<p>Hi,
so i'm thinking about applying EDII to Emory, but I've talked to a couple people at my school and they're all like "no! it's so south! etc" People seem to think that going from a European city to Emory will be a shock to my system
I live in London, so I'm curious as to whether Emory will be a big culture shock or whether people are over exaggerating
Any advice or thoughts would be really helpful
Thanks!</p>
<p>It’s not very southern culturally. A lot of kids are from Georgia, but a lot are from the north (New York state especially). Very few people speak with southern accents. Why do you want to apply EDII?</p>
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<p>Here’s our demographic breakdown. Emory will not be a culture shock. The only top southern schools that could possibly be culture shocks in this sense include: Vanderbilt, UVA (the other prestigious Virginia Colleges are probably similar), UNC Chapel Hill. Plus Emory is in Atlanta, normally considered to be the least southern of southern cities (other than those in Florida). I don’t consider 17% to be a lot given that Emory is in Georgia. There would/could (and perhaps should) be more, but due to the generally weak public education system, and hope scholarship, those wanting to stay in Georgia matriculate at Tech and UGA. Honestly, I wish more people had a southern accent. The “valley/jap” accent/speech seems more annoying to me. It seems prevalent at Emory. Yuck(“OMG like…like…like.” Hardly no sentence can go without more than 2 likes) I’d imagine similar pattern is seen in other southern states that host elite private institutions, especially when there is only one such institution.</p>
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<p>I disagree with bernie12, UVa would not be a big culture shock; it is a state school, so there aren’t too many internationals, but many many students hail from NoVa and the DC metropolitan area, so they are very familiar with diversity and different cultures.</p>
<p>I mean in terms of demographics (as in maybe ethnic/religious background), if that’s what the op is wondering about. Yes, I’d imagine UVA has a lot of those students, but you’d have to admit that the school has a much more southern aurora than say us, Duke, and Rice. Vandy has as many people from the mid-Atlanta as we do, that doesn’t mean the school does not feel different (or have a different “culture”). Vandy still has a very southern feel despite the geographic diversity of the student body. And with UVA, for it to not be a possible culture shock, all of the students would have to be from NoVa or DC area which is huge and has some very cosmopolitan/non-southern suburbs, and some southern"ish" suburbs. Having students from DC/NoVa/DC suburbs is a far cry from having a campus that is 1/3 Jewish, 1/3 Asian/Mid-East/Indian, and 1/7-1/5 international. Despite UVA having those people, the school feels much different, even if you disregard size difference. I think it feels more like UNC, Vandy, and Wake, and like those, they are an excellent school, but they would indeed feel different from us.</p>
<p>Wow, never seen that site before. That’s pretty bad whether on the part of the ■■■■■■ or those who actually attend here. Quite scary. Then again, the “possible” incident with the menorah (either fell or was knocked down) is kind of concerning too. There was also a note on the dry-erase wall of the 1st floor of the library that said: “Happy f****** Hanuka Jews”. Both of these within the same day. I almost wondered if they were connected. In some cases, racial diversity could be connected to racial tension. However, I fail to understand why anyone with a level head would attend a diverse school like Emory if they knew they were racist or uncomfortable with the presence or influence of other those of different ethnicity/religion.</p>