<p>I heard from several people that Emory is overrated, and should be ranked lower... (It's currently ranked 20th nationally by USNEWS)</p>
<p>The question I have is why? (and I know someone is going to post the question "why does it matter?" It doesn't matter... I'm posting this just for the sake of curiosity. Go ask a sociology professor if you're so concerned with reasons.)</p>
<p>I know ratings aren't based on popularity, obviously, but I think it is significant that most people will not have heard of Emory before they begin searching colleges. However, they will know about most of the top schools on that list. It's kind of odd -- if it's supposedly the 20th best school in America, why doesn't anyone know about it? But, then again, maybe it's a hidden gem. </p>
<p>I look forward to other responses on this. I'm curious, too.</p>
<p>lol
yeah, but alot of schools are unknown to the public.
University of Chicago, Washington University in St. Louis, etc...</p>
<p>Emory's endowment is $4.4 billion, one of the top in nation. It is wonderful for medical research as the CDC and EIS are right next door. Its undergraduate business program was ranked 5th in nation. Also, it misreported the alumni givings, and should have been ranked under 18.</p>
<p>Simple reason why people believe Emory is overranked; it is less prestigious than Cal and Georgetown, 20th and 23rd respectively. With that said, US News ranking is not based solely on prestige/ name recognition, i.e. factors that US News takes into account are usually overlooked by CC'ers. The 2007 ranking will be very interesting now that Emory will report its correct alumni givings. Even though it's only 5% of the "grade," going from 73rd to 16th is huge and, as beowulf00 mentioned, probably enough to enable Emory to pass ND/Vandy pushing them to 20th and Emory to 18th (if nothing else changes)... who knows.</p>
<p>Emory is very one-dimensional. Pre-med and... what else???? </p>
<p>Compared to schools ranked lower than it, Emory leaves a sour taste in the mouth.</p>
<p>Proves my point: General and purely subjective statements about prestige/ name recognition mixed with no facts or any sign of knowledge about the University he/she is judging. I was guilty of it too on the WUSTL board, however, I never used figurative language...</p>
<p>Moi? It is no secret that Emory lacks top programs in quite a few fields.
When was the last time you heard recruiters raving about Emory engineering, business, CS, etc.</p>
<p>The BBA program is top 10 ( even if you don't agree with the #5 spot given by BW), Pre-Med is on par with WUSTL, Pre- Law (not sure where to find rankings), Political Science is definately top- notch, do any other programs really matter/ can be ranked? I'll give you IR and engineering though.</p>
<p>I give you the pre-med of course but pre-law and polisci?
I'm not insulting Emory but if you compare Emory with UVA or Georgetown, it seems like the latter two should be ranked higher.</p>
<p>...That is understandable, however I find it odd that Emory usually gets the heat for this anomaly rather than schools like ND and Vandy, which, in my opinion, are less qualified to be ranked above UVA/Georgetown/ Cal.</p>
<p>Oh believe me those two should not be spared either and I'm not picking out Emory at all (its just that the thread is about Emory :))</p>
<p>In the South, telling someone you go to Duke or Vandy is a big deal. It's like a Northerner saying they go to Harvard. People bashing these schools are clearly not from the South.</p>
<p>I was speaking in generalities, and possibly to your post which stated that after UNC, Emory should be the next to go from "CC Top Universities"...</p>
<p>Well I believe Vandy is slightly > Emory but that can probably change according to statistics/data. I grew up in the south and I've heard of Vandy but never Emory.</p>
<p>In which fields does Georgetown excel? International relations, yes. Foreign languages, perhaps. I'm stuck beyond that. Certainly their sciences are very weak. The same goes for Vanderbilt, CMU, Notre Dame, and BC, all to a lesser extent. I'd say Emory is at least as strong and well-rounded, probably more so. Art history, classics, English, religion, history, biology, primatology/anthropology, and psychology are a few excellent departments I can think of.</p>
<p>CMU sciences are highly regarded and overshadowed by the tech part (though it shouldn't be). The avg starting salaries for math/physics/chem are in the 55ks without bonuses. CMU is also #1 for cognitive psych and creative writing but these do not excuse its poor humanities.</p>
<p>Likewise, I think Georgetown's liberal arts > Emory's and its business/econ seems better as well.</p>
<p>I wasn't referring to CMU's sciences, which are quite good (as are its art programs). I was primarily referring to the humanities. (CMU #1 for creative writing? Proof???)</p>
<p>I remember the tour guide saying that a while ago. A quick search shows:</p>
<p>"The Department of English boasts nationally and internationally known programs in creative writing, rhetoric, and literary and cultural studies. The Department's Creative Writing Program is recognized as one of the best in the country. Its programs in technical and professional writingwhich were among the first in the countrystill rank among the best, and its Ph.D. program in rhetoric is one of the best known and most successful in the country. "</p>
<p>PS: Economics at Carnegie Mellon is now under Tepper Business so I did not count that as a "weak humanities".</p>
<p>Ah, thanks. I didn't doubt you, but whenever creative writing comes up, Iowa/JHU are always mentioned, but I didn't know that about CMU.</p>
<p>I've seen AcceptedAlready's threads a lot while I was surfing through CC and he/she HATES emory, and LOVES CMU only becasue he/she goes there. period.</p>