<p>Absolutely. <3 Emory. It’s an incredible school, with great professors, great students, incredible housing…coming to Emory was one of, if not the best, decision I ever made.</p>
<p>Hey laura :)… yes, I’m going to the Atlanta campus… (“main” is debatable… Oxford was the original campus).</p>
<p>Normally when I say “main”, I mean not clairmont, but central. So my definition is even more narrow than either of yours.</p>
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<p>Are there a lot of ethiopians, eritreans, somalis & egyptian people at Emory?</p>
<p>I’m black and muslim so do you think it would be easy to fit in? I could always join the muslim student association & african student association for friends, right…?</p>
<p>^Yes, AND you can make friends with everyone else. You make friends by going to classes, in the residences etc. You’ll be fine. I’ll be a freshman soon but I suspect this is true with all universities.</p>
<p>^ Emory is my #1 dream school <3 but I’m most likely going to be a sophomore transfer my multiple reasons! </p>
<p>But I’ll try to catch up and make friends though. I’m very outgoing, friendly and social but I’m still afraid I might be lonely :/</p>
<p>I’m just hoping my URM status will help me…a lot. And maybe being from MN too? idk. I just hope i can get in. I love this school so much.</p>
<p>WUSTL is #2 on my list.</p>
<p>The answer is yes, I actually run with the “African” crowd. Many are Nigerian, but one of my best friends is Eritrean. There are also African students from many other nations. Trust me, you are in the right place for that. Good luck. And it’s easy to make friends even as a transfer. If the Oxford students can do it, so can you.</p>
<p>^ No way!! 
I’m Somali…so I basically also run with the african and Arab crowd but I’ve never made a legit white friend 
lmao…</p>
<p>Emory seems like the perfect fit for me!!! And thanks for telling me “If the Oxford students can do it, so can you.”<<< that was really nice…makes me feel a hella lot better! 
Even if i get rejected the first time around [hopefully not] I’ll still apply a second time :D.</p>
<p>This one girl I know told me the people at Emory aren’t uptight and stuck up. I hope that’s true! I was considering Vanderbilt but she told me they’re full of snobs and preppy kids!</p>
<p>I hope the ppl @ Emory are just as friendly as the students at WUSTL.</p>
<p>Every top private will have their share of stuck up people. However, it’s not as influential on the overall atmosphere as it is on the campuses of peers.</p>
<p>^ my HS stats are horrendous…just my gpa/transcript but my SATs and ECs are very good.</p>
<p>I wish I could enter as a freshman (class of 2015 :D) but my chances are impossible But I hope I can enter as a sophomore though…since I really want to make the most out of my college experience…plus i read on their site that sophs still have to stay on campus + in the dorms so i won’t miss out too much and be able to make friends asap.</p>
<p>I also love how diverse the school is and ATL of course :)</p>
<p>But will Emory have enough space for transfers though? It seems as if they’re not in need for URMs 
Even if I can get in i hope i can get goof financial aid.</p>
<p>I believe Emory is actually pursuing more transfer applicants now. I forgot where I read it though. I believe it was in one of the Emory publications. Just know that the chance of being admitted as a transfer is just as high (or slightly higher) as being admitted as a freshman unlike most of the peers which hardly admit transfers at all.</p>
<p>Yup, Emory wants to increase its transfer size… I think I read it on the Emory Wheel (the student run newspaper)</p>
<p>On another note, I am South Asian (although I dislike being identified by race) and most of my friends are white. Why? Because my IB program at my school is mostly white. My girlfriend is white as well. That’s just how it is. I don’t put a lot of emphasis on race because I personally think that’s extremely superficial. That’s why I’m unwilling to exclusively roll with the “South Asian” crowd or the “African” crowd or the “International” crowd. I’m going to try my best to make a diverse bunch of friends which includes people who are white, black, brown, latino, asian, rich, poor, gay, straight, believers, non believers etc. If I feel left out, it’ll not be because I don’t have enough South Asians to hang out with. It’ll be for a better reason.</p>
<p>Dude, I’m an African American with no immigrant parents. I was just trying to emphasize that I somehow (and honestly, it is very recent, since last year. I barely know how and why it happened, it just did) ended up rolling with a lot of African students who are either immigrants themselves or the children of immigrants. Most of my other close friends are Indian/Pakistani/Sri Lankan (essentially “brown”). I have many “Asian” friends as well. All of this despite the fact that my high school was mostly (75-80%) African American. Even the honors/gifted academy still had an even split of African Americans to other ethnicities, as opposed to many places where the percentage of blacks nearly diminishes in upperlevel/advanced coursework. So in theory, I should only be rolling with non-immigrant African Americans based upon the assessment of your situation. Needless to say, they are the minority in my social sphere right now. And it’s not just because they are the smallest group on campus. Because I could choose to clique up with them if I wanted. </p>
<p>Point is, I didn’t intend to come off as superficial. I was essentially trying to convey to the poster that there is indeed a viable African immigrant population available to interact with. Many people do indeed gain comfort from knowing that people with common experiences and ethnicity are available to interact with. That doesn’t mean they will exclusively roll with that group. For example, if there was not a visible African population, and this person is interested in cultural events (say taste of Africa, African Cultural Awareness week, the fact that there is a huge African art section in the Carlos Museum, and that the African Studies, and African American studies department here are really strong. The diversity may indeed influence the success of these departments) emphasizing that heritage, she’d be out of luck. Luckily, African culture, and almost every culture present at Emory, is visible and well-represented in terms of the student body and academic offerings, so that is not an issue. Somewhere else, it might be. So she indeed has a right and perhaps legitimate reasons to be concerned. Why do you think the amount of Latin students at Emory is so low? Perhaps it has traditionally been the most under-represented group here (after Native Americans) and Emory doesn’t really attempt to recruit them properly. For example, Essence isn’t enough as that event is attended mostly by admitted black students (needless to say that most events at this cater to the black interests/population), thus Latin students (who perhaps are from South or Central America) who may perhaps identify more closely with whites, are isolated, and left out. Not only that, but they hardly ever see a Latin person currently enrolled who is not mixed with black, so it really doesn’t help. There are more concerns I could add that help address this question, but I will spare it.</p>
<p>bernie, I think you misunderstood my post a little bit. I was not, in any way, attempting to point out that you were superficial. I understand that sometimes people of the same race identify more with one another. With that being said, I still think society places a lot of emphasis on race… a lot of unnecessary emphasis. Rolling with a certain type of crowd can be important for newcomers to a country but I think we have to expand beyond that and at least make an attempt to befriend people of all backgrounds. Understanding through friendship. Anyways, I was merely stating my opinion and was not trying to debate yours. However, I do appreciate your post… what you say makes a lot of sense.</p>
<p>@bernie2012: My parents are immigrants :/</p>
<p>I would have to agree with @alam1, about people of the same race/origins being able to identify with one another. I have always had a difficult time making friends that weren’t similar to me in a way…race, country or religion with the exception of my asian (that are filipino) friends back in Dubai…i got along with the perfectly some of them are my best friends too. But over here (in the U.S. so far) I’ve had to stick with people that were similar to me most of the time (except for the Filipino kids)… </p>
<p>okay lol, I just realized that the only asian ppl I get along with/can relate to are Filipinos or Vietnamese/Hmong kids…lame…</p>
<p>I also remembered that this question if “similar ppl get along better or different ppl get along better” was my SAT essay question in June :/</p>
<p>I think you got our posts mixed up. I was the one saying that people generally find comfort in those with similar perspectives.</p>
<p>@bernie and alam: You guys have some valid thoughts going on here.
@eastafrobeuty: According to the College Board site, Emory’s 1st year student body is ethnically split like this:
* <1% American Indian/Alaskan Native
* 24% Asian/Pacific Islander
* 10% Black/Non-Hispanic
* 4% Hispanic
* 38% White/Non-Hispanic
* 11% Non-Resident Alien
* 12% Race/ethnicity unreported</p>
<p>With 27% as In-state students and 73% as Out-of-state students.</p>
<p>One of the reasons why I applied to Emory was the relative (albeit not complete) diversity of the students in comparison with some of my other college options, where one or two groups were overwhelmingly predominant. Emory as an institution, in my opinion, seems to value diversity and all types of ppl and their cultures. Where ever you go, you’ll come upon ppl who only stick in friend groups comprised of similar ppl…it’s rather inevitable. I am hoping to make friends who are both similar and dissimilar to me, with the ruling judgment simply placed on whether they’re friend material…I was able to have a great group of friends (who happened to be of multiple races) at a high school where the majority of students are Caucasian.
I hope you’re able to get into Emory when you decide to apply! If you do, let’s hope you make the friends you’re hoping to find.</p>
<p>That is outdated. Though the class of 2014 is close to that, other, I know 2013 and 2012 had more Asians (over 30%+). Class of 2013 had 22% not report, and after that it came out to about 35% white, 31% Asian (2014 only has 27%, but 9-11% did not report. It’s basically the least diverse of the classes that have composed the student body since I’ve been here), 8% Black, and 4% Latin, and <1% native American And now in-state only accounts for about 19% of students. This has actually been the case for a while (the 20% in-state). I understand your point though. Just saying that Emory has generally been more diverse as of late. 2014 is slightly lacking in demographic diversity probably b/c of the decline in apps.</p>
<p>People feel comfortable around similar people and don’t get along with those having no demographic in common with themselves because your friends need to have similar values. That’s why the best way to judge a person is to look at their closest friends. Obviously we as human beings all have the same basic values (i.e. the desire to have relationships with other human beings), but the values that define us as a unique person come from our culture (like faith, social class, parents, and where you grew up). The real reason why groups of friends are starting to look more demographically “diverse” isn’t because young people are more open-minded and progressive thinkers, it’s because the media and internet have created a massive pop culture that we all share. Role models used to just be parents and teachers. Nowadays kids look up to their favorite athletes, TV characters, and rappers. If Lebron James says staying home is important, suddenly every little boy in America rethinks how important living in his hometown when he grows up is to him. What used to be a midwestern value becomes an American value. Over time, all of our values are slowly becoming the same. And that, kids, is called homogeneity. </p>
<p>To say that society is becoming more demographically diverse, which as I just explained isn’t really diversity at all, misinterprates technological progress as social progress. Point is looking at Emory’s demographics is a poor way to judge its diversity. And don’t go around seeking friends from different backgrounds just for the sake of being diverse. Not only do those people usually end up looking like morons (i.e. my white friend who suddenly “decided”–as a 21 year old adult–that he really likes Asian people and their culture. He likes the culture so much that he regularly goes shopping in Asian markets despite not being able to read the labels, communicate with anyone there, or recognize half the food) but they hypocritically emphasize race in selecting their friends. In fact, I find that those people think about race and judge people by it more than some people who actually call themselves racist.</p>