Emory

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Anonymous wrote:Mediocre at best.

What schools of comparable size and setting are better than mediocre in your mind?

Duke, Vanderbilt, Brown, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Harvard, MIT, Northwestern, UChicago, WUSTL, UPenn, Rice, and I’m sure a few others I’m missing too. All mid-sized colleges near or in cities. All significantly better than Emory in just about every way.

You're pathetic, Rice, WashU and Vandy are not better schools. You trying to be elitist but then say Rice is better than Emory?! Have you seen a Rice grad on Wall Street?! I haven't, I've seen plenty of Emory grads though.

I went to Wash. U., and I think of WUSTL, Emory, Vanderbilt, Case Western, Rice and the University of Rochester as being about the same: Medical schools and teaching hospitals with undergraduate colleges attached.

I think Case and U Roc are a step below but there all great schools, maybe Vandy slightly better because of how famous it is.

Vandy is famous?

It's only "famous" in the mid-Atlantic and among the Southern good 'ol boys network (+ their wives).

No one cares about it in the rest of the country. It's clout has risen as a finishing school for wealthy private school kids, especially as the number of university seats have not kept up with demographic demands + the influx of rich foreign students from Asia.

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Anonymous wrote:Mediocre at best.

What schools of comparable size and setting are better than mediocre in your mind?

Duke, Vanderbilt, Brown, Princeton, Yale, Columbia, Harvard, MIT, Northwestern, UChicago, WUSTL, UPenn, Rice, and I’m sure a few others I’m missing too. All mid-sized colleges near or in cities. All significantly better than Emory in just about every way.

You're pathetic, Rice, WashU and Vandy are not better schools. You trying to be elitist but then say Rice is better than Emory?! Have you seen a Rice grad on Wall Street?! I haven't, I've seen plenty of Emory grads though.

I went to Wash. U., and I think of WUSTL, Emory, Vanderbilt, Case Western, Rice and the University of Rochester as being about the same: Medical schools and teaching hospitals with undergraduate colleges attached.

I think Case and U Roc are a step below but there all great schools, maybe Vandy slightly better because of how famous it is.

Vandy is famous?

It's only "famous" in the mid-Atlantic and among the Southern good 'ol boys network (+ their wives).

No one cares about it in the rest of the country. It's clout has risen as a finishing school for wealthy private school kids, especially as the number of university seats have not kept up with demographic demands + the influx of rich foreign students from Asia.

USC, Emory, Vandy, Wash U, Tulane, some of the NESCACs - they've gotten a lot more high profile in recent years as more kids (domestic + foreign) compete for the same number of seats. It's driving up prices and demand for schools that had 30-50% acceptance rates less than 20 years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you name any famous alumni from Emory from the past 20 years? Yeah, didn’t think so.

Well well well, this thread didn't age well did it?! PP I'm sure you heard the good news. The new Covid antiviral drug created at EMORY will be going to market soon. Who knew you were talking to yourself this whole time.

Medical breakthroughs happen at plenty of hospitals and universities across the country. Again, are there any significant alumni household names out of Emory?

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What an odd standard.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you name any famous alumni from Emory from the past 20 years? Yeah, didn’t think so.

Well well well, this thread didn't age well did it?! PP I'm sure you heard the good news. The new Covid antiviral drug created at EMORY will be going to market soon. Who knew you were talking to yourself this whole time.

Medical breakthroughs happen at plenty of hospitals and universities across the country. Again, are there any significant alumni household names out of Emory?

DP: No connection to Emory, but what a weird way to evaluate a school? Who cares about whether a school produces a "household name"??
A lot of that has to do with size of an institution and the wealth/connectedness of people going in. Esp if you're going to tie it to 20 years which isn't a lot of time to become a household name. And, even so, that's such a rare outcome that it doesn't matter to that much to the value of the university. I'd care a lot more about the average career outcomes of students and the accomplishments of the faculty than that. And a quick glance at the Wikipedia page of famous alumni shows there's quite a fairly robust number of notable alumni--seems comparable or greater than others of their size/rank that I've noticed.

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Anonymous wrote:Can you name any famous alumni from Emory from the past 20 years? Yeah, didn’t think so.

Well well well, this thread didn't age well did it?! PP I'm sure you heard the good news. The new Covid antiviral drug created at EMORY will be going to market soon. Who knew you were talking to yourself this whole time.

Medical breakthroughs happen at plenty of hospitals and universities across the country. Again, are there any significant alumni household names out of Emory?

DP: No connection to Emory, but what a weird way to evaluate a school? Who cares about whether a school produces a "household name"??
A lot of that has to do with size of an institution and the wealth/connectedness of people going in. Esp if you're going to tie it to 20 years which isn't a lot of time to become a household name. And, even so, that's such a rare outcome that it doesn't matter to that much to the value of the university. I'd care a lot more about the average career outcomes of students and the accomplishments of the faculty than that. And a quick glance at the Wikipedia page of famous alumni shows there's quite a fairly robust number of notable alumni--seems comparable or greater than others of their size/rank that I've noticed.

Career outcomes out of Emory are pretty mediocre though...

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Career outcomes out of Emory are pretty mediocre though...

Go back to college confidential and play your trolly games there with the other guys who can't get laid. _please_

-- no ties to Emory

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If you want pre-med/health care opportunities with the CDC and a top ranked hospital on campus, Emory is an excellent school comparable to other top 15 schools.

It's a tweener sitting naturally between the low Ivys and its peers and the next tier outside of the top 30.

Since it doesnt get people excited by it's athletics or isn't top in anything, it engenders ill will. It isn't the top choice for most that are there. And it doesn't have the pull to consulting, and Wall Street the way other undergraduate B Schools have.

As you look as other top 25 school, most have some sort of spike. Some division that is top 5 in something. Emory doesnt fit the bill.

I think it engenders so much ill will here as it represents the worst case outcome for Top 25/Top 30 striving students. An expensive private school that doesnt have name recognition and doesnt have a spike program.

It sits at the bottom of the Top schools and picks off students who weren't special enough/connected enough to get into higher ranked schools. It has the lowest yield in the Top 25 and that speaks volumes.

For those at schools ranked 30-50, it is a dream school. For those at schools ranked 1-10, it is a safety school.

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Anonymous wrote:If you want pre-med/health care opportunities with the CDC and a top ranked hospital on campus, Emory is an excellent school comparable to other top 15 schools.

It's a tweener sitting naturally between the low Ivys and its peers and the next tier outside of the top 30.

Since it doesnt get people excited by it's athletics or isn't top in anything, it engenders ill will. It isn't the top choice for most that are there. And it doesn't have the pull to consulting, and Wall Street the way other undergraduate B Schools have.

As you look as other top 25 school, most have some sort of spike. Some division that is top 5 in something. Emory doesnt fit the bill.

I think it engenders so much ill will here as it represents the worst case outcome for Top 25/Top 30 striving students. An expensive private school that doesnt have name recognition and doesnt have a spike program.

It sits at the bottom of the Top schools and picks off students who weren't special enough/connected enough to get into higher ranked schools. It has the lowest yield in the Top 25 and that speaks volumes.

For those at schools ranked 30-50, it is a dream school. For those at schools ranked 1-10, it is a safety school.

This is an old thread but, this is full of lies. Emory undergrad and graduate Nursing is top 5. Creative writing is also top 5. Emory has some of the best consulting placements in the big 4 with better representation than schools like Vanderbilt. And I know several students at Emory than got into other top 25 schools. I also know several students from youtube (you can do your own research) that got into top 25 schools but not Emory. With a 13% acceptance rate, it's no safety... but that makes me wonder what school you went to. We all can see what Emory's peers are they've been ranked the same for years. Those "tweener" ( what a dumb word) schools you're talking about are UVA, USC, Tufts, NYU etc schools that move in and out of the top 25. Emory has never been ranked lower than 25 since US news started. We know where Emory stands, but it's clear you don't.

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Anonymous wrote:If you want pre-med/health care opportunities with the CDC and a top ranked hospital on campus, Emory is an excellent school comparable to other top 15 schools.

It's a tweener sitting naturally between the low Ivys and its peers and the next tier outside of the top 30.

Since it doesnt get people excited by it's athletics or isn't top in anything, it engenders ill will. It isn't the top choice for most that are there. And it doesn't have the pull to consulting, and Wall Street the way other undergraduate B Schools have.

As you look as other top 25 school, most have some sort of spike. Some division that is top 5 in something. Emory doesnt fit the bill.

I think it engenders so much ill will here as it represents the worst case outcome for Top 25/Top 30 striving students. An expensive private school that doesnt have name recognition and doesnt have a spike program.

It sits at the bottom of the Top schools and picks off students who weren't special enough/connected enough to get into higher ranked schools. It has the lowest yield in the Top 25 and that speaks volumes.

For those at schools ranked 30-50, it is a dream school. For those at schools ranked 1-10, it is a safety school.

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Anonymous wrote:If you want pre-med/health care opportunities with the CDC and a top ranked hospital on campus, Emory is an excellent school comparable to other top 15 schools.

It's a tweener sitting naturally between the low Ivys and its peers and the next tier outside of the top 30.

Since it doesnt get people excited by it's athletics or isn't top in anything, it engenders ill will. It isn't the top choice for most that are there. And it doesn't have the pull to consulting, and Wall Street the way other undergraduate B Schools have.

As you look as other top 25 school, most have some sort of spike. Some division that is top 5 in something. Emory doesnt fit the bill.

I think it engenders so much ill will here as it represents the worst case outcome for Top 25/Top 30 striving students. An expensive private school that doesnt have name recognition and doesnt have a spike program.

It sits at the bottom of the Top schools and picks off students who weren't special enough/connected enough to get into higher ranked schools. It has the lowest yield in the Top 25 and that speaks volumes.

For those at schools ranked 30-50, it is a dream school. For those at schools ranked 1-10, it is a safety school.

Are you saying that kids in the 11-29 range should just throw in the towel?

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I went to Emory and then an Ivy League for grad school. All of my Emory friends are highly successful.

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Anonymous wrote:If you want pre-med/health care opportunities with the CDC and a top ranked hospital on campus, Emory is an excellent school comparable to other top 15 schools.

It's a tweener sitting naturally between the low Ivys and its peers and the next tier outside of the top 30.

Since it doesnt get people excited by it's athletics or isn't top in anything, it engenders ill will. It isn't the top choice for most that are there. And it doesn't have the pull to consulting, and Wall Street the way other undergraduate B Schools have.

As you look as other top 25 school, most have some sort of spike. Some division that is top 5 in something. Emory doesnt fit the bill.

I think it engenders so much ill will here as it represents the worst case outcome for Top 25/Top 30 striving students. An expensive private school that doesnt have name recognition and doesnt have a spike program.

It sits at the bottom of the Top schools and picks off students who weren't special enough/connected enough to get into higher ranked schools. It has the lowest yield in the Top 25 and that speaks volumes.

For those at schools ranked 30-50, it is a dream school. For those at schools ranked 1-10, it is a safety school.

Are you saying that kids in the 11-29 range should just throw in the towel?

Apparently yes. PP acts like Google doesn't exist. Says Emory has no top 5 programs like it's peers but USnews says it has 10 programs that are top 5. Public Health, physician assistant, undergrad nursing, and grad nursing and many other specialties. Funny because I don't see any top 5 programs for Dartmouth, Brown 2 ivy's ranked in the precipitous 11- 29. If Emory is a safety them all of those schools are.

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Those top 5 programs are all in non-desirable health care fields with mediocre paying jobs. Not Wall Street. Not consulting.

Sorry, Emory grads dont make up the Board Room or corner offices.

It's a fine school. Just mostly for pre-Med. Everything else. Meh.

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Emory doesnt have the alumni base in places of power. It was a fine regional school until the Coca-Cola money changed that in the eighties. It's been a top 25 school for a relatively short time.

My guess in another cycle or two, it will place string students into places of power. Then, it's reputation will soar like those ranked above it.

It clearly has the student, resources and firepower. Give it time.