<p>Question (if you know) - can transfers (soph) rush 1st semester, or do they wait for second? Also, does Emory guarantee housing 4 years?</p>
<p>@esimpnoxin</p>
<p>MARTA may have been expanded, but most Emory kids are too scared to ride MARTA. </p>
<p>@Newtocollege</p>
<p>Yes, there is a fall rush for sophomore transfers. No, Emory does not guarantee housing all 4 years. Only the first two.</p>
<p>How many classes are most classes?
And how many classes do most people take per semester?</p>
<p>I think you mistyped the first question.</p>
<p>And most Emory students take about four classes per semester, although they’re changing the credit hour system from one class equaling 4 credits to one class equaling 3, so it may be different in the future.</p>
<p>Most classes seem to be 4 credits now.
Are you saying that they are going to be 3 credits now?</p>
<p>Yeah most Emory kids don’t go downtown, even with MARTA, unless they have a car or friends with cars who are going downtown. I’ve only been into the city really like twice, but we go around to the suburb-y areas around here a lot. I’ve never taken MARTA, frankly even when I plan my trip on the MARTA site to see if it would work, I get so confused by how they name the stations haha because there are stops at every street corner. Alum’s right though, most people are scared.</p>
<p>What is the student body generally like - friendly enough? Is it hard to make friends?</p>
<p>I had no problem making friends at all, and I came in knowing no one. again pre-orientation trips are key haha. and join the Emory class page! I actually met a lot of people I’m close to from that page, we did meet ups during the summer.
Emory makes it hard for you NOT to make friends the first few weeks, with orientation groups and things like that. Most dorms also make you have your doors open for the first two weeks so you’ll meet the people around you.</p>
<p>I found that the classes are actually very easy if you go to a good high school. There is a wide range of abilities among the students. A lot of students are surprisingly not very bright.</p>
<p>Is emory a good choice for international student?Or is emory a foreign-friendly university?I’m a Chinese student.Thx a lot</p>
<p>Do students at Emory use ratemyprofessor? or what kind of sites do they use to check out professor ratings?</p>
<p>@trex792</p>
<p>You said, “A lot of students are surprisingly not very bright.” Do these students detract from the academic atmosphere? Are they “not very bright” or just don’t try hard? Sorry I’m asking such a weird question; I just have never before heard Emory students described as not bright.</p>
<p>tropical: Some are flat out not bright, but work hard (okay, well some don’t), so you can’t really tell and then there is also something interesting I observe: A lot of the bright people (a solid portion of the student body) don’t really care to display that brilliance so may not try hard, or will only use their brilliance for test taking. There are lots of people who would view people who actually like to learn for more than a grade as nerdy. A significant portion of the bright students are indeed like this. They don’t want to reveal themselves as working or learning for more than a grade (some even like to act dumb or try hard to present themselves as just average). In summary, I think there is honestly a lot of “concealed” brilliance. The brilliance does not translate into the highly intellectual environments you see at some schools with lots of bright students. At Emory, you’re likely to hear other students talk about the “fratboy that gets high grades” (in humdrum courses or with average courseload) than the smart kid who writes books or invents something (or the undeclared student taking very advanced courses in several subjects at an early stage in their career). We have bright students, but a lot are merely bright in that they get high grades, not because they are doing something groundbreaking or creative either in or outside of the classroom. They could likely do the latter (and many do), but just don’t. It’s kind of a boring type of brilliance that many people have.</p>
<p>Emory is relatively very preprofessional, so that may explain its students in general as not being intellectually brilliant or very bright. And I wouldn’t worry about people thinking of you as “nerdy” or whatever the hell it is that bothers you (if any). Learn as much as you want, for as long as you want! Besides, doesn’t Emory have the motto “The wise heart seeks knowledge”? So why would you care if some non-wise hearts calls you “nerdy” and crap?</p>
<p>I personally didn’t worry about it at all, and neither did my friends. However, it seems an atypical amount of students at Emory (atypical because it’s a top school) do worry about it which dampens the brilliance that would be exuded by a large portion of the student body. It’s an atmospheric thing more so than a personal issue where individuals are worried about being nerdy. It’s more like a: “Do not talk about this class outside of the classroom unless it has to do with an upcoming test or assignment” type thing. Then again, it could also be how some courses are taught. Some are perhaps not thought provoking enough to discuss casually after the period ends (such as many science courses for example. Unless the course is rigorous or taught really well, most will not even look at the material until the quiz or test is right around the corner).</p>
<p>I didn’t mean “you” as in “bernie12.” It was directed at those to whom it may concern. Sorry for the confusion.</p>
<p>"(such as many science courses for example. Unless the course is rigorous or taught really well, most will not even look at the material until the quiz or test is right around the corner)."</p>
<p>this is entirely true. then it comes finals week and people live in the library cramming all the stuff they didn’t bother to actually learn beforehand. This very much includes me.
I wouldn’t say a lot of people aren’t bright, I haven’t met too many people that have made me think wow why are you here (though I have met some). It is super pre-professional though, even as a first semester freshman, everyone is already med-school or b-school bound. If you aren’t, it’s pretty surprising. Kind of stressful.</p>
<p>Also, to who asked, there are so many Chinese international students, you would definitely not be alone!</p>
<p>I have a question. My son is a freshman in the college and his major is listed as undeclared. He is planning to apply to the business school. Is there a pre-business major or concentration? Other than the 4 prereqs for the business school, is there some tract that he should be on (in terms of certain classes to take)? I was wondering since his advisor is not in the b-school and it seems that he is just taking random classes (mostly) at this stage. I should mention that he has very few Gen Eds. left to take (due to AP credit for 6 of them). </p>
<p>If he wants a single next year, which dorm should he go for? He is currently in Holmes.</p>
<p>No, there is no pre-business major or concentration. The business school is designed as a two year program. There isn’t really a lot of coordination between the liberal arts college and the business school. Most academic advisors aren’t very good. Your son should listen to what older students who have taken particular classes have to say.</p>
<p>Huge disparity between CAS career advisors, who are morons, and Goizueta advisors, who actually put forth an effort to do their jobs.</p>