

A top 5 nursing school.
A top 10 undergraduate b school.
A top 5 public health school.
A powerhouse on campus hospital and med school.
A reasonable on campus law school.
A strong pipeline to law, medicine and b schools.
In a top city in a beautiful suburb.

Yes. A dream school for many.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Emory invented the Covid vaccine. What has gt invented that saved the world?

They've made the leading HIV medications as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A top 5 nursing school.
A top 10 undergraduate b school.
A top 5 public health school.
A powerhouse on campus hospital and med school.
A reasonable on campus law school.
A strong pipeline to law, medicine and b schools.
In a top city in a beautiful suburb.

Yes. A dream school for many.

It's a dream school once you get rejected from the better private colleges. I'm sure there are many 10 year olds with Emory flags on their wall dreaming of a fall day watching D3 cross country. It's clearly a good school and congrats if your kid goes there as it's a nice admit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A top 5 nursing school.
A top 10 undergraduate b school.
A top 5 public health school.
A powerhouse on campus hospital and med school.
A reasonable on campus law school.
A strong pipeline to law, medicine and b schools.
In a top city in a beautiful suburb.

Yes. A dream school for many.

It's a dream school once you get rejected from the better private colleges. I'm sure there are many 10 year olds with Emory flags on their wall dreaming of a fall day watching D3 cross country. It's clearly a good school and congrats if your kid goes there as it's a nice admit.

In fairness…those 10 year olds may have a flag of a top 10 football college (GA, ND, Bama, etc.) and that’s about it.

Other than the top Power 4 academic schools, sports attendance at even football games is pathetic these days at Ivy schools.

I guess in your world, Chicago and JHU also are dream schools when you are rejected from your real dream school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Emory invented the Covid vaccine. What has gt invented that saved the world?

Ignore the Troll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A top 5 nursing school.
A top 10 undergraduate b school.
A top 5 public health school.
A powerhouse on campus hospital and med school.
A reasonable on campus law school.
A strong pipeline to law, medicine and b schools.
In a top city in a beautiful suburb.

Yes. A dream school for many.

It's a dream school once you get rejected from the better private colleges. I'm sure there are many 10 year olds with Emory flags on their wall dreaming of a fall day watching D3 cross country. It's clearly a good school and congrats if your kid goes there as it's a nice admit.

In fairness…those 10 year olds may have a flag of a top 10 football college (GA, ND, Bama, etc.) and that’s about it.

Other than the top Power 4 academic schools, sports attendance at even football games is pathetic these days at Ivy schools.

I guess in your world, Chicago and JHU also are dream schools when you are rejected from your real dream school.

Have you been to a college football game recently? Even VT, which is in the boondocks with mediocre ACC football, still draws strong attendance. And yes, in a world where people literally choose schools based on rankings, places like Chicago, JHU, and Emory become consolation prize schools rather than dream destinations. We know many families that make decisions purely based on rankings and prestige, which explains why they get so defensive over slight ranking changes or any perceived attack on their kid's school's reputation.

Maybe the post should be titled "Is Emory a Top Consolidation Prize School for Anyone?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Emory invented the Covid vaccine. What has gt invented that saved the world?

Just did a two minute google search.


https://bme.gatech.edu/bme/news/georgia-tech-researcher-receives-29m-grant-develop-ingestible-probes-breath-based-cancer
https://ctic.research.gatech.edu/
https://www.11alive.com/article/news/health/georgia-tech-students-invention-could-save-lives-fadpad/85-164a8a49-9b81-4ebc-aa78-de9d46e73fc7
https://www.yahoo.com/news/georgia-tech-innovator-develops-home-230157489.html
https://www.gatech.edu/news/2025/04/01/patchpals-pitches-wound-care-evolution-acc-inventure-prize
https://www.aacu.org/podcasts/academicminute/2025-04-gabe-kwong-georgia-tech-university-using-computer-logic-to-enhance-cancer-detection
https://scitechdaily.com/miniature-lab-grown-immune-systems-could-transform-cancer-treatment-research/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A top 5 nursing school.
A top 10 undergraduate b school.
A top 5 public health school.
A powerhouse on campus hospital and med school.
A reasonable on campus law school.
A strong pipeline to law, medicine and b schools.
In a top city in a beautiful suburb.

Yes. A dream school for many.

It's a dream school once you get rejected from the better private colleges. I'm sure there are many 10 year olds with Emory flags on their wall dreaming of a fall day watching D3 cross country. It's clearly a good school and congrats if your kid goes there as it's a nice admit.

In fairness…those 10 year olds may have a flag of a top 10 football college (GA, ND, Bama, etc.) and that’s about it.

Other than the top Power 4 academic schools, sports attendance at even football games is pathetic these days at Ivy schools.

I guess in your world, Chicago and JHU also are dream schools when you are rejected from your real dream school.

Have you been to a college football game recently? Even VT, which is in the boondocks with mediocre ACC football, still draws strong attendance. And yes, in a world where people literally choose schools based on rankings, places like Chicago, JHU, and Emory become consolation prize schools rather than dream destinations. We know many families that make decisions purely based on rankings and prestige, which explains why they get so defensive over slight ranking changes or any perceived attack on their kid's school's reputation.

Maybe the post should be titled "Is Emory a Top Consolidation Prize School for Anyone?"

It’s a Power 4 D1 program…that’s not what we are talking about out here. Also, WTf else is there to do?

The point was sports aren’t a major draw at any non-Power 4 top academic school.

Also, talk about a 4th or 5th choice school…I mean the amount of shit VT gets on DCUM (mostly from UvA and W&M boosters).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A top 5 nursing school.
A top 10 undergraduate b school.
A top 5 public health school.
A powerhouse on campus hospital and med school.
A reasonable on campus law school.
A strong pipeline to law, medicine and b schools.
In a top city in a beautiful suburb.

Yes. A dream school for many.

It's a dream school once you get rejected from the better private colleges. I'm sure there are many 10 year olds with Emory flags on their wall dreaming of a fall day watching D3 cross country. It's clearly a good school and congrats if your kid goes there as it's a nice admit.

In fairness…those 10 year olds may have a flag of a top 10 football college (GA, ND, Bama, etc.) and that’s about it.

Other than the top Power 4 academic schools, sports attendance at even football games is pathetic these days at Ivy schools.

I guess in your world, Chicago and JHU also are dream schools when you are rejected from your real dream school.

Have you been to a college football game recently? Even VT, which is in the boondocks with mediocre ACC football, still draws strong attendance. And yes, in a world where people literally choose schools based on rankings, places like Chicago, JHU, and Emory become consolation prize schools rather than dream destinations. We know many families that make decisions purely based on rankings and prestige, which explains why they get so defensive over slight ranking changes or any perceived attack on their kid's school's reputation.

Maybe the post should be titled "Is Emory a Top Consolidation Prize School for Anyone?"

It’s a Power 4 D1 program…that’s not what we are talking about out here. Also, WTf else is there to do?

The point was sports aren’t a major draw at any non-Power 4 top academic school.

Also, talk about a 4th or 5th choice school…I mean the amount of shit VT gets on DCUM (mostly from UvA and W&M boosters).

Yes they are. They still bring school spirit and help enhance a sense of community via tailgates homecoming games etc. Homecoming games in the fall regardless of win or lose or record is a just a big part of the overall college experience for many.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A top 5 nursing school.
A top 10 undergraduate b school.
A top 5 public health school.
A powerhouse on campus hospital and med school.
A reasonable on campus law school.
A strong pipeline to law, medicine and b schools.
In a top city in a beautiful suburb.

Yes. A dream school for many.

It's a dream school once you get rejected from the better private colleges. I'm sure there are many 10 year olds with Emory flags on their wall dreaming of a fall day watching D3 cross country. It's clearly a good school and congrats if your kid goes there as it's a nice admit.

In fairness…those 10 year olds may have a flag of a top 10 football college (GA, ND, Bama, etc.) and that’s about it.

Other than the top Power 4 academic schools, sports attendance at even football games is pathetic these days at Ivy schools.

I guess in your world, Chicago and JHU also are dream schools when you are rejected from your real dream school.

Have you been to a college football game recently? Even VT, which is in the boondocks with mediocre ACC football, still draws strong attendance. And yes, in a world where people literally choose schools based on rankings, places like Chicago, JHU, and Emory become consolation prize schools rather than dream destinations. We know many families that make decisions purely based on rankings and prestige, which explains why they get so defensive over slight ranking changes or any perceived attack on their kid's school's reputation.

Maybe the post should be titled "Is Emory a Top Consolidation Prize School for Anyone?"

It’s a Power 4 D1 program…that’s not what we are talking about out here. Also, WTf else is there to do?

The point was sports aren’t a major draw at any non-Power 4 top academic school.

Also, talk about a 4th or 5th choice school…I mean the amount of shit VT gets on DCUM (mostly from UvA and W&M boosters).

Yes they are. They still bring school spirit and help enhance a sense of community via tailgates homecoming games etc. Homecoming games in the fall regardless of win or lose or record is a just a big part of the overall college experience for many.

As an Ivy alum with a kid at same Ivy, I can assure you that sports is easily 80% less interesting to the student body vs my day. Literally, the kids don’t even know when homecoming is except they do wonder why there seem to be more old people on campus (and it’s not parent weekend). It’s also showing up in diminished homecoming alums.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A top 5 nursing school.
A top 10 undergraduate b school.
A top 5 public health school.
A powerhouse on campus hospital and med school.
A reasonable on campus law school.
A strong pipeline to law, medicine and b schools.
In a top city in a beautiful suburb.

Yes. A dream school for many.

It's a dream school once you get rejected from the better private colleges. I'm sure there are many 10 year olds with Emory flags on their wall dreaming of a fall day watching D3 cross country. It's clearly a good school and congrats if your kid goes there as it's a nice admit.

In fairness…those 10 year olds may have a flag of a top 10 football college (GA, ND, Bama, etc.) and that’s about it.

Other than the top Power 4 academic schools, sports attendance at even football games is pathetic these days at Ivy schools.

I guess in your world, Chicago and JHU also are dream schools when you are rejected from your real dream school.

Have you been to a college football game recently? Even VT, which is in the boondocks with mediocre ACC football, still draws strong attendance. And yes, in a world where people literally choose schools based on rankings, places like Chicago, JHU, and Emory become consolation prize schools rather than dream destinations. We know many families that make decisions purely based on rankings and prestige, which explains why they get so defensive over slight ranking changes or any perceived attack on their kid's school's reputation.

Maybe the post should be titled "Is Emory a Top Consolidation Prize School for Anyone?"

It’s a Power 4 D1 program…that’s not what we are talking about out here. Also, WTf else is there to do?

The point was sports aren’t a major draw at any non-Power 4 top academic school.

Also, talk about a 4th or 5th choice school…I mean the amount of shit VT gets on DCUM (mostly from UvA and W&M boosters).

Yes they are. They still bring school spirit and help enhance a sense of community via tailgates homecoming games etc. Homecoming games in the fall regardless of win or lose or record is a just a big part of the overall college experience for many.

As an Ivy alum with a kid at same Ivy, I can assure you that sports is easily 80% less interesting to the student body vs my day. Literally, the kids don’t even know when homecoming is except they do wonder why there seem to be more old people on campus (and it’s not parent weekend). It’s also showing up in diminished homecoming alums.

Most Ivies and Ivy-type schools tend to draw a lot more alums to reunion in the spring (or "reunions" as they pretentiously say at Princeton) than homecoming.

Agree with the rest of your point. I went to an Ivy for grad school 25 years ago and even grad students would often carve out some time on a Saturday afternoon to at least stop by a game. Not sure if that happens as much. Everyone is too busy trying to get a 4.0. If I were still doing on campus recruiting, that would be a great question to ask. As I would rather hire the kid who makes time to go to games, a cappella concerts, or whatever else and has a 3.9 than the kid who works all weekend and gets a 4.0.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A top 5 nursing school.
A top 10 undergraduate b school.
A top 5 public health school.
A powerhouse on campus hospital and med school.
A reasonable on campus law school.
A strong pipeline to law, medicine and b schools.
In a top city in a beautiful suburb.

Yes. A dream school for many.

It's a dream school once you get rejected from the better private colleges. I'm sure there are many 10 year olds with Emory flags on their wall dreaming of a fall day watching D3 cross country. It's clearly a good school and congrats if your kid goes there as it's a nice admit.

In fairness…those 10 year olds may have a flag of a top 10 football college (GA, ND, Bama, etc.) and that’s about it.

Other than the top Power 4 academic schools, sports attendance at even football games is pathetic these days at Ivy schools.

I guess in your world, Chicago and JHU also are dream schools when you are rejected from your real dream school.

Have you been to a college football game recently? Even VT, which is in the boondocks with mediocre ACC football, still draws strong attendance. And yes, in a world where people literally choose schools based on rankings, places like Chicago, JHU, and Emory become consolation prize schools rather than dream destinations. We know many families that make decisions purely based on rankings and prestige, which explains why they get so defensive over slight ranking changes or any perceived attack on their kid's school's reputation.

Maybe the post should be titled "Is Emory a Top Consolidation Prize School for Anyone?"

It’s a Power 4 D1 program…that’s not what we are talking about out here. Also, WTf else is there to do?

The point was sports aren’t a major draw at any non-Power 4 top academic school.

Also, talk about a 4th or 5th choice school…I mean the amount of shit VT gets on DCUM (mostly from UvA and W&M boosters).

Yes they are. They still bring school spirit and help enhance a sense of community via tailgates homecoming games etc. Homecoming games in the fall regardless of win or lose or record is a just a big part of the overall college experience for many.

As an Ivy alum with a kid at same Ivy, I can assure you that sports is easily 80% less interesting to the student body vs my day. Literally, the kids don’t even know when homecoming is except they do wonder why there seem to be more old people on campus (and it’s not parent weekend). It’s also showing up in diminished homecoming alums.

Most Ivies and Ivy-type schools tend to draw a lot more alums to reunion in the spring (or "reunions" as they pretentiously say at Princeton) than homecoming.

Agree with the rest of your point. I went to an Ivy for grad school 25 years ago and even grad students would often carve out some time on a Saturday afternoon to at least stop by a game. Not sure if that happens as much. Everyone is too busy trying to get a 4.0. If I were still doing on campus recruiting, that would be a great question to ask. As I would rather hire the kid who makes time to go to games, a cappella concerts, or whatever else and has a 3.9 than the kid who works all weekend and gets a 4.0.

It’s unfortunately a network effect..my kid isn’t trying for a 4.0 and participates in many campus activities…but if you aren’t really into sports but decide to go to a game and see the stands completely empty…well that doesn’t turn you into a casual fan.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A top 5 nursing school.
A top 10 undergraduate b school.
A top 5 public health school.
A powerhouse on campus hospital and med school.
A reasonable on campus law school.
A strong pipeline to law, medicine and b schools.
In a top city in a beautiful suburb.

Yes. A dream school for many.

It's a dream school once you get rejected from the better private colleges. I'm sure there are many 10 year olds with Emory flags on their wall dreaming of a fall day watching D3 cross country. It's clearly a good school and congrats if your kid goes there as it's a nice admit.

In fairness…those 10 year olds may have a flag of a top 10 football college (GA, ND, Bama, etc.) and that’s about it.

Other than the top Power 4 academic schools, sports attendance at even football games is pathetic these days at Ivy schools.

I guess in your world, Chicago and JHU also are dream schools when you are rejected from your real dream school.

Have you been to a college football game recently? Even VT, which is in the boondocks with mediocre ACC football, still draws strong attendance. And yes, in a world where people literally choose schools based on rankings, places like Chicago, JHU, and Emory become consolation prize schools rather than dream destinations. We know many families that make decisions purely based on rankings and prestige, which explains why they get so defensive over slight ranking changes or any perceived attack on their kid's school's reputation.

Maybe the post should be titled "Is Emory a Top Consolidation Prize School for Anyone?"

It’s a Power 4 D1 program…that’s not what we are talking about out here. Also, WTf else is there to do?

The point was sports aren’t a major draw at any non-Power 4 top academic school.

Also, talk about a 4th or 5th choice school…I mean the amount of shit VT gets on DCUM (mostly from UvA and W&M boosters).

Yes they are. They still bring school spirit and help enhance a sense of community via tailgates homecoming games etc. Homecoming games in the fall regardless of win or lose or record is a just a big part of the overall college experience for many.

As an Ivy alum with a kid at same Ivy, I can assure you that sports is easily 80% less interesting to the student body vs my day. Literally, the kids don’t even know when homecoming is except they do wonder why there seem to be more old people on campus (and it’s not parent weekend). It’s also showing up in diminished homecoming alums.

The feel of most top 20 schools has changed since they have become more focused on extremely high achieving, perfect resume type kids. It is just the truth. The student body is just much more nerdy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A top 5 nursing school.
A top 10 undergraduate b school.
A top 5 public health school.
A powerhouse on campus hospital and med school.
A reasonable on campus law school.
A strong pipeline to law, medicine and b schools.
In a top city in a beautiful suburb.

Yes. A dream school for many.

It's a dream school once you get rejected from the better private colleges. I'm sure there are many 10 year olds with Emory flags on their wall dreaming of a fall day watching D3 cross country. It's clearly a good school and congrats if your kid goes there as it's a nice admit.

You can say this about any school outside the T10.