<p>first i'd like to say congratualtions to the first members of the class of 2011 from the class of 2010. you all have worked very hard and I will see you in the fall. To all those RD considering Emory, I am happy to answer questions that anyone has about the school and I'm sure that the other current students on the board are also willing to help you learn more about the school. post your questions and I will do my best to answer them for you.</p>
<p>firstly, are there a lot of indians? and secondly, i know emory has 5% international students, of this are like 4.5% from crazy asian countries?</p>
<p>there are quiet a few indians at emory. in my orientation group of about 14 there were two indian girls. i think the population is fairly strong. you are right that a lot of the international students are asian (mostly korea and china i think) but that is not to say that other areas are not well represented. i know two europeans personally - one from slovakia and the other from romania. the others that i know are mostly from central asia - pakistan, india, etc. i hope this answers your question.</p>
<p>haha ya my mother says there are soo many koreans in georgia and theres even a koreatown near atlanta! (our family's korean)</p>
<p>amadani, does Emory take the highest ACT subscores and combine them to make a new composite?</p>
<p>from what i remember and from this post <a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=277889&highlight=ACT+score%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=277889&highlight=ACT+score</a>
it seems as though they do not take the highest from each section.</p>
<p>from that post, would you suggest me to explain on the "provide addtional info" part of the application why my reading score dropped 9 points?</p>
<p>i think that that would be a good idea since it is such a drastic change. it couldn't hurt to give that explanation.</p>
<p>armadani: How present is the 'preppy NewYorker' stereotype at emory? is it just a small group of students, or somewhat prevalent? And how do you find the dorms/food compared to other schools you've visited?
Thanks for doing this</p>
<p>My son was accepted a spring transfer to Emory from Tulane, he's actually going to be a second semester jr. at Tulane, but in order to graduate from Emory has to be there for 4 semesters. He's not concerned about that, because finances are not an issue. Tulane just isn't the school it was, academically he feels it is still very strong, but there are other issues. Also housing won't be a huge problem for him because he can live off campus, we would like him to find a roommate though. He applied to Emory ED1 from a prestigious Boston private school in 2003, but was not accepted. Emory has always been his first choice. I hate to see him give up this opportunity, anybody have any thoughts or advice. He's great kid. Worked hard at Tulane, raised alot of money for Tulane after the hurricane, but he wants a more stable college environment. He is really having trouble with this decision. He has quite a few friends that are there already, but he doesn't want them to feel he is going to be dependent on them. He has a car, and fortunately the freedom to transfer without worrying about any financial difficulties. He will remain a history major. I know he will fit in at Emory. He is not in a fraternity. He was in the process of bringing an old fraternity back to Tulane, but he isn't moving forward with that, so it isn't an issue. Any feedback would be great. Remember this was his dream school since he was a junior high school, so risk the change or stay put, pros and cons, and how do the transfers fit in are they easily accepted by the other students, also if anyone knows of someone looking for an off campus roommate for the spring or needws to sublet, feel free to private message me. He's 21, with a car, rent is not an issue, he also has furniture and 52 inch tv for the living room. Thanks for any help.</p>
<p>that's a good question since it seems to be a big stereotype about emory. i got to emory and was pleasently surprised that those people make up a very small portion of the school. it was much less than i anticipated and, while there is that population of people, it is small and they hang around each other. there are plenty of nice, normal students from new york, but those few that are considered jappy are not very prevalent.</p>
<p>i think that your son should do what is in his best interest. it seems like tulane can't give him what he needs anymore and that emory is a good option for his last two years. i don't think that there will be an issue of acceptance from the students because the students from oxford transfer to emory for their junior and senior year without problems. i don't really see any drawbacks to transfering other than leaving a familiar place. if you could tell us some specific concerns that he has then maybe i could better answer them but, unless there are some major hangups, i don't see any reason why he should not take the opportunity to attend the school that he always wanted to. your son could also live on the clairmont campus which is for juniors and seniors. it is all apartments and is really nice. this way he could be assigned a roommate in case he can't find one.</p>
<p>Thanks for your response. I think most of his concerns are around the social aspect, especially where he is coming in for the spring semester, and is for all practical purposes a second semester junior, I also don't think he wants to be categorized with the Oxford students. For some reason as a friend of a parent whose child came from Oxford to Emory this fall, there is they feel some stigma attached to that.</p>
<p>Jamismom - Considering the fact that you said that Emory has been your son's top choice since he was in high school, then it is all a matter of whether he is willing to leave familiarity behind and finish his undergraduate career at his dream school, or keep the familiarity and wonder about the what if's. It seems that Tulane can no longer provide what he wants and, in my opinion, it would be a poor decision to continue when he has other opportunities waiting for him - especially at his dream school. As far as the social aspect of Emory goes, it really varies and truly depends on your personality. The beauty of Emory is its diversity. Everyone is so friendly and I cannot think of a single "dominating" social group. Perhaps it will take a bit of time for him to find a "group" where he will fit in, but I can pretty much guarantee that he will not be treated as if he were some kind of alien just because he's a transfer student. :) </p>
<p>As far as housing goes, I don't think living off campus will be too beneficial for him if he is concerned about fitting in and making friends. The Clairmont Campus, as amadani stated, is a residential community where most juniors/seniors live. It is about 2 minutes (if even that!) away from the main campus and the Emory shuttles constantly go back and forth so he won't even need a car on campus (but would be beneficial otherwise -- MARTA and cabs are a pain). Here is the link to the website if you would like more information: <a href="http://www.emory.edu/HOUSING/CLAIRMONT/ccapts.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.emory.edu/HOUSING/CLAIRMONT/ccapts.html</a></p>
<p>I hope that helps.</p>
<p>If social scene is his biggest concern and he is intersted in Greek Life...</p>
<p>Because of the number of Oxford kids, the fraternities have upper class rush in the fall about 2 weeks after school starts. Freshmen rush in the spring. Rush is a great way to meet people (even if he doesn't pledge), and there are usually 4-8 upperclass pledges in each of the fraternities in the fall. We're also under an expansion period, so there is a new fraternity (Sigma Phi Epsilon) colonizing this year and a second one next year (Pi Kappa Phi I think). If he doesn't find what he wants in the 13 other established houses, those are two options as well.</p>
<p>Sounds like that might interest him?</p>