<p>Towards the end of my junior year and throughout the beginning of my senior year, my heart was completely set on the University of Miami. Having applied ED there I knew it was the only school I wanted. Unfortunately I received the dreadful deferral and to make matters worse was waitlisted on top of that. My dreams felt crushed as I scrambled to find another suitable school that could fill in miami's place. </p>
<p>To my surprise, I received an acceptance from Emory University, and, after having stayed there at a program for the weekend, committed. </p>
<p>My question to you all is this: if I am taken off the waitlist at Miami and offered a spot there, should I take it? I realize that Emory is by far greater for academics and although it came by surprise I really enjoyed my time there. </p>
<p>Some of the things I looked at in a school were location, academics, and school spirit. I also did not receive any financial aid from either of these schools. I am also from Florida. </p>
<p>I am also concerned about the social life at Emory. When I stayed there for the weekend I noticed that there wasn’t much going on. Besides Greek life, which had their college formals, I didn’t really see people walking around campus, hanging at the quad and just being active around campus. </p>
<p>Is this how Emory usually is or did I just choose a bad weekend?</p>
<p>It also depends on what you want to major in. I can’t tell you on where to go to school if you’re concerned about academics. While Emory has wonderful, personal professors, you should also look into what you want to major in. For example, Emory does not have an engineering program, so choosing Emory because of its academics would be faulty if you wanted to major in engineering. Emory is known for its medical and business schools, but political science and international science is prestigious as well. </p>
<p>As for social life, I think that Emory has more shut-ins than normal because everybody is so focused on their goals. However, I also think that you chose a terrible weekend, haha. From what I’ve heard, a plethora of activities are abound at Emory, but nobody takes advantage of them because they’re usually in their rooms or at the Woodpec/library/etc. It really depends on the person. For example, my friend and her roommate were walking through the woods (I don’t know why) to head to a party. But, I also know another guy who just immerses himself in his studies. Then, I know a guy at frat. While a good percentage at Emory stay inside their rooms, a good percentage also utilize their time socializing/partying. </p>
<p>I’m interested in majoring in pre-law or some sort of political science. And is it possible to be serious about academics but also go out every weekend? I feel like if I was always studying I would go crazy.
But I like how you said everyone here is focused on their professional goals because after all that’s why we go to school. How is the workload at Emory overall?</p>
<p>You and I are so much alike. I was torn between a state school and Emory. Researched into whether or not the political science programs were prestigious or not. They both were, so I had to take into account other matters.
Emory’s political science is prestigious, and since you were interested in taking a pre-law route, the quality of Emory’s law school trickles down into the pre-law program that you’d be taking. </p>
<p>However, the University of Miami would, too, be a great school to major in political science for your undergraduate. You would have to make sure that you get into the Honors College, though. Otherwise, you wouldn’t receive the same amount of attention from professors as you would in Emory. </p>
<p>Then, again, you would have to consider the amount of financial aid too. If UofMiami gives you more, I would say UofMiami. But, this depends whether or not the political science department at UofMiami is stronger than Emory’s and whether or not you’re in the honors college/program.</p>
<p>To answer your question, Emory definitely suits the people who like to chillax yet study rigorously. Like you, I would go bat-***** insane if I studied all the time, and thankfully, it’s not like that at Emory. </p>
<p>The workload at Emory is manageable. My friend is doing pre-med, one of the toughest programs offered at Emory, and she’s complaining about a B. While the workload isn’t super hard, the professors do provide a reasonable amount of work. But, from what I’ve heard, as long as you work with the professors, they’ll inflate your grade. </p>
<p>I hope you do come to Emory! Let’s party (and study) together! :D</p>
<p>lol go to emory why would you go to a school that doesnt want you? (this is a shallow answer, dont take it seriously when making your decision lol)</p>
why would you go to a school that doesnt want you? (this is a shallow answer, dont take it seriously when making your decision lol)</p>