<p>Is it hard for Emory students to take advantage of Atlanta? When I visited it seemed to me that it took a good 20 mins taxi ride to get to downtown, not to mention the $. Comments anyone?</p>
<p>Much appreciated</p>
<p>There is a thing called MARTA (Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority), a thing subsidized by the government allowing cheap transportation from Emory to Downtown + Other places.</p>
<p>Here Taxi is definetly not the way to go. (It's about 100 bucks from the airport to my house vs 3 dollars with Marta + a ride from the station to my house)</p>
<p>Shuttles and buses everywhere = MARTA ^^</p>
<p>Okay, thanks for the response.</p>
<p>Also, is Emory a party school? How about compared to U Michigan (Ann Arbor) or Vandy?</p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
<p>My son is a rising junior at Emory so I'll try to answer some of this for you.</p>
<p>Students do a lot in the city--restaurants, clubs, concerts, sports events, etc. A of weekends it's one night on campus and one night in the city. His first year, to go things in Atlanta (Buckhead, Five Points, Virginia Highlands--the kids don't do downtown much) a lot of kids pile into a taxi together--it's cheap that way. After the first few months, class divisions aren't as big and a lot of times he and older friends would go in the friend's car, or he could borrow a car. </p>
<p>As far as Emory, being a party school, that's hard to answer. Apart from certain religiously affiliated colleges, I think all schools are party schools to some degree, and Emory probably falls somewhere in the mid-range. My son's been to a number of parties, but he's not a big party-person, even though he is VERY social. </p>
<p>You can find whatever kind of social life you desire on campus. However, even the party-people on campus tend to limit themselves--the workload can be intense and everyone there is smart, so there really is no opportunity to slack.</p>
<p>As far as the comparisons you are looking for, there are probably more parties at a big state U like Michigan, although there are also going to be a lot of kids at a big school who don't party as well. I don't know much about Vanderbilt but I would suspect it to be similar to Emory--the profiles of admitted students are similar.</p>
<p>Vandy is supposed to be a really big party school.</p>