ABET = Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
ABET accreditation for CS or engineering majors indicates that a program meets a fairly high minimum standard. However, it is considered optional for CS for most purposes (it is more important in engineering, particularly civil engineering), although a non-ABET-accredited CS major needs to be checked more carefully for its offerings of upper level CS courses and that it is a more technical CS major, rather than a less technical IT major in disguise.
But if you want to take the patent exam as a CS major, you either want an ABET accredited CS major, or you should follow the course selection guidelines in the patent exam requirements document linked in reply #6. Note that either case requires some course work in non-CS science that is often not required for non-ABET-accredited CS majors.
Emory’s CS department is small and has fairly limited upper level CS offerings compared to some other schools, although it is probably adequate.
OP, basically, what everybody is saying is that there is no difference in regards to prestige and chances for later acceptance into, say, law school. You could follow you different majors in either, and your chances at finding a job would be very high after graduating from either. Both have powerful alumni networks, both have excellent internship programs, both have amazing faculty, academics, student body, etc.
As other posters, and I, have written, the most important things in determining your success are fit and finances. As long as you can afford either, choose based on where you feel you’d fit the best. Since the two are very different, as I wrote, “fit” should be your major deciding factors. So you need to figure out which environment you prefer, that of a Liberal Arts College in a rural setting in the NE, or a small private university in an urban setting in the SE.
As for food, Midd has better food on campus by far, but at Emory you will have access to Atlanta and the opportunities there. So, I would say that Emory has the edge.
For IB/finance Middlebury is seen as a semi target - very good representation in finance especially. This could be a bias due to who attends/who their family is.
Ultimately you can have top professional outcomes at either with equal-quality opportunities and if you don’t do well (like, 2.1 GPA no leadership no internship…) the college’s name won’t offset that at either one.
Have you visited, done an overnight, spent ime in the library and the cafeteria, attended a freshman seminar and a freshman Economics class?