<p>Now I know that there is a difference between being book-smart and street-smart. Regardless, I have heard from my friend who attends Emory that she has not met a single "smart" person that goes to Emory (probably an exaggeration, but there has to be SOME truth to it, right?) She wants to transfer out, after her first semester. She also says that the courses at Emory are much easier than her high school IB classes. Is this true? I hope this post didn't sound too snobbish; I am perfectly aware that Emory is a respectable university, and with all due respect, I just wanted to know if my friend's account was true.</p>
<p>no offense, but it sounds like your friend is a tad bit haughty. Let's take a minute to think about the question. About 1,300 undergraduates are at the 20th overall ranked university (according to US News) and the 15th most selective university. Of all those students that decide to go to Emory to make it such a good school, they all just somehow eeked out a high GPA and a high SAT score and had distinguishing ECs but, deep down, they're just bumbling idiots. Really, not one of them is what your friend deems "smart." Dang it, now I don't want to go to Emory.</p>
<p>Seriously, why did you even ask this question? And, out of curiosity, where is your friend going to transfer?</p>
<p>I visited Emory and Duke recently, and the Emory kids I met were much smarter. But I only met a couple of dozen, so I can't say that evryone at Emory is smarter than at Duke.</p>
<p>Sorry if I came across that way. I had no intentions of bashing Emory at all. As I stated before, I was just wondering if there were many students who transferred out because they felt they were not being challenged enough, but now I realize that is not the case. I apologize again.</p>
<p>I'm an Emory freshman, and I've found that not one person here isn't smart(sorry for the double neg, that means everyone IS smart). I mean, at any school you'll find people who don't seem smart at first, but everyone here works and everyone here is interesting and knows how to have fun and is just generally wordly. Lately, I've been loving Emory even more. I can understand its high US News ranking because the school excels in almost every category (not just academic - but in terms of dorms, on campus speakers, party scene, schedule of classes...etc)</p>
<p>Thanks, slipstream... glad nobody holds grudges on the Emory board.</p>
<p>copper45- whew, that's a relief! I was hoping that what my friend told me wasn't true, and I'm glad you're having a blast at Emory. Thanks for the input!</p>
<p>Dude, I don't know why you have such a problem and call Emory an ivy reject school. Such generalizations are offensive. I know so many people who either applied to Emory ED or got into "higher" schools and chose to attend this school. 38% of the freshman class got in ED, which means they actually liked this school enough to commit to it over any other school. Personally, I know people who got into Yale, Amherst, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, and other such schools. I just don't understand why someone as bitter as yourself works on student admissions, because it seems like the people working there should have a passion about the school.</p>
<p>You need to calm down. I don't have any problem with Emory and I love it a lot. I was saying Emory is an ivy reject school to show the quality of the students here. You can't deny that it is. I don't know one person who got in RD that didn't apply to an ivy league school early. I have met people who have gotten in great schools and chose Emory: Chicago, WashU, Tufts, etc. and even someone who got into Princeton and chose Emory (but that person is an Emory Scholar). I am not bitter at all and you need to be a little less on the offensive.</p>
<p>Copper: Terrible post. How can you generalize like that? And what about people like me who DIDNT apply to ivy league schools who view Emory as their number 1. Dont be an @$$. Respek.</p>
<p>jeez people, leave copper alone. i applied to emory ed1, it was my number one school and im not at all offended by his statement....i dont see why anyone would be. </p>
<p>going all the way back to the post... I think your friend is taking intro courses.. reason why IB seems easier than the course itself. You have to remember that APs and IBs are after all college introductory courses. Taking 6 IB courses will of course be a lot harder than taking 4 intro classes... + grade you get = grade you worked for.
Street smart? hmm... got to admit emory ppl aren't that bright on that side hahaha =P
But hey~! they are the same ppl who have an SAT average of 1350 and an average GPA of 3.8 uw. After all... does it really matter how smart ppl are? cos I think as long as you are smart, it will be fine ^^</p>
<p>I think many people that go to Emory could be described as "Ivy rejects" or "rich kids from LI/NY/New England" that couldn't get into the Ivies. However, there are lots of people here who got into Ivies but received better financial help at Emory. Also, there are other reasons to go to a school, and Emory has the edge on Ivies in many categories (more partying to be specific.) As far as your friend's attitude about stupid people at Emory, that really is a stupid thing to say. Emory students are not as uniformly brilliant as maybe Yale or Harvard, but everyone is reasonably bright, a majority work very hard, and most importantly, the average Emory student is a complete person, not just an academic hermit. Challenging classes are out there, but they take a little bit of work to find, and admittedly some entry-level classes can put you to sleep.</p>