Emory

[Anonymous]

Not all schools can be at the top at the same time. I often hear this argument from alums from schools like Emory, NYU, Tufts, WashU, etc all the time — “just you wait, it’ll be elite in just a few years and soar through the rankings!” It’s not that easy, and if every school is soaring through the rankings, there won’t be much movement. Just accept it.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Google is Free . And you and your friend is moving the goal post.
How many Cornell and Vandy grads are in positions of power. How many too 5 programs does Cornell have? No one is comparing Emory it to Harvard or any top 10 school. How many Rice grads are in positions of power? Dartmouth?

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When your most famous alum is Newt Gingrich.....

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Do Georgetown, Vanderbilt or Cornell have top 5 consulting and Wall street placement? We were talking about schools 11-29, not 1-5. And what makes you think nursing is not desirable, when it's the most popular health care field. You're making things up to make yourself feel better.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Google is Free . And you and your friend is moving the goal post.
How many Cornell and Vandy grads are in positions of power. How many too 5 programs does Cornell have? No one is comparing Emory it to Harvard or any top 10 school. How many Rice grads are in positions of power? Dartmouth?

Cornell has 61 Nobels and has been an elite school for over a century. Not a Cornell alum or affiliated in any way, but the insistence on comparing Emory to Cornell just highlights the gulf between the two schools.

[Anonymous]

Vanderbilt average ACT is 35. Case closed. Not comparable. Emory is a back up school for any top student.

It's only a dream destination for those who aspire to Wake Forest and hope to avoid Wisconsin.

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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 odd. At this time, the 1-10 schools have like an aggregate 4% acceptance rate. A school like Emory is still a single digit or low double digit acceptance rate (I haven't look at recent CDS numbers) but the idea that schools with 15% or less acceptance rates are safeties in any context is insane.

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Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt average ACT is 35. Case closed. Not comparable. Emory is a back up school for any top student.

It's only a dream destination for those who aspire to Wake Forest and hope to avoid Wisconsin.

LOL, I had stats for a mid-Ivy when I was in high school and chose Wisconsin because I wanted something different than my Ivy-like high school experience. If you are going to hate on a school, UW is the wrong one to hate on.

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Anonymous wrote:When your most famous alum is Newt Gingrich.....

Or the former CEO of EY
CEO of Sears
CEO of Subway
Co-founder of Plaid
Founder and former CEO of Dollar Shave club
CEO of Tinder
Record Executive
I could go on..

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Anonymous wrote:Not all schools can be at the top at the same time. I often hear this argument from alums from schools like Emory, NYU, Tufts, WashU, etc all the time — “just you wait, it’ll be elite in just a few years and soar through the rankings!” It’s not that easy, and if every school is soaring through the rankings, there won’t be much movement. Just accept it.

The "top" 10-15 schools are entrenched because that is the way rankings work, particularly for schools that have the "pedigree" like the Ivys.

I don't see people saying "just wait, school X will be top 10 in a decade" except for maybe Elon boosters. Schools like NYU, Tufts and WashU are outstanding, top tier institutions. That is why they are generally considered in the top 30. If one doesn't consider top 30 or 40 or 50 in the US with thousands of schools to to top tier, that is their own snobbery, not the fault of a school.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Google is Free . And you and your friend is moving the goal post.
How many Cornell and Vandy grads are in positions of power. How many too 5 programs does Cornell have? No one is comparing Emory it to Harvard or any top 10 school. How many Rice grads are in positions of power? Dartmouth?

Cornell has 61 Nobels and has been an elite school for over a century. Not a Cornell alum or affiliated in any way, but the insistence on comparing Emory to Cornell just highlights the gulf between the two schools.

Answer the freaking question. You're being moronic. You said Emory isn't top 5 in wall street or Consulting, and the 19 plus programs it is too 5 in doesn't matter. Okay great. IS CORNELL top 5 in wall street or Consulting? Is Vanderbilt? Is Georgetown? Do any of those schools have more top 5 programs than Emory? I'm looking on US news and the answer is NO!.

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Who in the world would choose Emory over Cornell? No one.

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Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt average ACT is 35. Case closed. Not comparable. Emory is a back up school for any top student.

It's only a dream destination for those who aspire to Wake Forest and hope to avoid Wisconsin.

You're lying out your behind to make a false point. Vanderbilt's test avg is 34. How could it's avg and 75th percentile both be 35? Emorys avg is a 33.... So please tell me the difference between students with a 33 ACT avg and a 34?

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Anonymous wrote:Who in the world would choose Emory over Cornell? No one.

That's not the question... But many would. Is Cornell top 5 is business? Is it too 5 in any significant?

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Google is Free . And you and your friend is moving the goal post.
How many Cornell and Vandy grads are in positions of power. How many too 5 programs does Cornell have? No one is comparing Emory it to Harvard or any top 10 school. How many Rice grads are in positions of power? Dartmouth?

Cornell has 61 Nobels and has been an elite school for over a century. Not a Cornell alum or affiliated in any way, but the insistence on comparing Emory to Cornell just highlights the gulf between the two schools.

Answer the freaking question. You're being moronic. You said Emory isn't top 5 in wall street or Consulting, and the 19 plus programs it is too 5 in doesn't matter. Okay great. IS CORNELL top 5 in wall street or Consulting? Is Vanderbilt? Is Georgetown? Do any of those schools have more top 5 programs than Emory? I'm looking on US news and the answer is NO!.

First of all, you're conflating me with someone entirely different. I'm a DP. Second of all, yes, Cornell does rank in the top 5 feeders to Wall Street, actually. https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-banking

Cornell also has world-leading programs in computer science, architecture, hotel administration, and a smattering of other arts and sciences fields. Again, I say this as someone with absolutely no affiliation with the school. Emory's a great school but this weird desperation is, firstly, telling and, secondly, deeply embarrassing.