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<p>lgellar -- He attends a New England prep school.</p>
<p>My Rice-grad daughter wouldn't even consider an Ivy League school. Nor is she interested in living in the northeast. I have a son at an Ivy. He likes his school but is disgusted with the attitude of most service people (workers, NOT military) in the city and the overall rudeness. He is seriously considering a southern school for law school.
Some of the comments on this thread confirm WHY a number of applicants prefer Vanderbilt, Emory and Rice to the northeastern colleges. My fear for Emory is that it is attracting too many students from the northeast.</p>
<p>Cayuga you have no idea where I go to school, I appreciate that you believe you know anything about me..but you don't. I go to a day school in FL, thanks though. By the way your a little sketchy..</p>
<p>For the record both Rice and Northwestern are great schools...you are comparing apples and apples. But Wake Forest and UNC are not at that same level and there is a significant difference. Also igellar you essentially said the exact same thing as I did with "fit", once you narrow down those aspects of a school you desire, you will probably get a cross section of schools that meet your criteria and then in most cases will strive to attend the best one out of them. Also, saying someone went to Weselyn as an example of turning down an ivy is a ludicrous example, it is a considered a "Little ivy" for a reason. I clearly stated in my post that there are other comparably Universities/Lacs, but nonetheless my main point remains that people in life strive to go to the best school they can get into. Are there exceptions, absolutely. But, there are allot more people who fit this mold, otherwise why would so many people apply to the same group of schools every year. Did your friend turn down U penn for northwestern great...I have dozens of friends who turned down Wakeforest/ Hopkins/ Rice/Emory for Penn/Cornell/Williams/Amherst/Yale and so on. Think about it.</p>
<p><em>Shrug</em> You were on another thread ranking New England prep schools. I made an incorrect inference. You still have a lot to learn about life.</p>
<p>look who's talking, all you ever do is come on this board and either insult someone or defend Cornell.</p>
<p>45,
Re the statistical comparison of Emory to various of the Ivy colleges and others, I would agree that overall Emory is modestly less selective than U Penn, Dartmouth, Columbia, U Chicago, Northwestern and probably Brown and about the same as Cornell, Vanderbilt and Johns Hopkins. My point was in response to the suggestion that Emory is significantly weaker which I don’t believe is the case. A review of the numbers confirms that there is a high degree of statistical overlap when you compare these colleges and on some measures, eg ACT scores, Emory will even outperform. </p>
<p>Bescraze,
Congratulations on having figured out this whole college hierarchy thing for all of us and how it is applied across the American business scene. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Good luck when you go to interview in 4-5 years (and may I suggest that you not share your opinion on this until after you have received your offer and you’ve begun work).</p>
<p>Bescraze,
You just proved how immature you are, and why we shouldn't be taking you seriously in the first place. </p>
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<p>To everyone else, thank you so much for your responses and advice. I've taken everything into consideration, but above all I remembered that this is CC, so I took everything with a pinch of salt. </p>
<p>I'm not going to sit here and listen to people who claim that Emory isn't respected because it's "overrated" and an "ivy reject" school, because that's ridiculous. I know Emory provides a good, solid education and is known and respected by many employers nationwide. This thread was more to find out how Emory's reputation competed with other top schools. But, now I know Emory's reputation isn't par with schools like Northwestern or Georgetown and etc., which I expected. At the same time, I know that Emory isn't exactly a joke to employers, either. </p>
<p>Anyways, a lot of people here seem to think I'm a junior or something trying to narrow down a list of colleges, but I'm not: I'm trying to choose between UGA and Emory. </p>
<p>(I've already gone through my bitter/sad/angry period at not being accepted to my first choice schools, and this thread, needless to say, sort of brought me back to that. You can always count on CC, haha.)</p>
<p>I still have to pay roughly 10k for UGA, as HOPE only covers tuition and UGA's scholarships and need-based aid are not awesome (other than Foundation Fellowship, which I stupidly did not apply to), so if Emory gives me > 30k, I will attend Emory. If not, I will happily go to UGA's honor program.</p>
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<p>In regards to how the thread is panning out, I think a lot of people on CC forget that they're picking apart great colleges. For all the slack Emory gets about its Jappy, rich, ivy-reject, whatever status, I know I am privileged to be able to attend such a school. I didn't post here to have people say stuff like WUStl is better, you should go there, or the Ivies beat everything, although I suspected it (lol). To sum everything up: chill out, all of these schools are great. There's no need to get sucked into this crapstorm of elitism and arrogance.</p>
<p>Hawkette this is for your post. It shows how you have no idea what you are talking about, saying Emory is as selective as Cornell, Vanderbilt and Johns Hopkins.</p>
<p>At Emory the acceptance rate is about 44%
Cornell is around 22%
Hopkins was 27% in 07 (probably even less this year)
Vanderbilt had 23% (big drop from last year)</p>
<p>So in conclusion your facts are wrong, the world rates colleges. Emory is a good school and saying it is a place where Ivy rejects goes is not really a criticism, since basically every non-ivy school is, with a select few exceptions. If look at the cross section of schools like Wash U, Hopkins, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, Emory you will see the facts point toward the vast majority of students accepted attend an Ivy league if also accepted there. You guys are talking based on your opinions, or you are offended because you didn't make it in. Those are the facts, simple as that</p>
<p>Ok, I don't know for sure what Emory's acceptance rate it, but I'm pretty damn sure it's not 44%. lol</p>
<p>Bescraze, actually according to collegeboard and Emory's website the acceptance rate was 27%...please don't yell at me though.</p>
<p>This is from a scholarly website:
"Emory University is one of the highest ranked colleges in the nation. In a recent U.S. News and World Report, it placed 16th among the top 25 universities. Its endowment is now more than
$4 billion (the sixth largest in the nation). Some experts, however, say Emory is often a "second choice" to students looking to the Ivy League and other prestigious schools. Right now it looks like these students are in a win-win situation. "</p>
<p>"dmissions at Emory is very competitive, with the school looking for students who have taken the most challenging high school courses and have done exceptionally well. We're talking about courses like physics, chemistry and biology at honors or advanced-placement levels. Your "demonstrated interest in attending Emory is carefully noted and factored into admissions decisions."</p>
<p>At Emory the acceptance rate is about 44%. In a recent year, approximately 9,780 applied, and 4,500 were accepted. Over 86% of the students graduated in the top 10% of their high school classes. The median SAT score is about 1345. About 10% of the arriving students are African-American.</p>
<p>Most Emory undergraduate students (6,316) are from the South, although 48 states are represented, including large contingents of students from the Middle Atlantic and Northeastern states. Students also arrive from 105 foreign countries.</p>
<p>About 65% of the students are from public schools."</p>
<p>I always said it is a great school and this pretty much backs up what I said, about the discrepancy with this and the Ivies. Enjoy</p>
<p>EDIT: if it so happens that 27% is correct than that would still be lower than the other schools(+ look at their yield). If you have better information than this please post it.</p>
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If look at the cross section of schools like Wash U, Hopkins, Georgetown, Vanderbilt, Emory you will see the facts point toward the vast majority of students accepted attend an Ivy league if also accepted there.
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I don't think "vast majority" is accurate for Georgetown and Vanderbilt. Georgetown steals a lot of Ivy-bound students because it's in D.C. And Vanderbilt steals a lot of Ivy-bound students since it's one of the most fun schools in the country. If you have a link to any data that would confirm what you're saying though, I would love to see it.</p>
<p>alright i guess I'm wrong man. sorry. what is this "scholarly website" though? Kinda interested as to if it gives reports about all schools</p>
<p>Class</a> Profile and note Emory</a> Admits Fewer Students | The Emory Wheel for class of 2012 information.</p>
<p>The "Scholarly" Website: Black</a> Excel: The College Help Network ... "Some experts, however, say Emory is often a "second choice" to students looking to the Ivy League and other prestigious schools. Right now it looks like these students are in a win-win situation." Although a clearly outdated article, I find this quote interesting as it suggests that Emory students are just as well off as those at Ivies, etc.</p>
<p>I don't think anyone can make an outrageous claim that Emory or other respectable schools are schools for ivy rejects. I know some people who applied to schools like Notre Dame, UMich, etc, but not Ivy bc of their interest in getting good sports and good academics. I am not so knowledgeable about Emory's unique traits, etc, but I know several people who didn't even apply to Ivies while having excellent stats, yet applied to schools like Emory, Vandy, Rice, etc.</p>
<p>Bescraze - </p>
<p>I think you should reconsider how you deal with people. Rather than seeking opinions, you are preaching to people who are in the working world about what people in the working world think, when you haven't even applied to college yet. </p>
<p>You are so convinced that you're absolutely right, that when we (meaning every other person who has posted on this thread) point out your inaccuracies, rather than acknowledging that perhaps you were incorrect, you come firing back with venom and vitrol. You did it on the Cornell thread and you're doing it here on the Emory thread. </p>
<p>Do you really believe that every person that goes to Emory is quietly miserable for having not gotten into an Ivy+ school? That's absurd. It's the perfect school for many people for its reputation, location, programs, etc... </p>
<p>Also - your claim that you can get the same education at any school "because you're learning the same thing" is beyond preposterous. You clearly have not attended different schools (as I have) to know that all schools are not created equal. For starters, some schools have specialty programs and make different investments in different areas of interest. </p>
<p>Rather than having a discussion, you simply want to assert your opinion as if it's fact and then launch ad hominem attacks against everybody who disagrees. </p>
<p>I'm not trying to be mean, so I would appreciate it if you would withhold your slanders. But if Hawkette and I can agree on something, it might be worth considering. That's about as common as Sasquatch sightings.</p>
<p>I'm going to Emory for undergrad this coming fall. Although I also want to learn more about Emory's reputation, I will also share some of my thoughts.</p>
<p>Emory was not my number one choice, although it was still one of my "top" choices. I did not get into my number one choice, and I was a little dissapointed. But after several visits to Emory, I love it more and more. I'll agree that its not for everyone. It does not have a lot of school spirit or a football team. However, those things were not too important to me.</p>
<p>The important thing to me was how I felt at Emory. I felt that it was a "fit" for me. I liked the people and the campus was beautiful. It was close to my home in the atlanta suburbs, and I never was one of those kids who wanted to get as far as I can from home. I just feel like that I'll enjoy the next four years at Emory.</p>
<p>btw...UGA is about 6k a year for instate....so itz a bit cheaper than the 10k you suggested...if that changes your mind at all. btw hey james hope you're enjoying china...this thread is funny</p>
<p>I turned down Penn, Duke, and Hopkins for Emory and couldn't be happier.</p>