<p>I've never posted here before but I've read a lot of the forums and have gotten some really useful advice. It's decision time and I'm having a really hard time narrowing down my choices. Just for some background, I am interested in science, possibly pre-med. I come from a public HS in New England. My options are: Emory; Villanova (honors program, some merit aid); Bucknell; Wake Forest. I am also a dancer and am interested in being in a jazz/ hip-hop type dance team, but not one that has too big of a time commitment. Any advice on pre-med programs/ acceptance to med school/ dance team/ study abroad as a science major would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Hi!
I’m also from a public high school in New England (MA), possibly want to do pre-med, and also dance. I know that Emory has A LOT of dance clubs that I’m sure are what you put into them. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen both hip hop and jazz. Emory also has a dance company, but I’m pretty sure it’s mostly modern, and I was actually wondering if anyone knew how good it was. </p>
<p>I’m a pretty hardcore dancer (not hardcore enough to enter a conservatory, but I do want to at least minor in dance). For Pre-med, I heard the Bio and Chem majors are good, but if you’re interested in Neuroscience, Emory also has A LOT of NBB majors, and supposedly the department is great. </p>
<p>I’m pretty sure Emory’s med school acceptance rate is around 80%, well above the national average, which I’m pretty sure is around 40%, and I think the acceptance rate is even higher if you want to go to Emory Med School (which is really good for Med School). </p>
<p>I’m not sure if you take French (I actually don’t think you need to know any French in order to do this), but the NBB major has some sort of study abroad in Paris. It may be a summer thing, but just go on the website. Just google NBB Emory study abroad, and I’m sure there are a lot of opportunities. Also, Emory Hospital is practically on the campus. Which is pretty cool. You can read a post that a mother posted about her son, who I believe is pre-med at Emory. He absolutely LOVES it. He has already started working in a lab (as a sohomore) and is now shadowing a neurosurgeon who works at the hospital, once a week. All he did was ask. The opportunities at Emory are amazing. </p>
<p>Here is what she said:</p>
<p>"I will answer from my impressions from my son ( a current sophomore). He LOVES the academic aspects of Emory. He is premed and has taken or is taking his pre req science requirements. His profs were outstanding in 3 as in seriously doubt he could have received better teaching any where (Mulford for gen chem, Weinschenk for orgo, Bing for physics) and above average for the other (Escobar for bio and to be fair, he could have taken Spell or Eisen whom he has heard are better teachers but he has felt Escobar has more than fine). His writing has improved through taking ENG 101 (topic was something to do with war short stories which he loved although he is not an English type student)and his electives have all been interesting. ALL the professors are easily accessible, interesting and truly desire for their students to succeed and learn the material. In the sciences, most of the intro courses are taught by profs whom are lecturers and their interests are more into teaching rather than research. I consider this a huge plus for any student.</p>
<p>As far as academic extracurriculars, my son is a supplemental instuctor for chem (Mulford) where he reviews problem sets with approximately 30 students every week. He has been active in research in the Liotta and Synder lab (Drug Design and Development Center which developed an HIV drug used by 85% of HIV patients in the US). He simply contacted Dr Liotta on his own, met with him several times and is now involved in independent research under his guidance. This is a common occurrence at Emory, it just requires initiative. He contacted a physician in the neurosurgery department whose specialty looked interesting and he has been shadowing this physician once a week.</p>
<p>I cannot emphasize enough, Emory will not hold your hand and spoon feed you, but all the opportunities ANYONE could want or dream of are awaiting them if the student will just take the smallest amount of initiative. Emory has been much more than he could ever have dreamed of academically, and he is extremely happy he chose to attend Emory.</p>
<p>Socially, it is not a large state school. The academics are quite challenging (depending upon if you take an excellent prof or an easier prof which are usually quite different), and thus the student body is quite different from a state school. Most people party (as in 99%) but academics are still the main priority for most students, especially the preprofessionals. My son feels there is a paucity of non-partying students, and this can make the weekends semi-boring for non-partiers, but I suspect this is the case at nearly every university in the US. At least there is always plenty to do in Atlanta.</p>
<p>He would definately choose Emory again. You have made a great choice in Emory as your future college. The sky is the limit!"</p>
<p>I’m not sure how good the dance there is, but I do know that it’s there, and there are A LOT of clubs.</p>
<p>Hope that helped!</p>
<p>Thank you so much! I’ve visited Emory twice, but I’ve never been into downtown Atlanta. Do you know if it’s easy to get to? Also since your from the NE too, how does Atlanta compare to nyc/ boston?</p>
<p>No problem!</p>
<p>I’ve only visited Emory once, but from what I know, there are shuttle buses (possibly free) that run from Emory campus to Atlanta. I remember my tour guide mentioning something about that and then I’ve seen other things in other posts, but I’m not sure about the details. </p>
<p>I think it’s pretty easy to get there. No harder to get to Atlanta than it would be to get to Boston from some school right outside Boston. </p>
<p>I personally LOVE Atlanta. Again, I’ve only been once, but I think everyone seems so much more chill there. I love Boston, and NYC, but I feel like I need a break from the ridiculously fast pace of NE (as well as the snow…and the weather in general). </p>
<p>Idk. One of the things that really attracts me to Emory is the weather. Sure, it may get really hot in the summer, but I figure it’s only unbearable for a few weeks in the beginning and a few weeks at the end. I could enjoy the NE snow when I come up for winter break, knowing that I can get back to Atlanta’s relatively warm winter climate by mid-January.</p>
<p>Sorry, not sure if that answered your question or not. I think I’m trying to confirm to myself all the good things about Emory…It’s an AMAZING school, but it wasn’t my first choice, and I’ve gotten pretty big scholarships to other schools. So I’m still not positive that I’m going, but it’s truly an amazing school, and you can’t beat the location (in my opinion). </p>
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<p>My D graduated from Emory last year and loved it! She was premed and will be attending med school this August. We are also from NE so if you have any questions PM me and I will put you in touch. I am a huge Emory fan and have a number of posts outlining why. Good luck with your decision!</p>
<p>I know Emory has a really great health sciences study abroad program in Spain, so it’s definitely doable to both be pre-med and study abroad. Here’s some more info about the Salamanca program: [Programs>Brochure>Center</a> for International Programs Abroad (CIPA)](<a href=“Programs>Emory Education Abroad”>Programs>Emory Education Abroad). I plan on studying abroad in Salamanca as well, and from the various info sessions that I’ve been to, it seems like it’s a pretty painless process to register, etc, and there are sooo many different locations to go; everyone I know who’s studied abroad has raved about it. </p>
<p>As for dance clubs, Emory has some AMAZING one. Skeleton Crew is the breakdancing crew and they’re great; the crew are the ones who actually perform. There’s also a breakdancing club that’s basically run by the crew, and it’s a great place to learn and have fun. So even if you don’t make the crew, you can go to practice with them and it’s just a really awesome experience overall. Plus you can go to as many or few practices as you want so you can make it as much of a commitment as you want.<br>
Skeleton Crew’s performance at Cultural Beats: [YouTube</a> - Skeleton Crew Performing @ Cultural Beats 2010](<a href=“Skeleton Crew Performing @ Cultural Beats 2010 - YouTube”>Skeleton Crew Performing @ Cultural Beats 2010 - YouTube)</p>
<p>Persuasian is the all girl hip hop crew, and they’re really talented as well. Sadly they don’t have a club and they get new members through auditions, but they do hold auditions every semester. Since they do perform at various events, it’s probably a bigger time commitment.<br>
Persuasian’s performance at Cultural Beats: [YouTube</a> - PersuAsian- Cultural Beats 2010](<a href=“Persuasion- Cultural Beats 2010 - YouTube”>Persuasion- Cultural Beats 2010 - YouTube)</p>
<p>There’s also AHANA dance, which I think is more oriented towards a modern/jazz style? Here’s a more complete list of all the dance clubs at Emory:[EMORY</a> | Student Art Groups](<a href=“Emory Arts”>Emory Arts). And of course if you don’t see anything you like you can always start your own!</p>
<p>thanks for all the info!!</p>
<p>i go to Emory. Doesn’t matter where you go as undergrad, but a 31+ MCATS and 3.6+ GPA at Emory has a 85-90% percent getting accepted to med school. However, a lot of people take a year off to do research before applying for med school. There are a lot of dance teams here, most of the hip hop dance clubs are very asian oriented…but i’m sure you can still find your niche, there are at least 3 female and 2 male dance groups here</p>