Emory, Tulane, WashU

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WashU, Emory and Tulane are all good schools and we visited all three when we were deciding. I think it comes down to considering what major your kid currently is pursuing (they often change their minds); which city do you prefer; and which school offers the best vibe for your kid. When we visited, I thought Tulane was a huge party school and my DC is not a drinker. Thought Wash U was a beautiful campus and offered a lot of inter major studies and a lot of flexibility in terms of studying multiple disciplines. Emory was very similar to Wash U culturally, but felt slightly less intense which was a positive to me as the parent. My DC puts plenty of pressure on herself. We also met a student while we there who mentioned that her experience was that the students were very collaborative I studying together. That was a huge plus to me because I had been at Hopkins where the atmosphere was extremely cut throat in my time. My DC chose Emory and had a really great experience and great job placement afterwards. I’m sure the other schools would have also worked out well. An additional plus was that during the pandemic it was easier to drive to Atlanta than to St Louis or New Orleans.

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Out of these three schools
my two kids were offered applicants fee waiver offer from WashU if that counts as 'game'

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Anonymous wrote:NP. Emory and WashU are similar in terms of selectivity, endowment, and student makeup. they have some different academic offerings. Tulane is a great school in a great city but is not the same level in terms of selectivity. they play the yield protection game but take students ED that would never get accepted in Emory or WashU. We know kids who were accepted into WashU and not Emory and vice versa.WashU and Emory overlap more with Vanderbilt, Georgetown etc,

Emory WashU has ED1 ED2 and they practice yield protection too

In fact isn't Emory the one have cheated for long time? not just 'game' but actual cheating


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/emory-university-false-academic-data-sent-ranking-groups-flna950476

A decade ago? Really?

They all play the ED game - but when comparing apples to apples, it is always the case that WashU and Emory are more selective than Tulane. Of course there will be overlap at these schools based on programs and student preferences - but on average Tulane is less selective. When all is said and done - that difference in selectivity doesn't mean a kid will do any worse academically or career-wise - that's true for all schools.

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If you have not visited, that would help your DC get a feel for where they might prefer. WashU is a beautiful campus, very easy to study in different fields, and has a collaborative approach. There is really one main campus, which was oddly important to my DC. Did not visit the others. All good schools.

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ALL colleges play admissions games. They just differ (slightly) in the games they play.

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Anonymous wrote:If you have not visited, that would help your DC get a feel for where they might prefer. WashU is a beautiful campus, very easy to study in different fields, and has a collaborative approach. There is really one main campus, which was oddly important to my DC. Did not visit the others. All good schools.

I was so impressed by how beautiful the WashU campus is and how nice the adjacent Forest Park is. Emory was also quite nice. Didn’t visit Tulane.

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WUSTL is consistently ranked as having one of the best campus food which may be important to some

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Anonymous wrote:NP. Emory and WashU are similar in terms of selectivity, endowment, and student makeup. they have some different academic offerings. Tulane is a great school in a great city but is not the same level in terms of selectivity. they play the yield protection game but take students ED that would never get accepted in Emory or WashU. We know kids who were accepted into WashU and not Emory and vice versa.WashU and Emory overlap more with Vanderbilt, Georgetown etc,

Emory WashU has ED1 ED2 and they practice yield protection too

Why do you equate selectivity with quality?

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Anonymous wrote:Wash u is the most selective on that list, and has the best reputation if that is what drives your preference. What are your child's interests? Let them pick. One of the best lessons we can teach our children is that they CAN be SUCCESSFUL and HAPPY in more that one situation. There is not a bad answer to which one they pick.

WashU doesn't have a better rep than Emory.

Emory doesn’t even have its own school of engineering

Why does that matter? WashU doesn't have a nursing program. AI will replace most engineers soon, nursing will be just fine.

Nurse won't be needed in the future

You're delusional. You honestly think there won't be people to take care of you when ill?

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Anonymous wrote:Wash u is the most selective on that list, and has the best reputation if that is what drives your preference. What are your child's interests? Let them pick. One of the best lessons we can teach our children is that they CAN be SUCCESSFUL and HAPPY in more that one situation. There is not a bad answer to which one they pick.

WashU doesn't have a better rep than Emory.

Emory doesn’t even have its own school of engineering

Why does that matter? WashU doesn't have a nursing program. AI will replace most engineers soon, nursing will be just fine.

Nurse won't be needed in the future

You're delusional. You honestly think there won't be people to take care of you when ill?

Not any more delusional than the poster who said we won't need engineers anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:NP. Emory and WashU are similar in terms of selectivity, endowment, and student makeup. they have some different academic offerings. Tulane is a great school in a great city but is not the same level in terms of selectivity. they play the yield protection game but take students ED that would never get accepted in Emory or WashU. We know kids who were accepted into WashU and not Emory and vice versa.WashU and Emory overlap more with Vanderbilt, Georgetown etc,

Emory WashU has ED1 ED2 and they practice yield protection too

In fact isn't Emory the one have cheated for long time? not just 'game' but actual cheating


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/emory-university-false-academic-data-sent-ranking-groups-flna950476

A decade ago? Really?

They all play the ED game - but when comparing apples to apples, it is always the case that WashU and Emory are more selective than Tulane. Of course there will be overlap at these schools based on programs and student preferences - but on average Tulane is less selective. When all is said and done - that difference in selectivity doesn't mean a kid will do any worse academically or career-wise - that's true for all schools.

For sure. My good but not great student got into Tulane ED as a high target and there is no way I would have recommended he even bother looking at WashU.

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Have a student at WashU. Loves it. Very flexible. Friends have been able to move schools and they encourage alot of exploration. Lots of premed kids. DC says it is not a stressful place, but kids take their school work seriously, if that makes sense.

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All are solid schools. Emory can be competitive. Emory, like WUSTL & like Tulane, is located in a nice part of town.

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane certainly has the most cachet. Plus, the quality of life is going to be the highest at Tulane. They’re all fine school though.

Cachet where? New Orleans?

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Emory is in a really nice part of Atlanta. But Wash IMO has the nicer campus. Both seem similar in terms of selectivity. Tulane seems like a step down, although still a good option and also a pretty campus.