Vanderbilt vs. Emory?

<p>Re the SAT scores, I think we could spend a lot of unproductive time and effort arguing whether to include this or that group. The reality is that the difference in SAT scores, no matter how you measure it, is modest (and this would include Cornell). </p>

<p>Driven in part by a much greater commitment to attracting a more diverse and national student body (although there is more to do here to insure that this is not a flash iin the pan, particularly for Vanderbilt), these schools are seeing their national profiles rise. Emory and Vanderbilt have been great beneficiaries of the demographic swell and their average student is much improved over the past decade. Both schools offer a terrific undergraduate experience and the educational and student quality is on the upswing as these schools increasingly compete for top students with the lower Ivies and other top privates. </p>

<p>Re the question about environment, there are students posting on here and you might want to reread their comments. </p>

<p>college2332's post #3 about Vanderbilt,</p>

<p>" Despite stereotypes of the school, the students here are some of the most down-to-earth people I have ever met. The vast majority of the students are really friendly – people hold doors and were just simply raised properly. People would rather be your friend than beat you on a test. Vanderbilt is probably the furthest you can get from a cut throat atmosphere. Community Service is also huge here (esp. with Alternative Spring Break Programs). There also tons of clubs, publications, radio station, etc." </p>

<p>and jkh411 #34 has this about Emory,</p>

<p>" Only the business school grades according to percentiles, the college absolutely does not promote competition; i.e if you get good grades you get good grades. The only possible scaling done at Emory College involves everyone in the class getting a higher grade if the average is considered low for a particular test or semester. As for social life…, both schools provide means, usually through the frat system, to meet and party with people. One you secure a group of friends and merely want to do your own thing, Atlanta offers a pretty spectacular scene."</p>

<p>Maybe these two posters and others will return and provide further insight into their respective schools and the environment for an undergraduate student. </p>

<p>My personal view is that you will find a high degree of satisfaction among current students and both environments will provide a positive experience. But, again, I think you will also find different personalities at each school and you can best appreciate this with a visit to the campuses (preferably during the school year) and the cities.</p>

<p>Guaranteed transfers or not, they cannot apply to Emory College until they are rising juniors. This means that they must first graduate from Oxford, a two year college, before being admitted to Emory College. Arguably, the SAT scores they took in high school become fairly irrelevant by this time in their college careers and are no longer a viable tool to describe the academic quality of a class. This is why all the stats we argue about are for incoming freshman; SAT ranges for an entire university are never of very much concern. The strength of a university can only be quantified by usings numbers for those directly admitted from high school, unless you want all transfers to retake the SATs. With that said, I'd be happy to answer environment related questions on Emory, just as Vanderbilt students can talk about their school (hopefully people who have not enrolled in either school can refrain from talking about what they heard in some other thread or from some relative, etc.... which is not useful to the OP).</p>

<p>i had the same decision and picked vanderbilt.
vanderbilt has an amazingly popular and strong pre-med but does not have an official undergrad business program.
my decision to choose vanderbilt over emory and higher ranked schools came down to the fact that it's social scene is second to none in a group of top schools. don't remember seeing any misquotes but i used to live about half an hour from emory and couldn't stand them.</p>

<p>I'm at Emory. The social scene is amazing. Lots of hot girls... If you end up doing pre-med, you'll be all set for med. school. The business school from what my friends say, is very good. Feel free to ask more specific questions.</p>

<p>In my opinion Emory is seen as a more academic school among the right people. Vanderbilt is widely known for sports and its social atmosphere. Both are approximately equivalent in prestige, but Emory is definitely better for business and Vandy for law.</p>

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<p>Emory does not have "lots of hot girls". Based on my campus visit, Emory has lots of ugly girls who think they are hot (buying expensive clothes does not make you attractive). Based of facial features, Emory girls can safely be considered 'ugly'. Using objective data, CollegeProwlr rated Vanderbilt an "A+" and Emory a "C" in terms of females which seems extremely generous to Emory. Search "Emory Goggles" on UrbanDictionary, Emory is well-known for not having an attractive student body.</p>

<p>Conversely, Vanderbilt gets routinely scouted by modeling agencies/magazines. Vanderbilt alum Molly Sims is a Victoria Secret model and countless others have represented their state in national beauty pageants. And Vandy has beautiful girls of all ethnicities -- movie star Logan Browning comes to mind.</p>

<p>So while Vanderbilt and Emory may appear to be on the same page academically, Vandy slaughters Emory in regards to social scene. It would be a travesty for a student who loves D-1 sports (tailgates, march madness, etc.) and wants a balanced social experience to chose Emory. Most people who have the decision pick Vandy and for good reason.</p>

<p>YouTube</a> - Emory Sucks</p>

<p>vanerbilt is a gorgeous school on gorgeous grounds that offers an excellent education. their opening a res college for frehman in 2008 is a wonderful embellishment to an already well rounded social and academic milieu. nashville is a cool city that is highly accessible without being intrusive--except for that twang of cw music that seems to be in the background ubiquitously. vandy's demographic for years has been the polo shirt wearing, country club attending southern wasp. about 8 years ago its leadership made a consorted effort to attract more jews, and it has succeeded with a 12% attendance. i mention the jews only because this initiative gives testimony to the vandy had committed itself to shed it demographic cloak of the past, and it has done nicely. i see vandy continiung to move forward in its rankings and in its reputation.</p>

<p>emory also has a lot to offer. i am skeptical of the type of person who would make a claim that any group of girls is ugly. i can't help but feel that the sentiment expressed functions to further the negative close-mindedness that used to be attributed to a "southern" mentality. besides that, the statement sounds just plain mean. that said, i think vandy has some great looking girls and guys, most of whom would be unlikely to call another group "ugly.
so back to what emory offeres.
what i liked the best about emory is the way everything seemed to be top notch. whether you went into the bathroom, the computer lab, the gym, the classrooms or the dorms, you felt as though every single student was going to have access to amazing facilities, equipment, food, as well as profs. i thing vandy is more aethetically appealing than emory. i like the trees and the charm. and while new facilites at vandy rock, there are more facilites at vandy that could use updating than there are at emory.
academically, emory has its strengths and so does vandy.<br>
in regards to the the SAT debate taking place above. another view that is worth exploring is the list of top feeder schools. these figures, though a couple of years old, compare all schools based on the success of thier graduates--regardless of where those grads may have begun.
the wall street journal article's writer with her team of reporters looked at 15 elite schools--5 from medicine, from law, and from business to profile wherethe students came from. they factored in class size (michigan being 3 times the size of georgetown, etc).
EMORY ranks #38
1,509 Class Size
33 # attending
2.19% feeder score
Vanderbilt did not make the top 50 ranking on this survey.
Haraard was #1, Williams #5, Duke #6, Rice #20, Wash U #47
<a href="http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/p...ege_092503.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/p...ege_092503.pdf&lt;/a>
Do these figures mean emory is better or the schools it beat out?
no.
but if you were aspiring to gain admittance to a top med, law or business school, and many folks are not, than these figures are important.
and for TheOC89, the emory class incompasses all those who graduated whether they originated at emory or jupiter.
what i'm aiming at is that both schools offer a lot.
you should be looking at which school's economic package will work best for you, which program do you think you might want to pursue, and if all things are equal, then look at the way you feel when you're spending time on each campus.
if ur able to choose one school or the other, you are one lucky person!</p>

<p>Vanderbilt. Emory has thay weird Oxford thing</p>

<p>Both are great schools academically. Socially, Vanderbilt seems dominated by conservative Southern preppies. Emory is more diverse and cosmopolitan. It’s all about fit, but I favor Emory.</p>