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04-06-2008, 10:09 AM
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| Do you get any blank stares when you say "Emory"
All of my classmates have been asking me where I'm going and I will say "Emory" and they have this blank look on their faces on they say "Ohh yeah." Its pretty obvious they do not know what Emory is or realize that its a pretty prestigious, respected school. Do any of you all get these confused looks? It sort of bothers me because Emory is really awesome! | 
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04-06-2008, 10:23 AM
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| If you think it's awesome, it shouldn't matter to you if other people disagree/don't realize what Emory is. 
Just my $0.02. | |
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04-06-2008, 10:33 AM
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| To those know about Emory, no explanation is needed. To those who do not know/care, no explanation will ever suffice. Having been in the "real world" for 30 years, I rest assured that Emory is known. | |
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04-06-2008, 10:39 AM
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| dolce: By a previous post, it looks like you live in the South??? And people don't know about Emory? I think they are "pulling your leg" or trying to see your reaction.......
Totally agree with MBJ (as usual)......Just laugh at them..... | |
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04-06-2008, 11:08 AM
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| I get that response all the time. Meanwhile, it is more well known than most of the schools those people went to or are going to. I don't care though, their ignorance doesn't affect me. | |
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04-06-2008, 11:10 AM
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| Nobody I know has heard of it. | |
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04-06-2008, 11:39 AM
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| We live in northern new england and had the same response. That said, people who need to know (i.e. those in education, those who hire, etc.) know about Emory and have nothing but great things to say. Also, you will be surprised that once you pay attention, Emory is in the news a fair amount -- i.e. with the Dalai Lama visit, medical accomplishments and advancements, pol sci profs being interviewed, etc. Once you are there, you will see this is one of the up and coming small universities. You will feel it. | |
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04-06-2008, 11:54 AM
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| haha yes i do live in the south. i live only 5 hours away so it surprises me how no one that ive been talking to knows about emory. they laud anyone going to vanderbilt like they got an acceptance to princeton but give strange looks to someone going to emory like im going to a community college. its just weird. | |
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04-06-2008, 11:54 AM
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| Yeah I agree with movinmom, those who know about colleges tend to have heard of it while those unknowledgeable or ignorant in that respect tend to have not heard of it. | |
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04-06-2008, 11:58 AM
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| It's pretty much the same with any university that is not an ivy league or not a major sports team or has some other special name recognition (e.g., Hopkins, MIT). Most people don't have a clue about WashU's prestige either, unless they are somewhat in academia. Despite being relatively new to tier-1, WashU is still very respected. I live in the south and have only recently even heard of Vanderbilt, while everybody knows Emory. | |
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04-06-2008, 12:31 PM
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| I think it is because Emory is a small and upcoming school and by the time we graduate it will be a household name. Also, due to its size, word about Emory reputation will take longer to spread since you have fewer people spreading it where as at some top schools the undergrad size is enormous kind of like texas. But with the major accomplishments of Emory the media will also speed up this process | |
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04-06-2008, 12:51 PM
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| Is Emory really all that "upcoming?" Their admissions standards a relatively lax compared to some of the recent upper tier upshots like WashU. Does this mean it will command less respect, or are the admissions standards increasing too? Similarly, Oxford College has particularly lax admissions standards which brings down the graduating class as a whole. I know that it was previously a higher ranked institution (that isn't to say well known) than it is now. Perhaps is that an indication that it isn't improving as fast as some other schools?
ps. No offense was meant by lax admissions standards for those who got in. I have awful stats and was admitted, so I am guilty of "bringing down the average" myself. | |
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04-06-2008, 01:08 PM
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| I agree with kstrike cause I am bringing down the average myself but Emory are considering changes academically such as general education requirements and only accept AP scores of 5 for college credit. Seems like Emory wants to be considered ivy league. | |
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04-06-2008, 01:17 PM
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| Kstrike: "lax admissions standards"???
Tell that to all of the people in NY/NJ with close to the 75% range of Emory stats who were waitlisted and rejected....... | |
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04-06-2008, 01:26 PM
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