<p>Everyone I've talked to is impressed with Emory. The simple fact that I'll be going there helped get me a very good internship with the US Geological Survey for the summer. Academically it's well known, graduating in good standing from Emory is extremely helpful for grad school applications. I was planning on going to school in California all year and Emory wasn't even in my vocabulary since I live 15 minutes from campus and I bike there all the time. But they gave me great financial aid so I couldn't turn them down. The academic experience is well worth the debt I'll go into. I would definitely call Emory a prestigious school. #20 sounds about right actually.</p>