<p>Basically the OP at that post showcased a warning message on how she was treated at Vanderbilt. </p>
<p>Since Emory and Vanderbilt are pretty much similar when it comes to prestige and recognition, will I be treated at Emory like the OP was treated at Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>I know that first semester will be a little bit tougher than being a first year admit when it comes to making friend and finding groups to be in, however will it be as serious to the same effect that the OP wrote in the Vanderbilt post?</p>
<p>Also, I see a pattern in that Emory students are laid back when it comes to fashion and wealth.
I come from a wealthy family and my outward appearance is that of a businessman( I carried a briefcase to school since sophomore year at high school)
Will Emory students resent me for this?</p>
<p>Thanks for your time and I apologize for flooding the Emory forum with my posts, but I just want to make the correct choice when transferring to Emory(I have two weeks left until I pay the deposit).</p>
<p>The school is too diverse for you to get widespread resentment or care about a certain thing. People may just look at you and think “aren’t you hot” especially if you where such clothing in August/September (seriously, I recommend you just dress casually, or else you will be hot as hell. Do semi-formal or business casual, though I do recommend shorts, which can’t really be formal). Also, prestige doesn’t tell you about institutional character. Emory and Vanderbilt are way different in terms of atmosphere and character. Emory’s diversity kind of makes it so that you really need not fit any mold to feel comfortable other than some motivation to do well. Apparently, Vanderbilt has a reputation for being a bit preppy. That may play into how some transfers at Vandy are treated. Something tells me that students there are more into/conscience of the prestige of the institution to the point that they may fear how transfers fit into the equation (as in, some may think that they are less qualified because they would not have gotten in on the first go around). Some students at Emory are kind of prestige whores (the prestige whore effect, in general, kind of disappears once people are settled in), but they don’t worry themselves sick over every little detail contributing to it (and certainly don’t care about how their peers play into this. An Emory prestige whore literally only cares about the strength in the name or rank, and not what makes the name or rank so strong or even what justifies why somewhere else may have a better name. They simply care that it does. Hell could be a top 10 institution, and an Emory prestige whore would want to go. Luckily most here are at most only prestige whore enough to be happy with Emory’s level of prestige), and the environment is a little to laid back for people to treat a transfer student differentially based upon the mere fact that they are a transfer. Overall, I would say that the student body is too laid back socially and too busy academically to care. The best way to easily make friends is to take smaller classes and try to connect with the others academically. If you are, in say, a humanities or social sciences class, and you add to discussion, people will respect you, and if the topic is interesting, they will likely discuss it outside of class and that’s where you begin to connect. We had a couple of transfers in my religion class, and we liked them fine (the class sparked awesome conversations in and out of class and the members were quite close). As another anecdote to comfort you, I’ve frequently heard conversations among Emory students like: “Do you know this girl named X?” and someone will respond, “Oh, aren’t they that cool transfer student…?” Basically, most here care about sociability than academic preparation of their peers. Transfer resentment normally occurs when students are conscious/or overly caring about the academic credentials (as in HS credentials) of incoming students. We simply don’t care about this. By time you’re here, this is completely irrelevant and most people recognize this. Also, the thing about the professors being conscious of it does not happen at Emory. The professors don’t really care where you come from and if you tell them, they may actually be happy. I know in the sciences, transfers are often better liked than some of the freshman admits because they know they came here for a change and will likely put in more effort, or merely, care more than freshman admits about learning. After making several transfer friends and watching them in upper division courses, I think their hunch is correct (transfers seem less timid overall. For example, most freshman admits would not be a biology major taking an upperdivision chemistry elective. It is more common to see transfers do this, and they do well).</p>
<p>Once again, bernie, thanks a lot for providing such detailed accounts concerning Emory. You have reassured me numerous and for this, I thank you. I guess Vanderbilt is a specific case where some transfer students are resented by some prestige seeking losers.</p>
<p>And as for dressing business like, I would never think of wearing shirt, shoes, and jeans on a hot day lol. I wear shorts and shirts during the summer, but during the cooler months such as October to December, I do dress very business like.</p>
<p>Once again, thanks for the insight, bernie. It is much appreciated.</p>
<p>I was a transfer to Emory. I have never felt anything other than welcome and included. Actually, because Emory is used to getting transfers from Oxford every year I would classify the school as “transfer friendly”. They have numerous programs to try and help acclimate new transfers.</p>
<p>Avoid pushing the Oxford button. One could argue that regular transfers are favored more than Oxford students. For some reason (okay, we know the reason, but I think it’s stupid), Oxford is where a little resentment comes into play among some stuck up main campus students. With that said, a regular transfer is likely to elicit such a response from among the most elitist/stuck up members of the student body.</p>
<p>Would someone please share roughly how many transfer applications are submitted to Emory each year for the 50-100 spots their website says are admitted? How selective is it for a sophomore transfer? The prospective applicant was waitlisted applying from h.s. and is currently at a very selective liberal arts college and getting a 3.5 gpa. thanks!</p>
<p>My question is similar to jeffcampbll, except I would like to know how selective it is for freshman transfers, if that information is available.</p>
<p>I don’t think the schools releases the number of transfer applicants–and I assume the number varies wildly by year. Note that your second semester is the earliest you can apply for transfer admissions (i.e., to start Emory for your sophomore year).</p>
<p>No it’s not. The transfer admit rate is higher at places like Emory and Vanderbilt (and many top publics). Duke, Stanford, and many Ivies (other than say, Cornell), are a different story. You better have a legit reason (as in, saying “it’s better academically” or “it’s always been my dream school” or citing that it has more opps in a generic fashion won’t do it.) to transfer to these places, especially if you are transferring from another elite school (they may interpret such students as merely being spoiled and snobby).</p>