<p>LJMama it’s just that you just sound mad self-righteous, and the tone of your writing is annoying.</p>
<p>If you’re gonnna look down on college students just because they drink, i’m gonna down upon stuffy college students who don’t.</p>
<p>Please just stop this argument. That counter-point doesn’t even make sense because it implies that students who don’t drink are stuffy (I know you are arguing just to prove a point, but come on…). I think that’s worse than implying that “most” or at least a majority of students drink. That at least has some truth (I think alcohol edu lies). Me and my non-drinking friends are “crunk” (I’m sure most of you don’t know what that means because you aren’t black people from Georgia lol) enough when sober. </p>
<p>I think I’m getting annoyed at everyone’s responses at this point and I’m not even a moderator. Can’t we discuss other aspects of the atmosphere or life at Emory that are perhaps less polarizing? I’m sure this (drinking and stuff) is a debate at every college, and that neither side gains any ground on it so I wish we could just drop it.</p>
<p>Wait never mind, then one of you will just tell me to stop looking at or posting in this thread. Fair enough, I think I will. My final thought is that I think there are more crucial issues about social life here than the drinking scene which may actually be less intense than our peers’, many of which have D-1 sports.</p>
<p>I think you almost have to divide the atmosphere into 2. There’s the freshman experience, and then there’s the rest of your Emory experience. Freshman year, everyone’s real open, friendly, and excited. Almost everyone lives on campus, uses the library, there’s a lot of overlap in class schedules before people know their majors, everyone becomes real good friends with their hallmates, goes out to frat parties, eats at the DUC, tries a whole assortment of clubs/activities, etc. This is just a general picture obviously, but I think it’s a fairly accurate one.</p>
<p>Then sophomore year comes and students have cars. All the sudden the city opens up to you and frat row quickly goes stale, as does Emory’s dining options. No one really lives on campus anymore unless you’re in res life. Class schedules start to diverge as kids get into more advanced classes. People narrow down their EC’s, but become more active in the ones they’re in. I could keep going, but you get the idea. There’s very little to bring students together at this point; upperclassmen don’t go to frat row, no one goes to Emory sports games, we live all over the neighborhood, and we’re not in a bunch of classes together. </p>
<p>That’s not to say Emory sucks after a year. I’ve had a lot of fun in Atlanta–going to the bars, restaraunts, sports games, concerts and other random events–much more fun than I ever had freshman year. But I think you do have to be ok with both atmospheres to truly enjoy Emory. You need freshman year to make friends and give yourself a foundation. But that atmosphere’s only there for a year. After that, people want to explore the town and do their own thing. There is no more hall bonding or meeting everyone at the row. It’s kinda like your parents sent you out in the backyard with a group of friends, your cars, and the city of Atlanta and said, “Go play.” And that type of thing should appeal to any Emory applicant that wants to have fun beyond freshman year.</p>
<p>Awesome discription. I’m actually in 100% agreement and I’m only a sophomore. Being from Georgia makes me more inclined to randomly venture out into Atlanta than most. Just wish I had a car lol. Oh well, MARTA’s enough for me.</p>