Duke vs. Emory (full-ride)

midmo
Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:42:26 +0000

Without knowing much about Emory in particular, I’m going to say that I doubt you will be all that isolated intellectually. It isn’t Backwater State College.

My son is at “another well-known private in the south often spoken of in the same sentence”, on a similar merit scholarship. I made the serious mistake of worrying just a little bit that he might not be in his ‘intellectual element’ (and I am quite embarrassed to admit that). I was even so dumb as to ask him, part way through his freshman year, if he had gotten to know any of the other full scholarship awardees. My answer was a scornful look and the rejoinder “Do you honestly think we talk about who attends on merit scholarships!” He has had no trouble finding other students who are just as serious about scholarship as he is, no trouble finding (very) rigorous courses, and no trouble finding friends who do not think regular partying is the best way to spend their time. I’ll bet your experience will be very similar.

Avoid the debt. It is totally unnecessary in this case.