<p>My daugher was accepted to Emory but the cost is more than any of the schools she was accepted to. For parents or past graduates, is it worth it? She was accepted to some other good schools with good merit scholarships. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>if the cost is manageable and the other school are not as good as Emory than yes. if would be even more beneficial if they are going premed or business</p>
<p>Yes she is pre-med, which is one of the main reasons she chose Emory and why I’m considering going into debt to send her there. I know Emory has great pre-med resources. Do you think being a successful graduate of Emory and getting into a good medical school will make the higher costs worth it in the end?</p>
<p>Emory owns hospitals and they tend to give volunteer/research opportunities to Emory people… also, Emory like to hire/admit Emory. it all depends on how much debt you are talking about and if it’s manageable. I personally think it’s worth it (I’m also taking out loans and doing premed). but if the amount of loans you are talking about is like $200k, then no.</p>
<p>It really depends on what the other schools are under consideration and their costs. If you take on debt for undergrad, what about the debt for medical school?</p>
<p>My daughter graduated from Emory last year and was able to get into the #1 graduate program for her discipline. The pre-meds she has known at Emory and kids we know that went to Emory from our area have done well in their medical school pursuits. </p>
<p>I think Emory was well worth the money we paid (and we paid a lot!), but she is an only child and we could handle the cost without debt. </p>
<p>This is really a personal choice. As much as we love Emory -undergraduate debt+medical school debt has to be considered.</p>
<p>My D graduated a year ago. She had an amazing experience at Emory. Her premed professors were excellent and also very accessible. They spent as much time with her as she needed outside of the classroom and made her feel as if she were their only student. She had great internship and work opportunities in the hospitals. She stayed on to work at one of them this year and is attending med school next year. My S will be a freshman this year and hopes to get in to the business school. To put this in perspective, our middle child is at an Ivy and her experience with premed classes was very different - profs were only available during a few time slots and were not very good about scheduling time if she had a legit conflict - i.e. another class. It is expensive - that is for sure - but they also have merit money available for rising sophomores and juniors so a strong freshman year will put your D in good contention. It helped us significantly b/c it also includes tuition for a summer term abroad. Good Luck!</p>
<p>movinmom, I didnt know emory had merit for rising sophomores and seniors! where can I find more on that? I am definitely interested!</p>
<p>My vote is that you should not go into debt to send your daughter to Emory. She has other good options, with good merit scholarships. Read the article in today’s Wall Street Journal about the retirees who are faced with the real possibility of running out of money before they die.</p>
<p>I agree with everyone , but going into debt for Undergrad is not the smartest idea. Med school is expensive and its best if you start planning to spend on that and send your daughter to the best school she has got in but that costs the least. Emory is amazing but if it means going into debt then what will that mean when she is in med school? My sister attends Emory and she loves it but she has friends that parents pay and sometimes its a task thats unbearable.</p>
<p>sometimes you pay what you get. the good thing about state flagships is that they are cheaper but the bad thing is teachers dont care and quality of teaching is not as good as places like emory. I think emory is a good choice only if debt it not outrageous. people who graduate premed tend to be able to find work right after graduation so they can help pay down the debt… they work in Emory labs and such… Med school is hard to get into but it’s even harder if your school is not that high ranked and does not have a good reputation</p>
<p>i agree with emory83 i know people who say the investments were worth it</p>
<p>She was accepted to Creighton University, Univerity of Michigan, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, University of Iowa, Case Western Reserve, and a few others. None of these I feel are comparable to Emory. The cost per year between Emory and her 2nd choice is about 10,000 a year. My concern is the size of the other schools would make it harder for her to get the individualized support and opportunities that Emory offers it’s students. Like movinmom mentioned, I heard about the merit money available for upperclassmen too. If she knocks it out of the park freshmen year that could help.</p>
<p>To be considered for a Dean’s Achievement Scholarship, a student should (1) be a rising sophomore (current freshmen) or a rising junior (current sophomores) in the Emory College of Arts and Sciences, (2) have a GPA of at least 3.60, and (3) have made extraordinary contributions to the academic, intellectual and extracurricular life of the Emory community. If you wish to be considered for a DAS scholarship, please complete an application by following the instructions on the enclosed information form and return it electronically by May 13, 2011 to <a href=“mailto:DAS@learnlink.emory.edu”>DAS@learnlink.emory.edu</a>. You must also ask one College faculty member to write a letter endorsing your candidacy and email it as a Word document to DAS@learnlink,emory.edu by May 13, 2011. The best letters of recommendation are from faculty members who can comment on your intellectual as well as academic contributions to the Emory community. Academic ability and intellectual development are important factors the selection committee considers in making these awards. </p>
<p>Students awarded a Dean’s Achievement Scholarship will receive a $10,000 merit-based tuition scholarship for each of their remaining years in the College of Arts and Sciences. They will also become members of the Emory Scholars Program. Current recipients of Liberal Arts Scholarships are eligible to apply for a Dean’s Achievement Scholarship and add this to the merit award they are already receiving. Students already receiving other Emory merit-based or courtesy scholarships will not receive both the DAS and that scholarship, but rather the scholarship valued the highest. Even if a student receives no additional funds, the DAS allows students to become part of the Emory Scholars Program and receive benefits related to participation in that program. For students who are receiving need-based financial aid, the Dean’s Achievement Scholarship will normally replace loan support in their financial aid package.</p>
<p>Students who apply for the Dean’s Achievement Scholarship should know that this is a highly competitive scholarship competition. Emory College of Arts and Sciences expects to receive about 200 nominations and applications and can only fund about twenty-five awards annually. Decisions about these awards will be announced by early July.</p>
<p>She should definitely choose University of Michigan over Emory. It doesn’t really matter where go undergrad for getting into med school (assuming that you’re choosing between schools with decent pre-med programs that prepare their students for the MCAT). I went to Emory and I don’t think it’s worth the cost. My parents didn’t have trouble paying but a lot of my friends regretted going to such an expensive school. I also feel that Emory treats its students like crap in some ways and takes advantage of them financially. I have a friend who had serious medical problems and had to take off a semester to have surgery. Because of the date he withdrew, he was entitled to 60% of his tuition back. The university only gave him 40% back because someone in the administration got the date of his withdrawal incorrect. They wouldn’t listen to complaints from his parents because they said their kid was over 18. And finally they told my friend that if someone in the administration screwed up the date, there was nothing that could be done. I also have a friend who was charged for a full year of on-campus housing even though he lived off-campus and was told by someone in the administration that he could live off campus.</p>
<p>for some reason (not getting along with emory people?), citylife873 hates emory. all of his posts about emory are negative.</p>
<p>I think Citylife873 is correct that, “It doesn’t really matter where [you] go undergrad for getting into med school (assuming that you’re choosing between schools with decent pre-med programs that prepare their students for the MCAT).” Also, I noted with interest that OmgMom mentioned Creighton as one of her daughter’s options. I know a physician who chose Creighton over two elite schools – one being The University of Chicago - because, “It just felt like the right place for me.” After Creighton, he was accepted to, and graduated from, a very prestigious medical school.</p>
<p>I understand what everyone is saying about Undergrad not mattering as long as you do well and score high on the MCAT, but I can’t imagine all schools would prepare students equally. My concern is that the other schools will not be able to provide the same opportunities either. I guess I see that 80% med school acceptance and that makes me think it’s worth it. I keep hearing that Emory really supports their students and the smaller private University I think fits my daughter’s personality. Minnesota and Michigan are so large that I’m afraid she would get pushed aside.</p>
<p>Emory does not have an 80% med school acceptance rate. That statistic is for seniors with a 3.5 + GPA and a 30+ MCAT score. The number for total applicants in 2009 was 48.5%, slightly above the national average of 46%.
<a href=“http://www.career.emory.edu/parents/pdf/Med_Stats_2009.pdf[/url]”>http://www.career.emory.edu/parents/pdf/Med_Stats_2009.pdf</a></p>