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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Emory is a very good school and Atlanta is a good place to go to school.  I think its primary problem is that it has a bit of a chip on its shoulder because it can't quite crack the elite group of schools.  It likes to think of itself on par with Duke but I think most folks would not put it in the same category, probably more like Vanderbilt or perhaps a notch below.  It has many good programs and can be a great choice for students (and parents) who won't get continually frustrated by some negative comparisons.  [/quote]

PP here. Actually I think the students for the most part enjoy emory and like that they go there even though for quite a few it was an ivybackup.

I think JHU, Carnegie Mellon, and Georgetown have a more 'chip on the shoulder' feeling in their UG populations for being ivy/stanford/mit rejects than Emory.

Emory is hugely underrated IMO and it's only a matter of time until its acceptance rate is also driven down below 20%. For now it remains a relative 'acceptance rate value' in comparison to its rankings.

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Georgetown grad here.  Can't speak for the other two schools, but I don't think that is true at GU.  Jesuit and somewhat southern ( at least in the old days) Georgetown is very different from the Ivies.  The only mention I heard of competing with Ivies is in the 100-year-old fight song.[/quote]

For the non-Catholics attending GTown, the school was often a second choice.  But for Catholics it is often a first choice.  I think the undergrad is about 50% non-Catholic now.[/quote]

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