<p>I was wondering if there are current Emory students that chose Emory over Vanderbilt and why?</p>
<p>I didn't apply to Vandy, but I know someone who chose Emory over Vandy. She did b/c at Vandy you have to be accepted into their music program, while at Emory you can "automatically" be a music major. She was worried she wouldn't be admitted for some reason or another and didn't want to risk that. Also she liked the Emory atmosphere better and thought it was more laid-back and friendly. </p>
<p>I have since been to Vandy (twice actually). They're both great schools, but, at least from what I've heard from friends there and read is that Vandy is a little more of your Southern-football partyish type school, and is very Greek. Emory 1) doesn't have football and 2) is much less Greek (about 1/3). i don't know what percentage/fraction of Vandy students go greek but I wouldn't be surprised if it was in the 70-90th percentile.</p>
<p>I didn't apply to Vandy but I almost did, Atlanta has more to offer specially when your a senior and looking for a job hire, Atlanta has the most fortune companies in the SE and its like top globally also. It is a growing city that has a lot to offer. Vandy seemed more into spirit cause I did visit both, but idk visiting Emory made me fall in love and i was like a sophmore at the time. I have no regrets going there now, it depends on what your looking for.</p>
<p>It's actually a very different school in many ways, but equally as strong academically. I'm sure if you search this and the Vandy threads, you'll find several comparisons. However, you can't go wrong either way. I've really enjoyed Emory overall, but I can certainly see the draw of Vandy. It's a great place and so is Nashville.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt has twice the prestige and twice the amount of beautiful women, if you happen to care about either of those things.</p>
<p>I applied to both Emory and Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>Though they might be prettier, Vanderbilt girls are so boring and like every other female in their late teens/early 20s. They value brand names and money. I can't understand why so many intelligent people care about meaningless stuff like clothes.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt is prettier, though.</p>
<p>Emory has more diversity!</p>
<p>^ agreed, i dont agree about prestige, Emory is known as the Harvard of the south, not Vanderbilt</p>
<p>^^^ I am pretty sure, Duke is considered the Harvard of the South....</p>
<p>i heard another saying that Rice is the Harvard of South, Duke is like princeton and Emory is like Yale of the south...don't know if it's true??</p>
<p>im absolutly positive its Emory, Duke was more MIT</p>
<p>haha I've heard emory is the harvard and rice is the university of chicago of the south. Truthfully I havnt heard any for vanderbuilt but from my impression of the school I'd guess its kind of comparable to northwestern? Its funny how everyone makes these comparisons, though I think they might be put out there in part by the schools themselves.</p>
<p>I was just talking to my friend about how Vandy is comparable to Northwestern.</p>
<p>I like these comparisons.</p>
<p>So:
Emory = Harvard
Rice = U.Chicago
Duke = MIT
Vanderbilt = Northwestern.</p>
<p>Interesting.</p>
<p>Rice is more of the Yale of the South, as both schools have characteristic/unique residential college systems. Emory cannot be the Harvard of the South, as it goes roughly this order Duke >= Rice > Emory > Vanderbilt. Roughly speaking.</p>
<p>At any rate, these "names" are pretty stupid. People hear different things because of their bias and region. There certainly isn't any "right" name, it's all trying to raise up prestige because none of these schools are Ivy League.</p>
<p>They are all good schools, it's just a matter of which one accepts you and which one fits you best.</p>
<p>I'm just going by what the majority call it like Princeton review</p>