Atmosphere and life at Vandy?

bernie12
Sun, 27 Sep 2015 13:31:15 +0000

@N’s Mom : No! Emory is not like Vandy (Greek life is decently sized at Emory, but the similarities almost stop there as Greek life doesn’t even play as big a role at Emory and is currently under “distress”…I personally think that’s okay as I don’t think Emory should really be beyond like 15-20% Greek…but an even larger and more dominant Greek scene would no doubt give more of a similar feel as a Chapel Hill, UVa, or Vandy which the OP likes or will like). I am really sorry, but do not disappoint this child by suggesting Emory is like Vandy. They may be similar caliber overall, but Emory is much more like places like CMU, WashU, JHU, Tufts, and Chicago than places like Duke, Chapel Hill, and those sorts of schools. The student likely liked Chapel Hill because of the amount of traditional school pride and things like that. If I liked a place like Chapel Hill or Vanderbilt so much, I don’t think I would seriously consider Emory unless I had an undergraduate academic program in mind that is done really well (or at all) at Emory and maybe not as well at those schools…otherwise you’ll just find the child mainly worried about differences in social atmosphere between schools like Emory and Vandy (or Chapel Hill, Virginia, etc) ultimately complaining on several Saturdays about how football is happening at the other places. Again, if you love schools like Chapel Hill and Vandy, you should need a very compelling reason to take Emory (or any school like it) seriously as an option.

In lieu of what was posted above though…I suppose the only advantage Emory has if someone likes a Vandy like school and Mellow Mushroom is that Mellow Mushroom was established in Atlanta lol. In fact, Emory is kind of “around the corner” (you define an Atlanta around the corner…like 10 minute drive I guess) from the original Mellow Mushroom (It’s like a 10 minute walk from my place). But that is it…the two schools may be beautiful and awesome but the similarities stop there. One is laid back (not necessarily the academics but the students) and traditionally fun (Vandy) and the other is more “tense” and quirky and this difference is likely due to the incredible amount of “Big 3” pre-professionals across all majors at Emory. Vandy seems less oriented toward these “Big 3”.