<p>Now, I know these are completely different schools, but I've gotten it down to Michigan and Emory. Both have their pluses and minuses: Emory has the weather, beautiful campus, and Atlanta, but Michigan is a huge school with a lot of spirit and partying, and strong academics as well. What do you think I should do?</p>
<p>Which one suits you better? Go to which ever school suits you better.</p>
<p>Emory - JAPS
Michigan - Little to no JAPS</p>
<p>For what its worth, I grappled with this decision in December and opted to apply ED II to Emory. I was accepted to LSA in January.</p>
<p>For me the advantages of Emory were the following:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Mid sized top notched private university with incredible ressources. Not a LAC with less than 2000 students nor a large research u with greater than 20,000 undergrads and thousands of grad students</p></li>
<li><p>Smaller classes (6 or 7:1 student prof ratio) taught by profs and minimal interaction with TAs. I don't want to be a number in large intro couses </p></li>
<li><p>Personalized advising program</p></li>
<li><p>Tuition only about 4-5K more than U Mich for an OOS</p></li>
</ol>
<p>For me, Emory offered the best of both worlds; mid sized research university and small enough to offer a highly personalized liberal arts education.</p>
<p>Michigan has many positives and is a great school but I ultimately decided that the Berkeleys, Michigans, Cornell's etc would be a better fit for me in grad school. The cost differential for an OOS was small but if I were a Michigan resident I may have been swayed by a highly regarded top 25 school with an in-state tuition advantage.</p>
<p>It's all about fit.............. Two great schools with many differences.</p>
<p>lawyr2B, those are definitely all the pluses of Emory that I'm taking into strong consideration. My only concern with Emory is essentially what gogochris said, how friendly the people will be. I'm a little torn because I've talked to a bunch of nice people, and yet the college has such a rep. for "japs". I mean, I don't really care how much money people have or what religion they are, it's the snobby part that's gettin to me. Idk, this is gonna be tough.</p>
<p>what is "japs"?</p>
<p>Jewish American Princess</p>
<p>the connotation has something to do with wealth, entitlement, snobbery. you know the type - gucci shades, north face, parents paid for their nose job, etc...</p>
<p>I'll add my little story as well. Entering the whole college application process, I was originally set on applying ED to Emory because it was a gorgeous school with a lot to offer, great B-School, friendly people, plus all the other benefits mentioned earlier in the thread. </p>
<p>Then, I decided I would take a chance applying ED to Penn for Wharton, and would apply EDII to Emory. Soon after deciding that, I was told to look at some rolling schools, and read all about Michigan. Yes, you're right UM and Emory are different schools, but academically, they are fairly equal - it is strictly all about what you like.</p>
<p>I personally wasn't a fan of the fact that Emory has little-to-no school spirit (you rarely see people wearing Emory apparel, mostly designer outfits and polo's), no big sports scene (no football), not alot of people seemed to justt hang outside and relax - a lot of little things that I felt Michigan had and Emory didnt. I valued those things a little bit higher than being in very small class settings, having a super-pristine campus, and being near a big city. Why? Because at Michigan you can make classes smaller by forming study groups, who cares if the buildings dont look like they are brand new, and Ann-Arbor is awesome anyways. On the other hand, you cant create a football team and can't force people to support your school.</p>
<p>JTNYY83,
I sent you an e-mail providing more detailed info comparing the schools.</p>
<p>i thought japs was japanese...</p>
<p>hahaha same.</p>
<p>I was also torn between Michigan and Emory and I chose Michigan for the school's spirit and amazing social scene. US news ranked Emory # 20 and Mich #25 but I have done some research and found that they are considered equal. While visiting Emory, I read their newspaper( THe Emory Wheel) and the sports section had an article in which the last line stated " Let's face it, Emory is not the University of Michigan" I think that was the end all!!</p>
<p>It is important to keep in mind that Michigan can be as small and personalized as you wish it to be. The beauty of Michigan is that you can also make it as big as you wish it to be...and most students at Michigan eventually chose to do so. Like I said, go with the school where you feel you fit in the most.</p>