<p>What's the environment there like? Are most of the students rich? Does it cost a lot of money to go out at night? (I don't have a lot of money.) Are people stuck up?</p>
<p>I'm from Florida, but Georgia seems so "southern" to me. I'm asian. Although I am outgoing, I am not really a sorority type of girl and I think I might feel out of place at Emory. I hear that the Greek scene is huge.</p>
<p>Asian population is huge from what I hear from current students; you’ll be fine…Emory is not a southern school in the sense that you are implying…</p>
<p>Atlanta is not a Southern city and Emory is not a Southern university. Most of the students are not from the south. While there is a portion of the population that is wealthy, that’s certainly not the majority and it’s pretty easy to avoid them.
Similarly, the area around Emory is nice but by no means extremely expensive. The pricey areas of the city tend to be in Buckhead where the major malls and high end clubs are. People mostly go to the less expensive options like Maggie’s and Famous.
Last, only 1/3 of people are involved in Greek life. I haven’t been to a frat in a few years and haven’t missed anything. It might be a part of freshman year but people tend to do their own thing after that.</p>
<p>I don’t think people here are stuck up. There are a decent amount of rich people, but they don’t flaunt it. I don’t really go out, so I wouldn’t know.</p>
<p>I’m totally NOT your sorority girl, but I think Emory is fine for me. I think you’ll do well fitting in.</p>
<p>I read in FISKE guide book that majority of Emory is in upper class. I was super surprised about this since a lot of people say they’re not the majority.</p>
<p>And, yes, there are snobs, but based on the guide book they’re few, meaning not something to worry about. It’s more of a collaborative environment than “screw you get the F out of my way I’m working alone and I will BEAT THE S OUT OF YOU YOU IN ACADEMICS BECAUSE I’M BETTER!”</p>
<p>Everything I’m hearing sounds great 
I especially love what merlin said about the collaborate environment. </p>
<p>Thanks for the info everyone!</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s DEFINITELY collaborative. :]</p>
<p>The majority of the people who come to Emory are from Texas, Florida, New York or North/South Carolina. There’s also a large asian population (Koreans specifically). There’s all types of people here, you don’t have to be really social to fit in.</p>
<p>there are a lot of wealthy students at Emory–that is oxford and emory–but they definitely do not flaunt it as someone said on here. Those who do are quite unpopular…therefore you shouldn’t have a problem fitting in:)</p>
<p>My daughter is a freshman this year at Emory and is having trouble fitting in because she doesn’t want to drink alcohol. She’s in a freshman dorm, and most of the people in her dorm go to off-campus parties every weekend and drink, etc. We might need to end up transferring her because she is so lonely and can’t find a group of people who respect themselves and the law enough to have fun without drinking.</p>
<p>wow! That is discouraging, LJMama. My D is applying and does not drink, either. I thought that being in a university and near a city would give more options for these kids.</p>
<p>Not everyone at Emory drinks, so she needs to find a group that doesn’t drink. Only looking at people who drink = narrow-minded.</p>
<p>Emory is extremely diverse, and there is a large population of the student body that doesn’t drink their freshman year. The generalization that everyone drinks is inaccurate. More, nearly every university in the united states has students who drink under age. Transferring (unless it’s to BYU or a similar school) won’t change this fact. The key is to find that group of people who choose to make similar lifestyle choices as her. While they may not be as vocal as the ones who want to party every weekend (and maybe Tuesdays… anyone remember Moe’s and Joe’s?) during freshman year, they’re on campus somewhere.</p>
<p>My D goes to Emory, loves it and does not drink at all. Have your D rush and join a sorority that is not into drinking. There are several. My impression is that unlike a lot of schools Emory is not a drinking school</p>
<p>There are plenty of students at Emory who choose not to drink. Alcohol is a part of the social scene at practically every college in the country, but in comparison to many other schools (such as state schools), drinking actually isn’t much of a problem at Emory.</p>
<p>Your daughter needs to stop making assumptions about everyone drinking, or try to make some more friends.</p>
<p>I am hopeful that my daughter will find these like-minded students early next semester! I’m so glad to hear from some Emory students here that there are INDEED non-drinkers there. Now, she’ll need to try to find them.</p>
<p>As far as the comments on narrow-mindedness and making assumptions, neither of these is the case. It’s interesting that students would draw that conclusion when I have shared the actual experience of a student. Most of the students on her floor and in her dorm like to go to parties where they drink. Sometimes that happens on certain floors or dorms - that most of the people there want to drink! And that happens to be the grouping she happened to fall into. Unfortunately, if one CANNOT FIND those like themselves, a group of friends to do things with, it doesn’t matter that those people are actually present on campus. The relationship connection needs to be made to make it matter.</p>
<p>I am desperately hoping she can find other students like herself. Any other positive suggestions for her to try would be appreciated. We’re keeping our fingers crossed!</p>
<p>If your daughter’s so socially inept that she can’t find friends who don’t drink, i doubt she’s much fun to be around anyway.</p>
<p>I have many friends who don’t drink, and I hang out almost exclusively with the korean international students.</p>
<p>Even in my skewed and biased sample of Emory students (considering most international korean kids drink like fish…) many of my closest friends, particularly the girls, don’t touch a drop of alcohol.</p>
<p>There’s a difference between going “to parties where they drink” and drinking. In my experience, there’s a lot of people who don’t drink that go to those parties. Beyond that, there’s a huge group of people, esp. girls, that drink just 1 or 2 for the sake of having a drink in their hand (less awkward). And by those parties, I mean just about any college party ever that isn’t run by a christian fellowship because there’s drinking at all of them. It’s not a coincidence that your daughter wound up on a floor where the girls go to parties on the weekends; there MIGHT be 1 floor that has more than a handful of people who stay in or do something else. So if it’s partying that she doesn’t like, that’s a different story. I would NOT consider her “socially inept” or “narrow-minded” if she can’t find a group of friends like her. </p>
<p>I’ll try to give you some advice to work with anyway. She could try joining a religious group. They tend to have a lot of non-alcohol events. She should also give rush a try. Sororities don’t really have parties so there’s very little pressure to do so. And it’s a great way to get a fresh group to mingle with and sort of get a second freshman floor if you wish. Also if she’s at all athletic, some of the club sports teams are really tight knit. My sophomore roommate was on the ultimate team and they were ALWAYS together, guys and girls. Of course they partied occasionally, but I think sometimes having a real close group like that to go with can make all the difference.</p>
<p>With all this in mind, she should try to make her friends by the end of freshman year. After that, most kids have cars and are off doing their own thing. I’ve said this before but Emory kids (for whatever reason) keep themselves extremely busy, and that translates into less time for socializing/making new friends. It really is astonishing the contrast between freshman year and the last 3, so I would transfer if next semester doesn’t turn up any friends either. I mean it’s possible your daughter does have a little bit of a social issue that will be there no matter where she goes, but keeping her at Emory at that point wouldn’t really even give her a chance.</p>
<p>Wow, nahshimshimhaeyo. Very touchy, aren’t you?</p>
<p>Thanks, el duque, for your advice! :)</p>