Anonymous wrote:I know Emory is a good school, but is it really all that impressive? Its high ranking is more due to Coca Cola fortune and endowment than academics or academic reputation.

Middlebury is one of the best SLACs in the country.

This is a dumb point. All top 25 schools are wealthy. To be a top school one has to be wealthy, it's a pre-requisite.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are some numbers that presumably reveal something about a school's current popularity. These are stats for the schools recently mentioned in this thread. BTW, all these schools became test-optional this year.

Applications were up 30% at Middlebury this year,

https://middleburycampus.com/53708/news/applications-up-30-to-nearly-12000-in-historic-surge/

35% at Tufts

https://now.tufts.edu/articles/tufts-undergraduate-applications-rise-35-percent

Emory seems to have only released information on ED 1 and 2 applications, which were up 10%,

https://emorywheel.com/early-decision-ii-applicant-pool-grows-in-wake-of-test-optional-policy/

A reasonable conjecture is that Emory has not broadcast the rise in total applications because it isn't as impressive a number as for other schools.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/lcjb19/yet_another_series_of_records_news_emory_and/

Emory apps increased by 18%. Emory already received around 30k apps per year. Conversely Princeton only increased apps by 5% and Gatech by 11%. Emory regardless is the better school between the three with better outcomes for graduates.

Emory was featured in a popular book about how to get into college, so now it is more popular.

Middlebury apps increased by 30%.

Anonymous wrote:Jesus Christ. Still having a pissing contest over Emory vs. Middlebury?

it's very important to that one kid year who has their choices narrowed down to a small liberal arts college in rural Vermont with a heavy focus on languages and a university in suburban Atlanta known for life sciences

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here are some numbers that presumably reveal something about a school's current popularity. These are stats for the schools recently mentioned in this thread. BTW, all these schools became test-optional this year.

Applications were up 30% at Middlebury this year,

https://middleburycampus.com/53708/news/applications-up-30-to-nearly-12000-in-historic-surge/

35% at Tufts

https://now.tufts.edu/articles/tufts-undergraduate-applications-rise-35-percent

Emory seems to have only released information on ED 1 and 2 applications, which were up 10%,

https://emorywheel.com/early-decision-ii-applicant-pool-grows-in-wake-of-test-optional-policy/

A reasonable conjecture is that Emory has not broadcast the rise in total applications because it isn't as impressive a number as for other schools.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/lcjb19/yet_another_series_of_records_news_emory_and/

Emory apps increased by 18%. Emory already received around 30k apps per year. Conversely Princeton only increased apps by 5% and Gatech by 11%. Emory regardless is the better school between the three with better outcomes for graduates.

Emory was featured in a popular book about how to get into college, so now it is more popular.

Most moronic post of the day.

Jesus Christ. Still having a pissing contest over Emory vs. Middlebury?

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Anonymous wrote:This is fun: https://money.com/best-colleges/

You must not have been looking very hard.

This doesn't prove any points as Emory is much higher than Middlebury on this ranking and a few spots below Tufts... Again this ranking is about value not prestige or academics or anything relevant to what was being discussed before. Fonts suggested Midd and Tufts were more prestigious and academically better (i.e better grad school placement) yet you're posting about ROI and value. Don't move the goal post.

Any ranking about “prestige” is inherently stupid. You can’t be serious.

The Value ranking only matters if you are paying or money is tight.

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Anonymous wrote:Here are some numbers that presumably reveal something about a school's current popularity. These are stats for the schools recently mentioned in this thread. BTW, all these schools became test-optional this year.

Applications were up 30% at Middlebury this year,

https://middleburycampus.com/53708/news/applications-up-30-to-nearly-12000-in-historic-surge/

35% at Tufts

https://now.tufts.edu/articles/tufts-undergraduate-applications-rise-35-percent

Emory seems to have only released information on ED 1 and 2 applications, which were up 10%,

https://emorywheel.com/early-decision-ii-applicant-pool-grows-in-wake-of-test-optional-policy/

A reasonable conjecture is that Emory has not broadcast the rise in total applications because it isn't as impressive a number as for other schools.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ApplyingToCollege/comments/lcjb19/yet_another_series_of_records_news_emory_and/

Emory apps increased by 18%. Emory already received around 30k apps per year. Conversely Princeton only increased apps by 5% and Gatech by 11%. Emory regardless is the better school between the three with better outcomes for graduates.

Emory was featured in a popular book about how to get into college, so now it is more popular.

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Anonymous wrote:This is fun: https://money.com/best-colleges/

You must not have been looking very hard.

This doesn't prove any points as Emory is much higher than Middlebury on this ranking and a few spots below Tufts... Again this ranking is about value not prestige or academics or anything relevant to what was being discussed before. Fonts suggested Midd and Tufts were more prestigious and academically better (i.e better grad school placement) yet you're posting about ROI and value. Don't move the goal post.

Any ranking about “prestige” is inherently stupid. You can’t be serious.

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Anonymous wrote:This is fun: https://money.com/best-colleges/

You must not have been looking very hard.

This doesn't prove any points as Emory is much higher than Middlebury on this ranking and a few spots below Tufts... Again this ranking is about value not prestige or academics or anything relevant to what was being discussed before. Fonts suggested Midd and Tufts were more prestigious and academically better (i.e better grad school placement) yet you're posting about ROI and value. Don't move the goal post.

Ya said you couldn’t find any where either were ahead. I provided three examples in two minutes looking. THE is about research and has almost nothing to do with undergraduate learning. But hey, you like Emory. Great school. Brilliant kids. But just admit that not every ranking will put Emory above Tufts and Middlebury, which was your contention.

Anonymous wrote:This is fun: https://money.com/best-colleges/

You must not have been looking very hard.

This doesn't prove any points as Emory is much higher than Middlebury on this ranking and a few spots below Tufts... Again this ranking is about value not prestige or academics or anything relevant to what was being discussed before. Fonts suggested Midd and Tufts were more prestigious and academically better (i.e better grad school placement) yet you're posting about ROI and value. Don't move the goal post.

Anonymous wrote:Another: https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/#5f62dd841987

Use rankings however you like but don’t act like it’s anything definitive.

It's not...I'm sure there are outliers but most people only use US news, WSJ, and maybe QS for international students. Do not know much about forbes ranking but I know the others are reputable. That being said ranking aren't everything and not why one should choose a school, but posters in the thread are saying Tufts and MIdd are BETTER than Emory but I can't find much of anything that would even suggest that.
US news U.S-
Emory-21 Tufts-30

US news global
Emory-71 Tufts-182

WSJ/THE US
Emory-24 Tufts- 31 Middlebury-37

WSJ/THE global
Emory- 85 Tufts- 155 Middlebury- N/A

This is fun: https://money.com/best-colleges/

You must not have been looking very hard.

Another: https://www.forbes.com/top-colleges/#5f62dd841987

Use rankings however you like but don’t act like it’s anything definitive.

Anonymous wrote:Looking at Global rankings Emory is clearly more highly regarded than Tufts and Middlebury. But that might not be fair because Midd has no grad programs. The only ranking I could find that has both LAC's and Uni's is WSJ and Emory is the more regarded school on that list as well. So I'm not sure what the argument is for Tufts or Middlebury, it seems as though Emory is the all-around better school ( both grad and undergrad).

Here’s one for you: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.kiplinger.com/slideshow/college/t014-s003-20-best-college-values-in-the-u-s-2019/index.html%3famp

Looking at Global rankings Emory is clearly more highly regarded than Tufts and Middlebury. But that might not be fair because Midd has no grad programs. The only ranking I could find that has both LAC's and Uni's is WSJ and Emory is the more regarded school on that list as well. So I'm not sure what the argument is for Tufts or Middlebury, it seems as though Emory is the all-around better school ( both grad and undergrad).