Is Emory a Top Choice For Anyone?

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Anonymous wrote: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?

Yes

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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

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Emory is excellent, solid T25, peer schools WashU /Georgetown the slightly more competitive end, UVA in state slightly less competitive than Emory but a peer. kids who get in RD from our DMV private get in to UVA EA. some in that same range choose to ED. The stats of those who ED to Emory are similar to those who ED to UVA. For the super-competitive students aiming T10, Emory is a backup but so is UVA and WM in state. Overall Emory is too good to be considered a safety or a backup for the vast majority of students.

[Anonymous]

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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.
Too many think there kids are Top10 level, especially those who happen to have went to a T10 20-30 years ago. The admissions standard today is no the same and T25s are the same level today as T10s many years ago. If you apply ED to Emory for any reason than its not a backup, either you love it or you dont think you can do better either way not a backup. If you RD to Emory its still not a back up as its a 5% acceptance rate, with a 1540 SAT avg. Only students who Reach Emory Scholars finals are can consider Emory a backup and thats only 100ish students a year.

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

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Emory is excellent, solid T25, peer schools WashU /Georgetown the slightly more competitive end, UVA in state slightly less competitive than Emory but a peer. kids who get in RD from our DMV private get in to UVA EA. some in that same range choose to ED. The stats of those who ED to Emory are similar to those who ED to UVA. For the super-competitive students aiming T10, Emory is a backup but so is UVA and WM in state. Overall Emory is too good to be considered a safety or a backup for the vast majority of students.

[Anonymous]

Too many think there kids are Top10 level, especially those who happen to have went to a T10 20-30 years ago. The admissions standard today is no the same and T25s are the same level today as T10s many years ago. If you apply ED to Emory for any reason than its not a backup, either you love it or you dont think you can do better either way not a backup. If you RD to Emory its still not a back up as its a 5% acceptance rate, with a 1540 SAT avg. Only students who Reach Emory Scholars finals are can consider Emory a backup and thats only 100ish students a year.

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Anonymous wrote:Emory is the Northeastern of the South

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

Almost certain this is the same person replying to the thread constantly.
Emory has 36k applicants
Its peer schools are Rice, Vanderbilt, CMU, WashU, Nortre Dame, and Georgetown.
Emory has more applicants than all except Vanderbilt. Emory is Niche for who it attracts. If you want a pre professional city school its your top choice.

Highly doubt that anyone turns down Notre Dame for Emory. Replace Notre Dame with Johns Hopkins.

Emory generates lots of ED applications due to its major scholarship (Emory Scholars if I recall correctly).

I would definitely strongly consider Emory over ND. Academics are roughly equivalent. Adjacent to big city vs. middle of nowhere. Diverse student body vs. very homogeneous. I'm not saying this to knock ND - incredible school. But Emory has some positive differentiating factors.

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

What a strange answer. There are parents that went to Ivies who have kids at all kinds of schools in the top 200.

Are you claiming their sheepishness only comes out for Emory?

Emory is just so . . . boring. And is so clearly a back up. I dunno.

According to DCUM every school outside HYPSM is a back up.

Still don’t get how it’s more boring than Tufts or Rochester or countless other schools.

It gets some of the top ratings for quality of life and other student survey rankings from Princeton Review.

This is true. Outside T5, fit matters, find the school fits you the best. The difference among non-T5 T30 schools are not substantial. Penn or WashU, Vandy or Cornell, different types of kids find where they belong. Outside T30, it's another big drop.

I think some private universities in the T50 still share a similar caliber to those in the T30.
And I agree that fit truly matters.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emory is the Northeastern of the South

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

Almost certain this is the same person replying to the thread constantly.
Emory has 36k applicants
Its peer schools are Rice, Vanderbilt, CMU, WashU, Nortre Dame, and Georgetown.
Emory has more applicants than all except Vanderbilt. Emory is Niche for who it attracts. If you want a pre professional city school its your top choice.

Highly doubt that anyone turns down Notre Dame for Emory. Replace Notre Dame with Johns Hopkins.

Emory generates lots of ED applications due to its major scholarship (Emory Scholars if I recall correctly).

I would definitely strongly consider Emory over ND. Academics are roughly equivalent. Adjacent to big city vs. middle of nowhere. Diverse student body vs. very homogeneous. I'm not saying this to knock ND - incredible school. But Emory has some positive differentiating factors.

Emory is definitely considered better academically. ND is ranked higher for other reasons.

[Anonymous]

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

What a strange answer. There are parents that went to Ivies who have kids at all kinds of schools in the top 200.

Are you claiming their sheepishness only comes out for Emory?

Emory is just so . . . boring. And is so clearly a back up. I dunno.

According to DCUM every school outside HYPSM is a back up.

Still don’t get how it’s more boring than Tufts or Rochester or countless other schools.

It gets some of the top ratings for quality of life and other student survey rankings from Princeton Review.

This is true. Outside T5, fit matters, find the school fits you the best. The difference among non-T5 T30 schools are not substantial. Penn or WashU, Vandy or Cornell, different types of kids find where they belong. Outside T30, it's another big drop.

I think some private universities in the T50 still share a similar caliber to those in the T30.
And I agree that fit truly matters.

None do honestly. I would say there's a fairly big drop outside of top 25.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emory is the Northeastern of the South

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

Almost certain this is the same person replying to the thread constantly.
Emory has 36k applicants
Its peer schools are Rice, Vanderbilt, CMU, WashU, Nortre Dame, and Georgetown.
Emory has more applicants than all except Vanderbilt. Emory is Niche for who it attracts. If you want a pre professional city school its your top choice.

Highly doubt that anyone turns down Notre Dame for Emory. Replace Notre Dame with Johns Hopkins.

Emory generates lots of ED applications due to its major scholarship (Emory Scholars if I recall correctly).

ED has nothing to do with the scholarship…it probably works against you. It is also awarded to a very small group…less than 5% of kids that don’t qualify for need aid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

What a strange answer. There are parents that went to Ivies who have kids at all kinds of schools in the top 200.

Are you claiming their sheepishness only comes out for Emory?

Emory is just so . . . boring. And is so clearly a back up. I dunno.

According to DCUM every school outside HYPSM is a back up.

Still don’t get how it’s more boring than Tufts or Rochester or countless other schools.

It gets some of the top ratings for quality of life and other student survey rankings from Princeton Review.

This is true. Outside T5, fit matters, find the school fits you the best. The difference among non-T5 T30 schools are not substantial. Penn or WashU, Vandy or Cornell, different types of kids find where they belong. Outside T30, it's another big drop.

I think some private universities in the T50 still share a similar caliber to those in the T30.
And I agree that fit truly matters.

None do honestly. I would say there's a fairly big drop outside of top 25.

Nope, not for schools like NYU, Tufts, BU, BC, Northeastern, Wake Forest, and USC which is close to T25

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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)

Nobody cares about D3 football. Heck, most Ivy League students barely care about their sports teams these days. Student attendance has dropped significantly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emory is the Northeastern of the South

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

Almost certain this is the same person replying to the thread constantly.
Emory has 36k applicants
Its peer schools are Rice, Vanderbilt, CMU, WashU, Nortre Dame, and Georgetown.
Emory has more applicants than all except Vanderbilt. Emory is Niche for who it attracts. If you want a pre professional city school its your top choice.

Highly doubt that anyone turns down Notre Dame for Emory. Replace Notre Dame with Johns Hopkins.

Emory generates lots of ED applications due to its major scholarship (Emory Scholars if I recall correctly).

I would definitely strongly consider Emory over ND. Academics are roughly equivalent. Adjacent to big city vs. middle of nowhere. Diverse student body vs. very homogeneous. I'm not saying this to knock ND - incredible school. But Emory has some positive differentiating factors.

Emory is definitely considered better academically. ND is ranked higher for other reasons.

LOL no.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

What a strange answer. There are parents that went to Ivies who have kids at all kinds of schools in the top 200.

Are you claiming their sheepishness only comes out for Emory?

Emory is just so . . . boring. And is so clearly a back up. I dunno.

According to DCUM every school outside HYPSM is a back up.

Still don’t get how it’s more boring than Tufts or Rochester or countless other schools.

It gets some of the top ratings for quality of life and other student survey rankings from Princeton Review.

This is true. Outside T5, fit matters, find the school fits you the best. The difference among non-T5 T30 schools are not substantial. Penn or WashU, Vandy or Cornell, different types of kids find where they belong. Outside T30, it's another big drop.

I think some private universities in the T50 still share a similar caliber to those in the T30.
And I agree that fit truly matters.

None do honestly. I would say there's a fairly big drop outside of top 25.

Nope, not for schools like NYU, Tufts, BU, BC, Northeastern, Wake Forest, and USC which is close to T25

Yes all of those are a tier down. NYU and USC are the closest but NYU has lower student quality (only 30% submitting test scores) and USC is academically not the same level as a WashU for instance. The others dont come close especially BU or Wake.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emory is the Northeastern of the South

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

Almost certain this is the same person replying to the thread constantly.
Emory has 36k applicants
Its peer schools are Rice, Vanderbilt, CMU, WashU, Nortre Dame, and Georgetown.
Emory has more applicants than all except Vanderbilt. Emory is Niche for who it attracts. If you want a pre professional city school its your top choice.

Highly doubt that anyone turns down Notre Dame for Emory. Replace Notre Dame with Johns Hopkins.

Emory generates lots of ED applications due to its major scholarship (Emory Scholars if I recall correctly).

I would definitely strongly consider Emory over ND. Academics are roughly equivalent. Adjacent to big city vs. middle of nowhere. Diverse student body vs. very homogeneous. I'm not saying this to knock ND - incredible school. But Emory has some positive differentiating factors.

Emory is definitely considered better academically. ND is ranked higher for other reasons.

LOL no.

Yes, Emory has 4.2 reputation score on US news and is ranked 69. While ND is ranked 322. The global rankings are academic/research only rankings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too many think there kids are Top10 level, especially those who happen to have went to a T10 20-30 years ago. The admissions standard today is no the same and T25s are the same level today as T10s many years ago. If you apply ED to Emory for any reason than its not a backup, either you love it or you dont think you can do better either way not a backup. If you RD to Emory its still not a back up as its a 5% acceptance rate, with a 1540 SAT avg. Only students who Reach Emory Scholars finals are can consider Emory a backup and thats only 100ish students a year.

Correction: the most recent CDS has 1540 as the 75th percentile SAT, with 1510 as the median. And over a third of the class is test optional. And that’s not counting the kids at Oxford. So the “admissions standard” isn’t as high as PP would like you to believe.

I’m not saying Emory is anyone’s backup, because they take most of their class in ED. But that’s exactly why Emory isn’t really on the radar in the DMV: if you’re a high-stats student, Emory isn’t aspirational enough to justify an ED, and the odds of admission are too low to justify an RD. They also waitlist a lot of kids which, given the rest of the profile, makes me suspect they use the waitlist for yield protection.