<p>So, I'm seriously considering Emory, and I have lots of questions. If any current student or parent of a current student could answer at least some of the questions, that would be awesome!</p>
<p>I'm interested in pre-med:
What's the process of getting undergraduate medical research?
How available is research? I noticed on the website it said that 47% do research...I was a little surprised. Is there not enough research opportunities? Or pretty much if I want to do research I have plenty of opportunities?
Pre-health advising...how long has it been around, and how effective is it in helping me with the whole process of applying to medical school?
What kind of medical schools do Emory undergrads go to and what percent who apply get accepted?
Is there a preference in Emory Medical School for Emory undergrads?
How are the grades for the pre-med program? Inflation/deflation?</p>
<p>Student life:
How accessible are the professors?
Approximately what percent of courses are taught by TAs?
What would you say best characterizes Emory's atmosphere? Competitive? Relatively relaxed?
Is Emory a big party school?
And lastly, how's the Asian population? I've heard there are lots of Koreans, but are there lots of Chinese? and how bad is the racial segregation? As in, do Asians just stick with Asians, etc? I heard from a friend that the Koreans clump together and are pretty exclusive. </p>
<p>its not, the duc where most freshman are forced to eat is terrible and sickening…Sometimes when I am REALLY HUNGRY, and I go to the duc, I lose my appetite…The first couple of weeks (like the first month) the food is bearable, after that you fell like vomiting every time you eat the food…Some of my friends have gotten food posioning from eating there…</p>
<p>yahh for hypebole. My understanding is that Emory has better food than many institutions. The Duc has some clear low points on certain days, and sometimes it has high points (some dishes are really good). They just need to increase the variety and consistency (in the direction higher quality) in my opinion. But seriously, it is as though people came here expecting the dining experience of a 5 star restaurant, which is a huge expectation. I personally would prefer home cooking over either the Duc or 5-star dining, so I want to at least be fair with expectations knowing that I will not be getting a 5-star or home-cooked meal.</p>
<p>There is no variety at the duc, you eat the same **** everyday for a year…like i said, the duc is not bad for a month, then after that you start to hate, eating the same crappy food everyday…As a result, towards the end of each semester, most freshman just start going to Emory Village, because they get tired of crappy duc food…</p>
<p>It gets business from a lot of people like the employees at Emory and the CDC (and random people in Druid Hills). These people clearly think its a decent choice. Keep in mind that they actually pay the fee to eat at the DUC. They perhaps aren’t as picky because they may only eat there once a day or a certain amount of times of the week. Given that, they have lesser of a reason to complain about repetition. I seriously doubt they think the quality is always horrible either. Student opinions about the Duc may be influenced by background, class, etc. Again, I do think its really bad at times (which would explain the food poisoning, but I think hardly no one has a perfect record there), but I don’t think it’s horrible all of the time. There are some repeated dishes that they do really well. Some, however, they manage to get wrong every time.</p>
<p>Bernie, let me get this clear. Freshman HAVE to eat at DUC if they eat on campus? What exactly is Emory village? Also, which dishes would you say they do well. Does Emory have a good Sushi place? Any Italian dishes?</p>
<p>Ummm…freshman HAVE to eat at the Duc, because they have meal plan A, it is like the only thing that is at the center of campus, that accepts meal swipes…IMO, The only reason Emory, makes freshman get meal plan A, is to keep the Duc alive…</p>
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hahahaha, whenever its parents weekend, or accepted students are coming to emory, they make the food at the Duc good, because they don’t want parents/accepted students to see some of the **** we have to eat…Thats why, whenever we here accepted students are coming, my friends and I ALWAYS head over to the duc, because we know they will put in extra effort to make the food good. For example, during the last accepted students weekend, they had an omlet bar at the duc, which is usually not there…</p>
<p>@Bernie, I NEVER see random people from Druid Hills, or Emory-campus workers eating at the Duc, most just go to Cox hall for lunch…</p>
<p>But I do notice them among others eating here. Perhaps I am more observant. Most of the doctors/nurses, however, do go to Cox or just eat in the hospital. And I can’t say that they went out of their way to make decent food while the prospective students were here this year either. I didn’t see the omelet bar because I don’t do breakfast, and I didn’t notice a substantial improvement in lunch or dinner. In fact one time, the food was relatively lame, and they ran out of plates without putting forth a noticeable effort to get more out earlier this week. Overall, the quality during the prospective student visits and the normal school year are almost insubstantial. Besides there are often, non-recruitment related events where they really step it up.</p>
<p>Again, it depends on background. I went to public highschool in a somewhat poor school district. So the Duc was certainly a significant improvement from that, and I wasn’t expecting home-cooking. And no you don’t have to eat at the DUC. Freshmen are simply more inclined to do so because it is “free”. You can eat at Woodruff residential center (with Duc meal swipes) after 6 between Sunday and Thursday, or the SAAC (with Duc meal swipes), Zaya (claims to be Mediterranean) , Einsteins, Cafe Antigo, Dominos, Jazzman’s, Sub Connection at Public Health School (don’t know if that will be there after the new building opens) . The others without the parenthetical notes, you can use the dining dollars implanted on your card.</p>
<p>Ok, let’s get away from the darned food wars. </p>
<p>To answer some questions: Emory is not a big party school (I think it used to be bigger back in the day), Grad. TAs tend to teach some freshmen writing requirement courses and math courses. To answer Beretta’s question: That depends on the major. Biology/NBB prefers the life science calculus series. Chemistry wants regular calculus so that you can easily advance to higher levels such as multivariable and Differential Equations. Either are sufficient for pre-med. As for Asians, Koreans and Chinese students dominate. It might be 50/50. Of course many of the Koreans are somewhat cliquey. A lot of them are international, and probably attended the same school. The language barrier also does not encourage them to interact with students of other ethnicity (but many still do).</p>
<p>It is quite easy to get research, you can either do it through specific programs or e-mailing lab P.Is. Sometimes even faculty members you know well can hook you up. Undergraduate research is strongly encouraged within all disciplines here, not just science. The pre-health advising system is new, but many say that it has been effective. Perhaps someone can provide a better explanation regarding the pre-health advising because I am not pre-med, though I do have very close ties to Dean Ram. </p>
<p>Point is, you will be fine here, unless you want a huge party school.</p>