<p>Well, Emory’s school is highly thought of, but the school isn’t known outside of the southeast portion of the country, unless you work in academia (that is, if you are applying for graduate school at someplace like UCLA or Northwestern, they know Emory, otherwise nobody does).</p>
<p>It is in Atlanta, and if you like large cities, I guess that’s an advantage–and obviously, it is warmer. But Bloomington is a pretty nice place, and is much more of a college town–and thus caters to the students there more.</p>
<p>I also have to tell you, that Emory isn’t so well-known except for the Business school and for Health sciences (this last one mostly, since the center for Disease Control is in Atlanta and is across the street from Emory). And, as you know, Indiana ranks high in business the same as Emory. </p>
<p>When discussing rankings, rather than using the USNWR rankings, go look at a real fair ranking system here:</p>
<p>[Academic</a> Ranking of World Universities - 2008](<a href=“http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/EN2008.htm]Academic”>http://www.arwu.org/rank2008/EN2008.htm)</p>
<p>and you’ll see that Indiana University at Bloomington ranks as the 55th best North and Latin American college, while Emory is slightly lower as it ties for 59th through 77th.</p>
<p>As the San Francisco Examiner points out, the USNWR rankings are as bogus as can be–and each year they can be predicted based upon only one category: the size of the university’s endowment.</p>
<p>I have to tell you, too, that the Emory administration is known for being totally incompetent and screwing up applications for their school all the time (go on the Emory portion of CC and search past freshman and transfer application posts and you’ll see what I mean, since there are about 7 horror stories on there each year on how the administration screwed up somebody’s application and there was no recourse even though it was the university’s fault).</p>
<p>Now, Indiana has some problems also–like losing college and high school transcripts a lot. But, unlike Emory, they take responsibility when they do so–and they make allowances and correct the situation rather than just saying “tough luck”.</p>
<p>Now, the most important thing–is the business education better and worth the extra money?</p>
<p>Goizueta focuses more on strategic planning than Indiana, but Indiana is better at tying different disciplines together and showing how they form a cohesive whole. For that reason, Goizueta probably has a better major in General Management and Accounting and possibly Operations Research, while Indiana would probably be better in Finance, Entrepreneurship, Computer Science, Supply Chain, Legal Studies, with Marketing being equal at both schools.</p>