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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Excellent school. Easy access to a major city (including for great internships) while still having a pretty campus. Near a major airport and pro sports, concerts, etc. Good weather. Blue area in a red state. Great undergrad business program. Decent athletics for those who want to participate.

Agreed that it tends to be more of a fallback to Ivies/Duke/Vandy but it does have a lot going for it. I would choose Emory over most of its "peer" schools like Wash U,[b] Tufts, Rochester, CWRU[/b].
Too many think there kids are Top10 level, especially those who happen to have went to a T10 20-30 years ago. The admissions standard today is no the same and T25s are the same level today as T10s many years ago. If you apply ED to Emory for any reason than its not a backup, either you love it or you dont think you can do better either way not a backup. If you RD to Emory its still not a back up as its a 5% acceptance rate, with a 1540 SAT avg. Only students who Reach Emory Scholars finals are can consider Emory a backup and thats only 100ish students a year.

I would personally strongly consider it over Hopkins, though I'm sure I will get a lot of grief for that. I would rather spend four years on Emory's campus than Hopkins (I know this board has a huge DMV slant).[/quote]
Those aren't peers schools [/quote]

Emory is excellent, solid T25, peer schools WashU /Georgetown the slightly more competitive end, UVA in state slightly less competitive than Emory but a peer. kids who get in RD from our DMV private get in to UVA EA. some in that same range choose to ED. The stats of those who ED to Emory are similar to those who ED to UVA. For the super-competitive students aiming T10, Emory is a backup but so is UVA and WM in state. Overall Emory is too good to be considered a safety or a backup for the vast majority of students. [/quote][/quote]

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