<p>I am extremely interested in studying Economics, and was accepted to these schools. I am undecided on which school to attend this fall. Can any of you give me any advice on each of these, especially on graduate school placement? Thanks!</p>
<p>lol. You’re at the wrong place. But if i were you, i would choose boston college honors. Emory is better than all of these though.</p>
<p>Haha. The title was meant to include Emory (I got accepted there as well).
I’ve heard that Emory has a great Business program, but I would like to focus more on Economics. Is Emory still better than the others in this area?</p>
<p>hmmm…i still like Emory but Davidson will work just as well. Beautiful Campus!</p>
<p>Thanks!
I like both of them, but since I’m an international student, I don’t know where any of the universities rank in graduate school placement and academics etc.
Are you an undergrad at Emory?</p>
<p>steibca, glad you included Emory in your list of acceptances. I looked at both of these schools as well and chose Emory. You have to decide what is your best fit. These are some of the reasons, I chose Emory.</p>
<p>Emory is medium size school with 7500 students plus the graduate students. The class ratios are excellent even with the medium size. Emory is 10% international and is easy to get to in metropolitan area. Atlanta is great.</p>
<p>Davidson is a small school with 1700 students and 4% international. Davidson is in a small town and more difficult to get to, but you can check that out.</p>
<p>Emory has a highly ranked undergrad school and an economic major. I attended the summer Economics class last year and loved it. Davidson is a fabulous liberal arts college with Economic and no business school.</p>
<p>Both are great schools! It is a question of what fits you best. Hope you have visited both, because they are both great schools! Congrats!</p>
<p>The American university system is generally based on a four year residential experience. The first two years are primarily exploration and breadth, a liberal or general education. The last two years are primarily focused on a particular major or course of study.</p>
<p>In general the top universities offer a broad range of majors. It is not necessary to select a major or focus while in high school, and if you do select one it is not necessary that you stick to it.</p>
<p>In general, I think medium sized universities of 5,000 to 8,000 undergraduate students offer some advantages. Below that size, there may be a lack of breadth in the offerings. Above that size, there may be a lack of personal attention.</p>
<p>Have to disagree that Davidson is “hard to get to”–it is just as close to an airport (Charlotte) as Emory is.</p>
<p>Both great schools with beautiful campuses. You will have fewer classes to choose from at Davidson, but the trade off is the individual attention you can get in the intimate small school environment. They do very well placing students in grad school. But for some students, it may feel just too small.</p>
<p>Bookmobile, I agree that both Davidson and Emory are great schools. </p>
<p>To clarify, I also agree that Davidson and Emory are both about the same distance from the airport. The difference in my mind is that Atlanta is a larger airport and may have more direct flights and more flights for flexibility. If Steibeca is traveling from Switzerland, it might be two flights in any case. I do know there is a direct flight from Zurich to ATL on Delta. Of course, no one should choose their school based on the commute, unless that is major factor for them.</p>
<p>Steibeca, I also wanted to let you know I had a great experience at the Emory Pre-College class of Economics: Principle and Current Issues. It was taught by Gordon Streeb who was the former US Ambassador to Zambia and also served as Director of the Carter Center’s Global Development to Zambia. It was a very international approach talking about current issues. You might be interested to research the Carter Center and its relationship with Emory.</p>
<p>You have great choices and need to decide which is the best fit for you. Congratulations!</p>
<p>I have a daughter at Emory, but we are from the Boston area. I think that Boston is a great city for an international or actually any student. The social life encompasses all of the schools in the Boston area and has VERY easy access to public transportation compared to Emory. Boston is just a really great college town!</p>
<p>I do not know much about Davidson except that it is really small compared with BC and Emory. I would think that William and Mary might get more local students than the other schools.</p>
<p>Also, BC has great athletics which Emory doesn’t have. At the end of the day, I am sure that you can get a good education at any of these schools. However, BC is in a very safe area, has easy access to Boston via the T-system, Boston has made incredible Universities that socialize together, and offers many internship opportunities that would be accessible by public transportation. The only potential negative to BC that I really do not know much about is the diversity issue. Emory is truly incredibly diverse.</p>
<p>I just wanted to add that we really like Emory a lot. But we are from the Boston area, and our student wanted to go to a different area for college. If BC was not ten minutes down the street, I think our student would have loved going there.</p>
<p>Good luck to you!</p>
<p>Like Peacefulmom, I love Boston. My sister attends a college in Boston and it is awesome. I looked seriously at Boston College as well. </p>
<p>My question to Steibeca is: Are you in the Honors Program for the BC Business School–Carroll School of Management? You would have applied to the Business School when you sent in your application and your admittance would state you were accepted into the business school. It is nearly impossible to get into the Business School if you are not admitted immediately. Now if you do not care about going to the Business School, then no worries if you were not admitted. I would guess you could be an Economics major in their College of Arts and Sciences.</p>
<p>If you are not admitted into the BC Carroll School of Management, then you might prefer to go to Emory where you still have the ability to go into the business school.</p>
<p>I love Boston College for all of the things described by peaceful mom, but for me it was not a good fit to go immediately into the business school. Emory provided me more options to focus on sciences and later to go into the business school. </p>
<p>I will also say, that going to school where you are in the Honors Program is really great. You are immediately recognized as a scholar and leader in your class. You receive preferential treatment with great access to programs and professors. I think this is a great opportunity if it fits with where you want to be academically at BC, in the business school or not.</p>
<p>I do wish that Emory had D1 athletics like Boston College. It would really complete the package. At the end of the day, I needed to focus on what is best for me academically and hope that Georgia Tech and the professional teams can provide some good entertainment for me.</p>
<p>I never looked at William and Mary, so I have no comment on that college. Good luck, but be sure you really understand the programs from the different schools.</p>
<p>@collegeismygoal
My focus is on pure Economic theory, and I have no interest in Business, so the Carroll School of Management is not for me. Also, thank you for your recommendations on the Principle and Current Issues classes. </p>
<p>I appreciate all the previous comments from everyone on this thread, you have given great advice. I want my college experience to be enjoyable, but academically challenging. I attend a private international school that does the International Baccalaureate program (like the US’s AP program but significantly harder), so I need an comfortable environment filled with intellectually stimulating students, and out of the schools I was accepted to, I am curious to see what each offers.</p>
<p>My choice is now mainly between Davidson and Emory, due to their academic rigor, but I still stand undecided.
It seems that Davidson focuses greatly in creating a community, and has a heavy focus on individual education, which I appreciate. The only issue: it is not as recognized as a university such as Emory.
Emory, for me, has always been associated with its Medical graduate focus, as well as its Business school, and although it is more diverse, I don’t know if I personally will fit into the school (but that is not something a thread post will determine).</p>
<p>Regarding commute (I am interested to find out how you know that I am from Switzerland), I always fly to Charlotte to visit family in North Carolina, so it isn’t really an issue.</p>
<p>Again, thanks everyone for your interest in this thread. I have a few final questions though:
- If you were to explain Emory in a sentence, what would that sentence be (I have found this to be one of the most interesting ways to learn how the school is perceived)
- if you are an Emory alumni, have children at the school, or even just visited, what was your experience like?</p>
<p>I would definitely choose Emory over Davidson. Atlanta is a major city, and Emory has a very diverse and very bight academic student body- and has grad schools. They also have a very well developed study abroad program. You may find the size of Emory to be a little overwhelming at first, but you will grow into it. Small schools just get smaller and smaller. Honestly, I can’t imagine anyone choosing Davidson liking Emory and anyone choosing Emory liking Davidson. They are so different from a size point of view.</p>
<p>Summary sentence:
Emory is good because the students are well-rounded (you will make great friends), very happy, VERY diverse and it is located in a major city with easy airport access, is in a safe community and offers four years of housing and net-working is better in a large school, as well as the real world is better reflected in a large school.</p>
<p>Also, i would actually try to gain a really good understanding of the professors in the program you are interested in. Since you are focused, I would look at the course offerings (also small school sometimes only off classes every other year) in your intended major and talk to the profs and student in this major.</p>
<p>Have you visited either school?</p>
<p>Boston College Honors would be my choice.</p>
<p>First Question:
I think you will find a much larger international community at Emory, plus better airline access.</p>
<p>Second Question:
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