<p>ND is NOT #3 in endowment rankings. HYPS are significantly richer. A quick google search will confirm this. Not only are you stupid, but also lazy.</p>
<p>wow great rebuttal, i meant the ranking in alumni giving according to US news</p>
<p>^ Haven’t you been pwned enough already? You’re not only making yourself look bad, but also your school.</p>
<p>happymedstudent, I think it’s VERY safe to say that in the World, Oxford and Cambridge are both more significantly prestigious than either Yale or Princeton or Stanford. </p>
<p>Likewise, when you talk about the correlation, I just want to point out that both Vanderbilt and Emory have larger endowments than Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, Brown, and schools like UC Berkeley (I believe) amongst others, but are, for whatever reason still both less prestigious than these other schools.</p>
<p>Likewise, Notre Dame has a large endowment, larger than many ivies and non-ivies, but pales in prestige comparison to them.</p>
<p>the endowment argument is pretty negligible.</p>
<p>I think that Oxbridge is no longer as powerful or prestigious as and has fallen behind HYPS. But that is debatable, I guess.</p>
<p>As to your point, usually there seems to be a time lag between endowment rankings and prestige rankings. Stanford, for example, was rich before it became powerful and prestigious. But eventually it did catch up to HYP, which is why we have HYPS.</p>
<p>Wow, this is almost making me rethink my Vanderbilt application…</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, Happymedstudent,</p>
<p>Schools like JHU and Georgetown have almost always been relatively less wealthy than schools like Vanderbilt and Emory, and yet have maintained higher prestige in academia and much greater name-recognition due to factors like: student accomplishments, award-winning faculty, ground-breaking innovations, and pioneering leadership in academic fields throughout the world.</p>
<p>Merely having a larger endowment, as indicated by the comparatively uninspiring histories of Emory and Vanderbilt, has little to no lee-way on actual accomplishments and prestige.</p>
<p>And FYI, Stanford became this successful because of how many important and outstanding figures in academia and public policy it has produced. Not related to money.</p>
<p>Actually Vanderbilt should be due for a healthy boost in the rankings after they dropped the supplement on the application–their applicant number went up.</p>
<p>Vanderbilt and Emory are close academically, but Vanderbilt, like my school, is much more well-rounded.</p>
<p>I think I would personally choose Emory. I think its academics are slightly stronger all around, and I personally do not like the looks of the social scene at Vanderbilt. I would also prefer Atlanta to Nashville, although both have their strong points. Aesthetically, Vanderbilt would be the better choice, both in terms of campus beauty and student body.</p>
<p>i think one thing people need to stay away from is equating prestige with rankings.
Even if vanderbilt moves up in the rankings, it will not gain notably in prestige.</p>
<p>For example, WashU regularly ranks above Cornell, Brown, JHU, Northwestern, and at one point, ranked above Chicago, Columbia, etc.</p>
<p>However, almost anyone in academia would tell you that all 6 of these schools are more prestigious and reputable than WashU, though it still is a really good school.</p>
<p>Rankings don’t mean much. Georgetown ranks below vanderbilt. NYU ranks below a lot of schools like Brandeis, etc, but in Academia, both formers schools are more reputable than the latter and garner a lot more academic acclaim.</p>
<p>Prestige is immeasureable. The closest bet MIGHT be the Peer Assessment. Other factors like selectivity, endowment, etc does NOT measure academic prestige.</p>
<p>“Prestige is immeasureable. The closest bet MIGHT be the Peer Assessment. Other factors like selectivity, endowment, etc does NOT measure academic prestige.”</p>
<p>Except here in the wonderful world of CC.</p>
<p>Really, the solution is simple. People on CC continue to overlook the obvious.</p>
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Heads Emory, tails Vanderbilt. Flip the coin.</p>
<p>I also think that Emory has better academics across the board but you are not guaranteed into the business school though and you will already be accepted into the college at vanderbilt but vanderbilt has better athletics and social scene and if you like nashville then hey thats your answer…a lot of people from emory are pretty apathetic as their sports are DIII and there are way to many jewish, long island, and asians there but that shouldnt deter you though 
and atlanta is a nice town to be in for college though there hope this helped</p>
<p>Given the vast differences of both schools, I don’t see how anyone could really have such a dilemma between ED at Vandy or ED at Emory.</p>
<p>People who would be happy at Vandy are usually people who would thrive in schools like Duke, Northwestern, Stanford, Princeton, and possibly Penn because of the social scene, sports prominence, frat scene (except Princeton for eating clubs…and Penn…not too sure?) and generally easy-going student body (this does not pertain to Penn)</p>
<p>People who would love Emory would usually find schools like Johns Hopkins, UChicago, Columbia, Harvard and possibly Wash U interesting because of the heavier academic culture, study-based prestige, and small to non-existent frat scene.</p>
<p>Pick which one sounds more appealing to you.</p>
<p>Go with Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>Vandy because its more fun/more well known/generally more prestigious-- The differences are slim prestige/academic wise though so decide yourself. It’s all about personal fit though so visit both and decide.</p>
<p>i notice people mentioning vanderbilt these days. maybe i’m too old school, but i always remember emory being more reputable than vanderbilt.</p>
<p>I have a child at Emory and a child at one of the Ivies and I can not say enough about Emory. My D has had an amazing education, endless opportunities, excellent relationships with her profs, great internships, etc. Don’t know a thing about Vandy as neither child was interested. The education at Emory is as good as the education at the Ivy. I think you should visit both, if you can. You will know.</p>
<p>I have a child at Vanderbilt and a child at one of the Ivies and I can not say enough about Vanderbilt. My S has had an amazing education, endless opportunities, excellent relationships with his profs, great internships, etc. Don’t know a thing about Emory as neither child was interested. The education at Vanderbilt is as good as the education at the Ivy. I think you should visit both, if you can. You will know.</p>
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<p>movinmom: I’m sorry but how exactly would you go about comparing the quality of education at one school with that of another when you were never a student at either one? I just hate when people talk about their child’s experiences and opinions and treat them as if they’re facts. The fact of the matter is that kids lie, embellish and mislead all the time. If my parents were throwing down 40k a year for a school, don’t you think that I’d at least humor them in believing that I was receiving, as you put it, an amazing education, even though I might feel that my education is just adequate or marginally satisfactory. </p>
<p>noobcake: Kinda cool of you to call out that ridiculously generic post. It seems like I’ve seen that post like 50 times with 50 different schools.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/emory-university/[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/emory-university/</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/vanderbilt-university/[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/vanderbilt-university/</a></p>