<p>the main problem is that emory was not national renowned thirty years ago (from another threads which was discussing about umiami vs emory anyways). so of course, older people would have no idea what emory is, since emory was just another college in the state.emory has grown prestigious over the years and so more and more people will know about it. just give it time.</p>
<p>With the general public, the Emory name still isn't commonplace, but in academic circles, Emory is all over the place! so no worries ;)</p>
<p>To those who know about colleges, no explanation about Emory is needed. To those who don't, no explanation will suffice. I travel all over the country on business; Emory is known and quite respected as a top school.</p>
<p>Before I didn't really care, but now it has been happening to me soooo much and it has been getting to me. (from NY)</p>
<p>I was under the impression that people in NYC knew of Emory. My sister lives there and told me Emory was well-known... is it really that bad?</p>
<p>I live in GA... so every time I say "I'm an Emory Student" I get the "whoa you're really smart" and the "we'll pay you a lot of money for your work even if you do less than other people" kind of deal... I love it ^^</p>
<p>/wogus86
well what kind of work? you mean like part-time in a restaurant or intern in a renown company?</p>
<p>Private tutoring. Since interning at renown companies involves you going through interviews and such, most of my friends had no problems getting accepted with help from the school's name. After all, school name just gets you though the paperwork, after that is all about who you are.</p>
<p>It's funny, I only get three reactions when I tell someone I'm going to Emory:
1- Blank Stare...
2- You want to be a pilot?
3- WOW!</p>
<p>It's sort of depressing but when you tell someone expecting them not to know and you can see the lightbulb go on, it makes you feel great!!!</p>
<p>Well, buy a US News undergraduate college rankings book, turn to top national universities, and shove the book in their face.</p>
<p>hahaha the previous post was hilarious! i think i'll do that if i get accepted into emory. </p>
<p>personally, i'd like to go to emory because of its nationally renowned collegiate debate program and i live in houston, where rice would is VERY well known. however, i know i probably won't get accepted into rice because of how extremely selective it is.</p>
<p>Hehehe… Delayed message here, but…</p>
<p>I just got accepted into Emory EDI, and certainly in Pennsylvania, I get many blank stares. (I did get one “oh, that’s in Florida, right?”) Anyway… I think I am going to "buy a US News undergraduate college rankings book, turn to top national universities, and shove the book in their face. "</p>
<p>^_^</p>
<p>Oh and another thing… While I do believe Emory would be higher ranked if they dropped Oxford, their decision to keep Oxford demonstrates Emory’s fantastic character, IMO.</p>
<p>The only other school I wanted to attend as much as Emory was WUSTL… After sleeping over and talking with admissions officers, it seems as if WUSTL would do anything to increase their rankings on that overemphasized list. (i.e… They would prefer an Ivy League reject with a 2310 SAT score who really did not want to attend over a 2170 SAT score who absoultely loved WUSTL.)</p>
<p>Emory on the other hand strongly considers students demonstrated interest, even if it means lowering their avg. SAT range. Similarly, Emory values keeping their original routes (Oxford) over a place on the list next to Johns Hopkins and WUSTL.</p>
<p>And for all you OCD perfectionists like me: Emory is 17. WUSTL is 12. Johns Hopkins is 14. The’re all the same, so chill. The people who need to know about Emory will know about Emory, and that’s all that matters.</p>
<p>My son graduated from Emory in 2007. He loved every minute of being an Emory student. Don’t worry about your less-sophisticated peers being familiar with Emory. The people who are really important in life–employers and grad schools–are VERY familiar with Emory, and that is what counts.</p>
<p>Screw people who don’t know about Emory. They’re probably people who thinks that they’re very smart by going to a state college.</p>
<p>Yeah I live in northeast Ohio and my response to “Where are you going to school?” is ALWAYS “Emory. It’s in Atlanta.” and then generally explain how it’s not a community college or something. And then there are always a select few adults that are impressed by it. But I don’t care if people don’t recognize the name, I love it anyway!</p>
<p>Although i believe that Emory is one of the most forgettable schools in the top 20…being from Houston I have to believe that Rice is the MOST forgettable school in the top 20 if u are not from Texas because Emory attracts students from the Northeast in a more prominent manner than Rice so Emory has a broader expanse of alumni across the country</p>
<p>which I find disheartening for Rice since i believe that Rice is a more selective school wth a stronger undergraduate experience</p>
<p><Old man: Where are you going to college, young lad?</p>
<p>Young lad: I’m going to Emory</p>
<p>Old man: Oh, so you’re gonna be a pilot?></p>
<p>Yes, actually - after I graduate from Emory. It’s always good to have a back-up degree in case a flight degree from Embry-Riddle really DOES prove to be **** after the airlines either refuse to hire you, or furlough you after they do.
Funny, though, I have to admit… Embry-Riddle and Emory… Em-ry…okay I’m done.</p>
<p>You know, I had never heard of Embry-Riddle before people thought that’s where I was going when I said I was going to Emory.</p>
<p>I’d tell them I’m going to Emory. If they pull an Embry-Riddle on me, I’ll repeat emory. If they keep saying that I’m gonna become a pilot, then I’ll suspect that they want to see me overeact or get angry, so I’ll say “Oh, yes, I’m going to become a pilot. Sorry Iwas thinking of something else. Embry-Riddle is pretty cool!” (not in sarcastic tone)</p>