Emory University

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:meh, never really heard of it until college admissions.
When I looked it up, it didn't seem all that special.
Looks like it only excels for public health and medical sciences.
Looks a bit overrated in terms of overall usnews rankings.

I guess you’ve been living under a rock. It has a 15% acceptance rate so lots of kids are applying. It has a world renowned creative writing program and a very well respected political science department.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My junior was interested, in part because we have family in Georgia. And in the last week has been watching the Georgia abortion mess and crossed it off her list. I had tried to explain why living in the South was so different, but current events made it click for her.

I grew up in NC and DH grew up near Emory. We moved to the DMV when our kids were preschool age. So this is all they really know. We both attended a different “Southern Ivy” that is a peer school to Emory. And because of that, we were concerned about sending a kid back to the South for college. But, near grandparents, etc.

If your are from an affluent white conservative family and have the type of kid who would love to pledge a sorority, it might be a great fit. But the South is very race and class conscious and very conservative, and very religious. My kids who got to Diwali celebrations and know kids from all over the world and are liberal would not fit in. And it just isn’t an area that tolerates outsiders.

I would be particularly concerned about a girl, because there is a much more narrow view about the appropriate view of women in society. A lot of smart girls from “good” Southern families there to get their Mrs.

You sound absolutely insufferable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But the abortion concerns are real. I have a friend whose DD is at Indiana and even there the girls have to be savvy due to strange conservative reproductive health laws (maybe to do with access to birth control).

Have to be "savvy?" Are you kidding me?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This school is so late 1990s.

The hell does this even mean?

Lots of people I know talked about it back then. Not so much anymore. To be fair, only a fool would choose Emory over UVA instate.

Yo mean back in the 90s when you or your friends kids were likely applying to college. Emory finally moved into the top 25 in the 90s. Since it's an established elite and not the new guy anymore there's not much to talk about. You see what I mean when 8 say you guys aren't as smart as you think you are? Exibit A.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But the abortion concerns are real. I have a friend whose DD is at Indiana and even there the girls have to be savvy due to strange conservative reproductive health laws (maybe to do with access to birth control).

Have to be "savvy?" Are you kidding me?

About reproductive healthcare choices and what birth control they do and do not have access to there. Only in your universe is there a question about whether or not to use birth control.