Emory University and Engineering

@bernie12 - very few schools have much success with 3-2 programs for a variety of reasons that are beyond the scope of this conversation. And with GT across town, few applicants would be likely to select a 3-2 from Emory over a 4 year (even with co-op) from Tech.

And @bernie12 - your post #18 is again spot on. Iā€™ve been around these parts a lot longer than you, and as is pretty obvious, have little to no patience for cheerleaders who try to pound a round peg into a square hole. Am glad @BiffBrown is so in love with Emory that he/she wants to extol its virtues, but it is NOT the right place for everyone, especially a planned Chem E major, and it does the OP a disservice to say otherwise. Hopefully we have heard the last of it. Otherwise it just becomes an argumentative debate, that is against the TOS.

MODERATORā€™S NOTE:
I see three users on this page (none of whom is the OP) debating amongst themselves (and this is not a debate society). So letā€™s move on. Perhaps someone can ask the OP some probing questions to discern what information s/he would like to have?

@skieurope- the OP hasnā€™t been back for days. Perhaps this thread has exceeded its utility. And fwiw, IMO, @bernie12 and I are having a (hopefully helpful to some) discussion, not a debate :wink:

Perhaps the bickering scared the OP off. :slight_smile: @jym626

@skieurope - this looks like one of those ā€œhit and runā€ threads. Poster posted 4 days ago and got 2 responses that day. Then 2 more days passed before another response was posted. Looks like this poster is only intermittently on cc anyway. There does not seem to be any indication that the disagreement about giving bad advice to this OP had anything to do with the OPā€™s absence, since it came days after the OP was last on cc. IMO, better to give helpful than unhelpful advice, and if that means 2 posters take issue with a third whose posts may be argumentative and unhelpful (to both the OP and anyone else reading the thread), well IMO its better for the cc community.

@Blaubach

Are you perhaps a GA resident whoā€™s looking instate for engineering related college options? Do you want a liberal arts education to go along with an engineering degree?

The OP has indicated they are a Michigan resident.

@BiffBrown : Iā€™m not gonna read whatever because I am on my throw-away Thursday saltiness, but Iā€™m just going to let this continue on your end if you want. I donā€™t think it is worth it so wonā€™t bother. If you want to convince us or the OP of whatever, gone right ahead. Those programs are available, but are not of good use/caliber for those serious about a traditional engineering program at the moment. That is my final take on that.

Here is my opinionā€¦Emory doesnā€™t have an engineering major. The only way to do engineering at Emory is to do a 5 year program.

I just canā€™t imagine why anyone would take five years to complete an engineering degree when there are plenty of colleges (in GA, and beyond) that offer engineering as a four year undergrad degree.

And as a parent who paidā€¦I wouldnā€™t pay for this extra year either.

Exactly. Both of mine did engineering in 4 years as well. Emory is a fin school, for lots of things. But not this.

For what itā€™s worth, Georgia Tech does have a school of liberal arts and their engineering students arenā€™t left cold. They also have a business school and other majors and schools. That 3-2 program is the exception and not the rule and OP has moved on and this thread is probably past its expiration date. Emory is great at what it does and we can move on.

Yes, the OP has never returned. As for GT, yes they have other programs/departments but their admission staff has made it pretty clear that if you are interested in, say, international business, it should have be affiliates in some way with the tech industry.

I agree that GTā€™s undergrad business is nothing like Emoryā€™s. Georgia Tech is great for production and operations management and Emory is great for finance, consulting, and other. The two universities are more complimentary than competitive with each other. Of course, only one is undefeated in football since 1836.

That requires it to have teamā€¦

So you could say they are winless too. :slight_smile: