| Hi,
I'm a freshman at Emory University currently and am on here on a substantial amount of financial aid. I was accepted at Dartmouth, Brown, WashU, USC, Cornell, and many other schools and from my first visit, I had no doubt that Emory was college for me.
Upon applying to college, I had set in my mind that I did not want to go to a school with a big party scene whatsoever. I found that after visiting Emory, there is somewhat of a party scene, but it's so much less than many other competitive schools. However, since I've been here, my initial anti-party mindset has kind of changed a little bit, but I really don't think the party scene is that intense.
I'm so glad I did not go to WashU as well. I have a lot of friends who got accepted at both schools who decided to come here instead. While they are usually schools that get a lot of cross-acceptances, they are very different, and I don't think WashU is worth that extra 120K at all!
And TRUST ME, there are PLENTY of people here who don't drink at all.
my biggest piece of advice to you would be to come to emory, apply to themed housing for the first year (Citizenship First Year at Emory or Living Green First Year at Emory) and you will find tons of people like you who are less interested in the party scene. I feel that the kids in themed housing for freshman year a little more academic-conscious and care much more about getting a high gpa than they do about partying every night. |