<p>UC-Berkeley has been my dream school for the past years but I am thinking of widening my transfer options to more diverse schools. Emory is as diverse as Cal too, and I would love to transfer there as well..
I am feeling super indecisive. </p>
<p>I will also be applying as a transfer to UCSC, Northwestern, NYU,Syracuse, and some more.</p>
<p>Please let me know any pros of Emory compared to Cal. Or if there are any pros and cons of UCSC, Northwestern, NYU, Syracuse, Boston..</p>
<p>Size and funding (thus class-sizes and resources). That’s really the most notable difference if you are an undergrad. Size, much smaller, funding much larger per student. Something tells me Berkeley is kind of like Georgia Tech, but with grade inflation. A very sink or swim environment, only but so supportive (and not supportive at all compared with the medium sized private schools). Go ask to another thread to ask about other schools. I don’t really know much about them (except that NU is kind of like us, but a little larger and has engineering and really established theater scene). Also, it depends on your major. If you tell that, maybe one could be more help.</p>
<p>I think they are both very reputable schools, I guess it depends on what you’re looking to go into field wise. If you’re going more into the math/computer science/technology fields I’d suggest Berkeley. If you’re going more Medical/Bio/Business/Journalism than I’d definitely go Emory. Also I think you get more individual attention at Emory, and it’s more of a traditional college experience. They are pretty similar, with maybe Emory having a slight advantage but what it really comes down to is where you can picture yourself for 4+ years. Best of luck!</p>
<p>My daughter was accepted at Berkeley, Emory, NYU and Northwestern. (She didn’t apply to Syracuse or Boston - College or University).
She chose Emory because of its academic flexibility, personalized approach and willingness to support its graduates and is thrilled with her experiences.</p>
<p>I’d disagree with stan: Northwestern and Syracuse are both well-known for their journalism - more so than Emory. And Emory does not offer journalism as one’s only major (it is a “co-major”). I’d say that Emory journalism is on the decline, because they dropped the application needed for admission to the major. But you probably aren’t even a journalism major… :D</p>
<p>No, it doesn’t make sense to have an application to such a small program. It allows more people to enter (thus growth. It could use this, trust me. Also, it’ll inspire more academic diversity on campus. I like this concept. Emory has a surprisingly large amount of talent in the realm of film making so I imagine there would be some people that might not be particular bad at something like journalism. It shouldn’t be difficult for someone to take advantage of that interest.) and not have to hassle just to freaking major in a journalism program that, you’re right, is not as renowned as Syracuse or NU. Given that talent is pretty well distributed throughout Emory, this does not hurt the journalism program. It’s not like they are letting in lower quality students. Think about what you said (It’s like saying Georgia Tech is horrible because the admit rate is 40%, when in reality their SATs are higher than many other private research Us in America and are not even that far from us. Johns Hopkins admit rate went up one year in the past. Were they on the decline?). Also, Stan said nothing about Syracuse and Northwestern. What the heck are you talking about? Reading is fundamental. You mashed stan and chazsf’s posts together and connected dots that were not there</p>
<p>A place that is in a city that hosts major media and broadcast companies will never be on the decline in terms of a journalism program. It’s not on the decline unless less money goes into (and thus staff cut dramatically) it or it moves to a different city. To say that, “I’d say it’s on the decline, because it’s not going to be as small and exclusive” is completely misguided and perhaps elitist. Again, expanding it could benefit the university a lot. It adds to the flexibility that people talk about as well (think about the NU theater major which is awesome, but makes it about as hard to major in something else as our B-school because of the courseload and time commitment. Emory has a theater dept. and program that is good, but much more flexible)</p>
Best of luck!</p>