<p>You mentioned this, but, yea it is a lot to ask from people who are 18.</p>
<p>A lot of people apply here because of it’s ranking (this is one of the few things the guy in the other thread was right about). I think most people who do not are from Georgia. </p>
<p>Personally, I came here because of the ranking, the app was short, the weather was nice, and it was a metropolitan area - maybe bad reasons looking back, but I was 18 year old kid. Can’t hold me responsible for my reasoning.</p>
<p>I think I’ve mentioned on this forum a couple of times: I went through a phase, about a year long, where I wish I had went to Brown instead. Weather and city size didn’t seem like good enough reasons anymore. The reasons I chose Emory were pretty superficial, and , for the first time I realiezed how important prestige is when looking for careers.</p>
<p>Now, life is good. I don’t know how life would’ve been at Brown (I’m sure I would’ve liked it there), but I love who I am now. I’ve got the friends I’ve always wanted, the career I wanted, and have made huge steps in becoming to person I wanted to be. I look back and I realize that I’m a much better person now than I was back when I was 18, and Emory has a lot to do with that. I’m going to be very sad when I leave here.</p>
<p>I’ve only met a couple people not from Georgia who have said Emory was their first choice, but I’ve met fewer people who didn’t love it here. The experience the other guy had - that is not the norm.</p>
<p>So, yea, I don’t think it’s a big deal that we attract superficial students. Obviously, I would prefer not to. I honestly think the majority of the people here grow to like it, even if they were initially less willing ot come here. Hopefully, they, like me, realize how much better of a person they have become since they were 18.</p>
<p>Kaukana- I know that what you want to ensure that your kid is getting the best education he can. If it makes you feel better, if Emory does indeed drop - and we’ve exhausted this topic (it won’t) -
your kid will already be in grad school or have work experience or whatever and where he got his Bachelors will matter extremely little.</p>
<p>Once again, we won’t suddenly disappear. I’m not going to rehash what’s been said already. Just want to emphasize that there are a plethora of reasons we won’t.</p>
<p>That being said - **** the budget cuts</p>