<p>If your a student how has your experience been? I'm trying to narrow down options, I'm not looking for an all out party school but also not everyones in the library school. the other options I've been looking at are in case you can compare:
Boston College
Georgetown
University of Chicago
University of Connecticut
Davidson</p>
<p>There is a very active party scene, but it isn’t a cliquey type party scene. Everyone that wants to go can easily find a way to go. </p>
<p>There are 18+ nights ALLLLL the time at the clubs, but I don’t go much as I don’t want to spend money. </p>
<p>As for clubs etc there are tons of things to do, and the kids here are reallllly nice and friendly in my experience. I’m sure there are nasty people, but everyone I usually talk to seems pretty nice.</p>
<p>not trying to offend anyone but i visited boston college… and they have a cemetery near the school… which i thought was kind of creepy… just wanted to tell u if u haven’t visited boston college</p>
<p>Cemeteries are neato! I wish there were a cemetery near Emory.</p>
<p>I’m a freshman at Emory, and I couldn’t have more positive things to say about my experience so far. Socially, though, Emory is what you make of it. If you want to go out 5 nights a week there is a crowd for you, while there is another crowd that does not go out/drink at all. </p>
<p>Of the schools you listed, I visited Georgetown, Davidson and UChicago. There were things I liked about each, but the things I didn’t like were what helped me to choose Emory in the end. </p>
<p>At Georgetown, I always got the feeling that I was being judged. I think that a lot of the students there have elitist attitudes, which, for me, was a major turn-off. Don’t get me wrong – I’m sure there are friendly and approachable people there, but the overwhelming majority that I met gave me an unfavorable impression. Also, a lot of the campus facilities were outdated; some were just plain ugly (fitness center, library, pool, etc). To their credit, though, the location is superb, they boast a world-class faculty, and it seemed like the social life was relatively good. </p>
<p>When you visit UChicago, you will KNOW if it is the place for you. The majority of the people there are very intellectual. While Chicago is right at your fingertips, I doubt that students venture in much due to their workload and time set aside for studying. It is definitely a great school in a great location, but the “feel” of the school just wasn’t right for me.</p>
<p>Davidson is a great school in a very beautiful area, but for me it came down to location. The school is about 20 miles from Charlotte, so internships and trips to the city were much less accessible than what I wanted. If you aren’t looking to do research or find loads of internships, this school is probably a great match. </p>
<p>In conclusion…Emory rocks 
Great location, renowned faculty, your choice of social life, exceptionally vibrant student body, and…let’s face it…the weather have all made me very anxious to get back after Christmas break!</p>
<p>It is tooooo cold in Atlanta though!</p>
<p>Emory = no football. If you are one of those heavy school spirit person don’t go there. Emory has school wide apathy for sports, even though they have a strong Division II.</p>
<p>That is definitely true ^^</p>
<p>Sports suck anyway so it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>You do realize there’s a cemetery ON Emory right??</p>
<p>I agree with bigglesworth. My experience so far has been very positive! and just as Harris Hall said, the people (students, faculty, staff) there are very approachable and friendly!</p>
<p>“You do realize there’s a cemetery ON Emory right??”</p>
<p>WHAT? WHERE?</p>
<p>It’s right next to the Clairmont parking deck, in that small wooded area. You can see it from the bus if you look closely. It’s small but creepy.</p>
<p>on the contrary, Emory’s athletics are top notch. the swim team has been top 3 nationally (and the women’s team won twice) virtually every year for the past decade. the volleyball team won nationals last year. the tennis team consistently wins national titles and there are hundreds of all american plaques lining the wall of the woodpec. check your facts before you make generalizations. or come to an athletic event to see for yourself.</p>
<p>I think they’re talking about lack of school spirit => we don’t support our teams, not we don’t care about sports => subpar athletics. You’re both right. Emory has great teams and D3 athletes, but I’ve been to games (soccer, basketball, and volleyball) and really there’s no spirit. Nobody’s there, and even the ones who are don’t particularly care about the outcome. We do well, but judging from the atmosphere you’d think you were in a high school that can’t win a game in anything.</p>
<p>It’s hard to explain because I know most guys at Emory are big sports fans. There’s a lot of athletes. Most of us come from cities and root for pro teams. Even more people have strong alleigences to another school, like I’m still a huge Illinois fan. But nobody cares about Emory sports. I’m sure a big part of it is not having a football team, which detracts from the college experience in general (no tailgating, no excuses to stay drunk all Saturday, no high fiving random kids you don’t know). I’ve always held that a football team would help bring the heavily fragmented student body together, but I don’t think Emory really sees or understands that value. Our basketball team is usually pretty bad, and that can sometimes be a saving grace when there’s no football team. Also being D3 makes it hard to have a deep pride in your school, because honestly no one cares. Emory brags about its top 20 athletics program but because it’s in division III our games are never reported on, no one has heard of Emory, so obviously no one outside the school cares how well we do. It kind of defeats the purpose of having school spirit.</p>
<p>People here do care about Emory, there are lots of people who wear Emory spirit wear and stuff. But because Emory is in D3, people have better things to do than go to games.</p>
<p>If by care about Emory you mean Emory sports, then I don’t know how you can say that and that people don’t go to games because they have better things to do in the same post. That’s an obvious indicator that people DON’T care. If you mean care about Emory as a school, then you’re right. People take pride in Emory’s academics, but that’s not really school spirit. I think of school spirit as rooting for your school’s teams.</p>
<p>I hate sports and I still wear my Emory gear.</p>
<p>You know how perfect Emory would be if it had a good football team?</p>
<p>Wagner said a couple of years ago that if someone donated the money, they would start one. It would be a lot of money though.</p>