<p>are the Jews at Emory cliquey???</p>
<p>how about other groups at Emory...asian community? black community? latino community? gay community?</p>
<p>My sister and a few friends just graduated and they all say emory is one of the preppiest colleges they know and gkc it is not UNC but most schoos are not that way. Emory spirit is much better than you give it credit. N no I myself like jeans n t shrts mostly but emory and vanderbilt are basically preppy southern elite schools. N no one will give u a hard time with what u wear at all, just saying when weather is nice u see the polls and leather flip flops more often than not</p>
<p>Polo shirts. My ifone automaticcaly fills in words</p>
<p>I go to Emory also. I wouldn't really describe emory as preppy. I guess I've never really paid much attention, but I've never really noticed any difference between how emory students dress and any of the surrounding universities. Girls do wear more expensive than average clothes just because it's an expensive private school and of course students tend to be wealthier, but it's definitely not a big deal what you wear. Or maybe I'm just oblivious (if you're a girl wanting to fit in, just wear leggings, ugg boots, northface jacket, and one of those tacky purses with the letter C all over them)</p>
<p>I don't think Jews are even remotely cliquey, probably because there are about a billion too many of them to be considered a clique. For the most part you really don't know whether someone is Jewish or not, unless they happen to have a really Jewish name or mention something in passing about it. </p>
<p>And yeah, some international students tend to stick together. And by stick, I mean cling.</p>
<p>yes i'm a sophomore from the northeast (not NY)</p>
<p>a few things:</p>
<p>Preppy is relative but at schools like wake forest, UVA, and Vanderbilt, you are somewhat out of place if you aren't wearing khakis and shoes. In my opinion, Emory is nowhere near preppy compared to these places. </p>
<p>Party nights are tuesday and thurs-sat (wed for the really hardcore). I have been to big state schools for parties and Emory does not compare, but the social scene is good for the school's rank and you can definitely have a good time.</p>
<p>The school spirit for sports is atrocious. I think there is more hype for big intramural games between frats than for varsity games.</p>
<p>international, indian, and black students tend to be the most cliqueish from what I have seen, but there are obviously exceptions. It is more self-segregation than exclusion</p>
<p>No, I had no idea it was called the "ivy reject school". Interesting and seemingly untrue.</p>
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<li><p>A lot of students at Emory didn't consider Emory as one of their top choices. Spend enough time on CC and you will realize why Emory is called the ivy-reject school.</p></li>
<li><p>Emory is not a southern school. Geographically it is in the south, in every other aspect it isn't. It is not "preppy". There ARE preppy people, but they are in no way the majority. Which is why I keep on bringing up Vanderbilt. Vandy=majority of people decked in Ralph Lauren, J. Crew, etc. and Sperry shoes=preppy. Emory=huge mix. </p></li>
<li><p>In the south Emory is considered rather good. However, nationally Emory is often confused with Embry-Riddle. Generally the average person will recognize Duke or Vanderbilt or some of the major football schools of the south and have no idea what Emory is.</p></li>
<li><p>Ever wonder why Emory has one of the lowest retention rates of the top twenty schools? </p></li>
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<p>I mean let's not kid ourselves here.</p>
<p>wow gkc4, you really seem to dislike emory (please correct me if I'm wrong). Basically everything you've said has expressed some sort of dislike or at least ambivalence (except for you stating Emory is mixed).Just wondering, why do you go there? Were you also rejected from your top choice school, as you've said is the case for the overwhelming majority of students there?</p>
<p>To be honest I really hated Emory when I first got there, but now I really like the place. But Emory does have its faults, I'm just bringing them because I really disagree with a lot of things being said in this thread and I want to give perspective students my honest opinion.</p>
<p>I was rejected from my top school and Emory was pretty much at the bottom of my list, but it's something I could care less about now. </p>
<p>In Emory's defense, the schools has great academics. I was sort of blown away by all of my professors (excluding the personal health prof....but that's because it's personal health). Pretty much everyone there is very nice and easy to talk to, and from my experience Emory is really lax about partying/alcohol. You can definitely find your niche if you look hard enough (although another shortcoming to me is that the 'groups' form really quickly. Maybe that's something that happens everywhere though). Atlanta is a nice playground if you're willing to ride MARTA or once your get a car.</p>
<p>In general I'd describe the school as chill. No one is going to jump on your back about anything and everyone is open to a lot of things. There's no rah-rah school spirit but at the same time I think a lot of people like it that way.</p>
<p>I second siri...
gkc4, out of curiosity where are you originally from?</p>
<p>I'm from Georgia and I know many people here and elsewhere who dream of Emory as there absolute number one. In the South an Emory degree seems to be golden especially in the realm of medicine. "Lets not kid ourselves," an Emory undergrad degree is noted by most premiere grad schools.</p>
<p>Maybe I'm mistaken but isn't EU retention rate 94%, only two percent below H 96%</p>
<p>*fyi: I don't really think CC was meant to be reference material</p>
<p>I'll second gkc that Atlanta is a great playground. The city has really transformed my college experience from the no-car days. I would've transferred a while ago if I was restricted to the campus. I personally never thought the row was very fun. I mean there were literally nights where I would stay in and work, because writing a paper sounded more fun at the time than going to a frat party. Some people like it tho. They're the kids that go Greek.</p>
<p>do you have to be greek to attend the parties?</p>
<p>I'm a freshman at Emory this year. So far, I really don't think there is one way to classify Emory. While it is for sure more preppy than a school like Brown or Berkeley, it isn't really overwhelmingly so. There are a lot of different types of people here.</p>
<p>Also I really don't think Emory is all that Jap-py either. There are a LOT more Jews than I ever realized that go to Emory, but I would not describe them as JAPs.</p>
<p>No, you don't have to be greek to attend the parties. Usually the frat parties are predominately freshmen and they don't even join the Greek system until second semester (late January I think).</p>
<p>I love Jews. My tour guide was a current Emory senior named Joel. He was a history [and maybe english] major. He was pretty cute. =]</p>
<p>I don't understand why everyone worries about the people. So what IF the people are mostly preppy? 1) If you're one of those people who don't like blending in then you won't just for the fact that you're not preppy like everyone else. 2) And if there aren't lots of preppy people, then more people to relate to. It's a win-win if you have the right perspective.</p>
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<p>I'm from Georgia and I know many people here and elsewhere who dream of Emory as there absolute number one. In the South an Emory degree seems to be golden especially in the realm of medicine. "Lets not kid ourselves," an Emory undergrad degree is noted by most premiere grad schools.</p>
<p>Maybe I'm mistaken but isn't EU retention rate 94%, only two percent below H 96%</p>
<p>*fyi: I don't really think CC was meant to be reference material
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<p>I'm from Georgia. However where I'm from Emory is considered the place you go when you're rejected from your top choice. I'm not trying to be mean, it's just the truth. Different worlds, I guess. </p>
<p>And the key words are "in the south". But yes grad schools look at Emory just as they would schools similarly ranked, I'm just saying the average person has probably never heard of Emory (although the average person has also probably never heard of WUSTL, Rice, etc).</p>
<p>I think I've heard pretty much heard every school in the top 20 that's not an ivy league described as the "ivy league reject school" or a "safety school" (with the exception of MIT and Stanford) but I don't think anybody honestly cares where you go to school after you get your first few jobs. Seeing how most professional careers require grad work, undergrad means next to nothing once you graduate. And in the eyes of grad schools, Emory gets its respect.</p>
<p>I guess if you go to a well known ivy, you get the advantage of the average person on the street thinking your school is pretty much divine, but for most people, when they hear "WashU" or "Rice" or "Emory", they don't think anymore than some random state school unless they are from the area. We exist in a sort of microcosm where grades and schools are pretty much the focus of our being, but the vast majority of people don't care where you went to school or what you did there (a surprising amount of people I've met when I tell them what I'm majoring in ask me what 'neuroscience' even is.)</p>
<p>Emory's a great school for a lot of people. I'm fairly certain I would have gotten into higher ranked schools if I had applied, and I know a good bit of people who turned down higher US News-ranked (which are pretty dubious anyway) schools and ivies for Emory</p>