Bump.
I would also like some confirmation on the question about undergraduate recruiting if switching off a pre-med/pre-law major. How strong is it at Emory?
@pineapplepat123 : It is at least fine if not super strong…your access to other things is up to your academic performance and experience. Not about “recruiting”…that part is fine. It is all about whether or not jobs your are interested in want YOU. If you go to an elite and a job/career you want is out of reach, blame yourself for not doing what you need to in order to be appealing. The person who got you concerned is clearly pro-super elite privates and pro-large public schools. If Emory students did not pursue other things, departments would not advertise non pre-professional career options. Use your head on this one. There are plenty of pre-professionals at Emory, but it obviously isn’t most nor everyone (or at least not everyone ends up applying or in those fields). The fact that Emory’s starting pay salary is maybe only a little lower than peers despite it being one of the very few to not have an engineering school is telling. In addition, departments like QTM will likely help close any gap if you want a “secure” pathway as a non-preprofessional/business student. Take your major and get quantitative skills from a QTM concentration: http://quantitative.emory.edu/for-undergraduate/qtm-career-navigator/outcomes.html
Either way, “recruiting” isn’t a problem. That is just ridiculous! I find it hard to believe you so easily bought into that crap.
These are good schools, you should be able to manage. Obviously Emory students are…believe non-sense if you want. Going to an elite private will not hinder access to high paying careers versus either of those publics. The only way it would is if you want to do engineering which Emory does not offer so you shouldn’t really even consider if you desire that option.
Unless this collegemom888 has some expertise in ranking employment recruiting on a national basis, I would ignore her rankings. It’s not exactly a qualified source.
Unlike UNC and Emory, UCLA operates on a shorter 10 week quarter system. Such a system can wreak havoc on GPAs if you are not ready from day one and stay on top of material. You may have to limit or forego some of the many activities you seem to enjoy in order to maintain GPAs.
I’d go for Chapel Hill as it’s amazing and financially it doesn’t require much.