<p>Hi guys!, I've been accepted to Emory this year, and I am thinking emory as my top choice.( I mean, how can you not?)
But can current students give me insight on difficulty of classes?</p>
<p>I know it depends on classes and professors, but just in general, is Emory considered to be GPA-inflated or deflated? (I heard nobody in Emory history graduated with 4.0...) Would achieving 3.8, 3.9 require extraordinary amount of work?</p>
<p>In high school, I did IB diploma so Im kinda used to staying up whole night doing work...</p>
<p>Would difficulty of classes in Emory hinder the beautiful social aspect that Emory can offer?</p>
<p>Actually plenty of people have graduated from Emory with a 4.0 (maybe not every year, but it happens every so often). And plenty of people have 3.9+. Emory is as grade inflated as its peers. Don’t worry about it, it’s not an engineering school. Just do your best. Workload and overall difficulty is pretty moderate and if you want, you can just avoid being challenged if your GPA is too important you. It’s not hard to do… (as can be said for most non-engineering oriented elite privates).</p>
<p>If you needed to stay up all night doing work for IB, you might rethink going to a school such as Emory. My daughter did IB, and did a sport that took up 3 hours every night and was never in bed later than midnight. If you are staying up all night to do work, you might consider a less rigourous school than Emory.</p>
<p>GA2012MOM, IB rigor varies widely from school to school. Some places love superfluous homework, or, as is the case at my school, they force Sophomores to go through a fairly brutal weeding out year before truly starting the program.</p>
<p>When I read staying up all night for anything, I assume the person procrastinated on certain assignments. Unless you fix your time management issues, you won’t get a 3.9+ in college</p>
<p>I agree with PRUNEFACE completely. IB rigor greatly varies from school to school.</p>
<p>My cousin in Maryland was a part of the IB program in his school and had the time to be in their football team, track team and some EC’s, maintain a very high GPA, and go to sleep by 10:30 the latest almost every day.</p>
<p>I had a friend at my old High school who was also in the IB program and was in some EC’s but went to sleep around midnight about 3 times a week. </p>
<p>My advice for you, nirvana1234:
It is all about how you manage your time. By just being accepted into Emory, and by being a part of the IB program tells me that you are a hard working student.</p>
<p>I have applied to Emory as a transfer student and have yet to hear from them, so my words may not have as much value as other people’s words. </p>
<p>Don’t slack off, but excel in your freshman year. That will give you a strong foundation to build upon and to do well in the coming years. I strongly feel that you should go to Emory since you have been given this wonderful opportunity. Who knows, you might regret not going to Emory if you choose not to. </p>
<p>Don’t be discouraged by others, but believe in yourself. If you are determined, then YES - you will do well.</p>
<p>The only thing is…I can see Emory having a lower workload than a moderate/tough IB program. However, the midterms given may be more difficult. As in, in exchange for the lower workload and more time you get for leisure/just reading and reviewing, the exams expect a lot more. This is the case for some of the science classes that want to know if you can actually do something new with or analyze the material and not just work a harder version of a book problem. And some social science courses may have weird essay prompts on exam or grade the essays tougher than expected. Some sociology classes (maybe intro), though still relatively easy, will, on top of basic questions that test whether or not you did the readings, have you read a couple of articles during the exam, and then analyze the articles in context of what was discussed in class. Business Econ. is known to do the same testing style (it actually appears that Business Econ. has a higher workload and much more difficult tests than its regular econ. counterparts. Seems perhaps taught better as well, with exclusion of Bannerjee).</p>