What the hell is going on?
@Whovian: Okay, I see…honestly, with CS, it is more about what YOU do…and not as much the coursework, though great course offerings can come in handy. Ultimately, you want to get good enough training so that you can get internships/jobs or start a personal project with your skills. Either school can do that. CS is one of those things where it is more important to put what you learn into action and is also just straight up a lot of self learning (I had to self-teach C and python during my MS in computational chemistry…it is possible to learn lots of things without a specific curriculum and any real CS person is going to be more into creative thinking or finding “their own way” of doing things anyway. I had to learn things typically not stressed at all in UG CS curriculum because I dealt with HPC a lot). If for some reason, you are really gifted or advanced and exhaust the coursework you are interested in: There are graduate courses, as well as more interdisciplinary courses hosted by some departments that heavily rely on computational skills (like physics). Emory is not going to stop you from doing something with the CS background. In addition, if really desperate, Joint-enrollment allows you to take courses absolutely not offered at Tech on your Emory fin. aid.
I personally would prefer you go to Tech, but if it is a financial reach, that is what it is. If you are truly ambitious and it is financially worth it, you can make Emory work in conjunction with other opps. to fill any “gaps” in the course based curriculum. Do not over-estimate the influence of course work (I honestly think coursework is more influential in the natural and physical sciences than CS). Plus, it isn’t about the the content so much how things are taught. Whether at Tech or anywhere, you would want to take those who truly focus on problem based learning and not mainly just memorizing code (believe it or not, it is possible to run a CS class in such a way). Instructors can claim to teach a class on something think is important and then basically not teach at all…