Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am a DP...yes, there are lots of top students who want to go to an urbanish mid-size school in a big city in the south. Not many others with those attributes, WashU being one of them.
Not that many others nationally fit those attributes either: NWestern, Chicago, Tufts, CWRU, CMU, Hopkins, Gtown, Reed
So for kids who are smart and motivated, but without Ivy type hooks, these are great options.
I agree with you but let's also be honest with ourselves. Schools like NWestern, Chicago, Hopkins, and perhaps even Gtown are a class above the rest (incl. Emory) in terms of desirability and prestige.
If your goal is Wall Street, sure, but otherwise, not really.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am a DP...yes, there are lots of top students who want to go to an urbanish mid-size school in a big city in the south. Not many others with those attributes, WashU being one of them.
Not that many others nationally fit those attributes either: NWestern, Chicago, Tufts, CWRU, CMU, Hopkins, Gtown, Reed
So for kids who are smart and motivated, but without Ivy type hooks, these are great options.
I agree with you but let's also be honest with ourselves. Schools like NWestern, Chicago, Hopkins, and perhaps even Gtown are a class above the rest (incl. Emory) in terms of desirability and prestige.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ok so who’s the sock puppeteer keeping this thread alive
You're only doing yourself a disservice if you think there's really only one person who doesn't believe Emory is some elite, supremely desirable destination.
Anonymous wrote:Ok so who’s the sock puppeteer keeping this thread alive
Anonymous wrote:I am a DP...yes, there are lots of top students who want to go to an urbanish mid-size school in a big city in the south. Not many others with those attributes, WashU being one of them.
Not that many others nationally fit those attributes either: NWestern, Chicago, Tufts, CWRU, CMU, Hopkins, Gtown, Reed
So for kids who are smart and motivated, but without Ivy type hooks, these are great options.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:So how many valedictorians are the local MoCo / Fairfax Co and Big 3s are praying the outcome is Emory. Uh yeah. Didn’t think so.
They are praying it doesn’t come to that.
Proof read next time, and stop making up lies...
Anonymous wrote:So how many valedictorians are the local MoCo / Fairfax Co and Big 3s are praying the outcome is Emory. Uh yeah. Didn’t think so.
They are praying it doesn’t come to that.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Emory simply isn’t a part of the very top tier, but that’s OK. It’s still a respectable school, even if it does approach the territory of competence where many would start asking if it makes more sense to attend a state flagship.
Neither is Vanderbilt or any of the schools pp listed above. Emory is a very good tier 2 school. A step below HYPSM and a few others. You can stomp you feet all you want but most people will immediately associate Vanderbilt with Emory when Emory is mentioned in conversation. Maybe WashU being a close second association. Those are it's peer schools which is supported by rankings not opinions. You're just going to have to get over it DP.
I think WashU is the much closer peer, along with Tufts and NYU... and "a step below HYPSM" is really pushing it.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Emory simply isn’t a part of the very top tier, but that’s OK. It’s still a respectable school, even if it does approach the territory of competence where many would start asking if it makes more sense to attend a state flagship.
Neither is Vanderbilt or any of the schools pp listed above. Emory is a very good tier 2 school. A step below HYPSM and a few others. You can stomp you feet all you want but most people will immediately associate Vanderbilt with Emory when Emory is mentioned in conversation. Maybe WashU being a close second association. Those are it's peer schools which is supported by rankings not opinions. You're just going to have to get over it DP.