<p>Emory Students:
Alright. So I'm set to visit Emory in April. I'm staying near campus from Tuesday night (4/22) to Friday morning (4/25). I'm planning to go to Wonderful Wednesday and then I am doing the tour/info session thursday morning. And then we r going to a jazz performance thursday night on campus. So yea, a lot of free time! I've already checked on travel sites for stuff to do in Atlanta, but as current students at Emory, what should I do—on campus, near campus, in Atlanta, etc... Any suggestions from your perspectives would be greatly appreciated! </p>
<p>What do you like?
Atlanta has a great restaurant scene.</p>
<p>@aluminum_boat</p>
<p>My favorites are probably Italian, Japanese, and southern US food. But in all honesty, I love all kinds. Food is legit a hobby of mine, lol. But yea, anything tasty :)</p>
<p>@aluminum_boat </p>
<p>And in regards to general stuff, I love love love architecture and/or hip neighborhoods and quirky shops.</p>
<p>My favorite places to eat are Antico Pizza, Flip Burger, West Egg Cafe, and Brick Store. If you’re an Emory student, you’ll go to those places fairly regularly (along with Pho 24 and Sweet Hut). So you might as well try them out now.</p>
<p>IDK about architecture… All looks the same to me lol. But I guess Buckhead has some cool looking office buildings… And Midtown.</p>
<p>Virginia Highlands (there’s a Gelato place that’s delicious) and Little Five Points and Midtown are some fun areas. But Idk if it’s the type of stuff you wanna do with family instead of friends.</p>
<p>@aluminum_boat
Sounds great! I’ll check some of these places out.
Thanks!!!</p>
<p>When you come, sit in on Clifton Green’s Corporate Finance class and Weinshenck’s Orgo class.</p>
<p>There are so many amazing classes that I could go on and on…though I suppose those courses are somewhat comprehensible (though Edward’s psyche 103 class is more comprehensible). I think Stein may be teaching his Arab-Israeli Conflict course this semester and that’s a timeless classic as well. If you could go to more interactive classes like those in humanities or social sciences (and in some cases, sciences. Dr. Beck, Eisen, or Gerardo from biology would be up that alley. They teach organismal form and function/ecology, cell biology, and evolutionary biology respectively), that would be good too. Weinschenk and the other person are probably amazing lecturers (I know W is, don’t really know about Green), but there are courses at Emory (like the many I suggested) where the teacher does more than just lecture so you may actually get an opportunity to interact with students and perhaps participate in some of the activities. Weinschenk is great if you believe that college should be mainly sitting and taking notes and being entertained from time to time (he uses a very guided and planned form of Socratic method so that’s good because some students will be engaged and you’ll get to see how students perform, but it’s nothing like Soria, Edwards’, or Eisen’s classes where participation is more or less mandated. You’ll hear responses from more than just 5 or so students in the latter 3). The extra value added on top of his lectures is the intensity of his course. That’s also what it’s known for. If it wasn’t for that, he would simply be among the many entertaining lecturerers (which is probably not something you get that often over there in math aluminum lol). However, if you like the idea of the traditional college style lecture and are into science and want material more accessible to you, maybe try Dr. Mulford’s general chemistry course. In history and political science, Dr. Lancaster is teaching comparative politics (and he is a notoriously amazing, but rigorous instructor nonetheless) and Dr. Allitt (same as Lancaster) is teaching U.S. history since 1877 (hist 232). Again, I could go on and on.</p>
<p>@bernie12 @aluminum_boat </p>
<p>Those classes sound awesome, thanks for all the detailed information! Its good to hear from real students. But they told me when I called that it would be a week too late in the semester to sit in on a class :/. Too close to finals. But I’ll definitely check this thread again if I go to Emory! </p>
<p>Sit in anyway.</p>
<p>They won’t be able to tell the difference from you and a freshman or sophomore. Just go anyway as aluminum says. Go check departmental websites to find times of the courses. Seriously, they won’t be distracted by your presence, they probably won’t be covering much material anyway.</p>
<p>Sounds good to me! I’ll check it out @bernie12 @aluminum_boat</p>