<p>hey, as of right now this is my college choice when going through my options. I know ALOT about USC b/c of my uncle who was a football coach there but I want to know what the character of Emory is. How are the academic programs here (especially for the pre-med/neuroscience guy like me), what is the personality of emory, and how open-minded are people at Emory overall? thanks!</p>
<p>Same question for me</p>
<p>anyone? please? I really would like to know some more before I spend money to visit Emory.</p>
<p>Emory’s pre-med and neuroscience programs are among the best. It helps that Emory has a hospital on-campus, the CDC is literally right next to the Emory campus, and that Emory Healthcare is the largest healthcare provider in the entire state of Georgia. USC is good, but like any State school, it’s harder to get the resources and personalized attention that you get at a private school. For example, I have friends at UIllinois who had almost 1000 people in their freshmen lectures. At Emory my smallest class has been 5 and my largest class has been 65.</p>
<p>In terms of the character of Emory, students are active and outgoing. There is a pretty heavy greek scene on campus, but because there’s so much to do in Atlanta, and because there’s a somewhat separate Clairmont Campus for upperclassman housing, if you’re not into the greeks scene there’s still tons to do. In my experience, Emory students are very open-minded. Emory is the most diverse top-20 university both ethnically and religiously. The only thing lacking at Emory (besides the dining hall food, but what college has good food anyways?) is the school spirit when it comes to athletics. Emory students have a really good sense of community, but there’s low turnout for athletic events. Emory’s teams are among the best in D3 though, so if you want to tune in, there’s a lot to follow. Also, there’s TONS of sports stuff in Atlanta, if you want to get your sports fix. I went to the Virginia Tech / Alabama game in the fall, and it was AWESOME.</p>
<p>^That whole post didn’t help sorry, USC is a private institution.</p>
<p>thanks for your input! usc is a private school however but i like your points =)</p>
<p>Are you serious? It didn’t help because it is a private institution? Sure the poster got that part wrong, but the rest could not have been completely useless. USC is still large, and that can be a serious issue whether public or private. The person told you about their experience at Emory and within Atlanta. What else do you want to know specifically, so that we can help you better? You said, “same thing” in reference to the original post. Given that, his answer should be acceptable.</p>
<p>please dont flame in this thread…i thought the points were valid and i was the op</p>
<p>south carolina or southern california? </p>
<p>if the latter then pm me</p>
<p>I’ve taken classes at both schools. You’re gonna run into a lot of rich kids with either choice. USC’s student body I found to be predominantly west coast and Emory is largely east coast with a significant number of midwesterners, but few students are from the west. I thought USC was more liberal; Emory has a lot of libertarians. USC students were more active (i.e. the campus didn’t become a ghost town when classes weren’t in session.). Emory’s campus is also smaller and has less to do so Emory students spend more time in Atlanta than USC kids spend in LA. I also thought Atlanta was a nicer college town in general, but LA has more art/culture. Emory is very diverse, I think more than USC, but you’ll see some self-segregation that makes it seem less. For example, the Asian population is mostly Korean international students that don’t speak english well or mix with other students so they may as well not even count as far as diversity goes. To a lesser extent, black students also stick together, which is particularly true in the Greek system. As far as open-minds, I personally didn’t run into the most open-minded students at either school as far as considering ideas that disagree with their own. I’d say Emory students are more willing to try new things, though. The USC kids I met just knew what they liked and stuck with it. On the other hand, I found USC students more willing to hang out with new people.</p>
<p>All that said, Emory’s academics beat out USC’s in almost every department and Emory’s location is much much much safer, friendlier, cleaner, and more charming than USC’s.</p>
<p>My bad… I was thinking University of South Carolina (public), not University of Southern California (private).</p>
<p>no problem!! =) I appreciated your view on Emory!!</p>