<p>Hi!
I’m also from a public high school in New England (MA), possibly want to do pre-med, and also dance. I know that Emory has A LOT of dance clubs that I’m sure are what you put into them. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen both hip hop and jazz. Emory also has a dance company, but I’m pretty sure it’s mostly modern, and I was actually wondering if anyone knew how good it was. </p>
<p>I’m a pretty hardcore dancer (not hardcore enough to enter a conservatory, but I do want to at least minor in dance). For Pre-med, I heard the Bio and Chem majors are good, but if you’re interested in Neuroscience, Emory also has A LOT of NBB majors, and supposedly the department is great. </p>
<p>I’m pretty sure Emory’s med school acceptance rate is around 80%, well above the national average, which I’m pretty sure is around 40%, and I think the acceptance rate is even higher if you want to go to Emory Med School (which is really good for Med School). </p>
<p>I’m not sure if you take French (I actually don’t think you need to know any French in order to do this), but the NBB major has some sort of study abroad in Paris. It may be a summer thing, but just go on the website. Just google NBB Emory study abroad, and I’m sure there are a lot of opportunities. Also, Emory Hospital is practically on the campus. Which is pretty cool. You can read a post that a mother posted about her son, who I believe is pre-med at Emory. He absolutely LOVES it. He has already started working in a lab (as a sohomore) and is now shadowing a neurosurgeon who works at the hospital, once a week. All he did was ask. The opportunities at Emory are amazing. </p>
<p>Here is what she said:</p>
<p>"I will answer from my impressions from my son ( a current sophomore). He LOVES the academic aspects of Emory. He is premed and has taken or is taking his pre req science requirements. His profs were outstanding in 3 as in seriously doubt he could have received better teaching any where (Mulford for gen chem, Weinschenk for orgo, Bing for physics) and above average for the other (Escobar for bio and to be fair, he could have taken Spell or Eisen whom he has heard are better teachers but he has felt Escobar has more than fine). His writing has improved through taking ENG 101 (topic was something to do with war short stories which he loved although he is not an English type student)and his electives have all been interesting. ALL the professors are easily accessible, interesting and truly desire for their students to succeed and learn the material. In the sciences, most of the intro courses are taught by profs whom are lecturers and their interests are more into teaching rather than research. I consider this a huge plus for any student.</p>
<p>As far as academic extracurriculars, my son is a supplemental instuctor for chem (Mulford) where he reviews problem sets with approximately 30 students every week. He has been active in research in the Liotta and Synder lab (Drug Design and Development Center which developed an HIV drug used by 85% of HIV patients in the US). He simply contacted Dr Liotta on his own, met with him several times and is now involved in independent research under his guidance. This is a common occurrence at Emory, it just requires initiative. He contacted a physician in the neurosurgery department whose specialty looked interesting and he has been shadowing this physician once a week.</p>
<p>I cannot emphasize enough, Emory will not hold your hand and spoon feed you, but all the opportunities ANYONE could want or dream of are awaiting them if the student will just take the smallest amount of initiative. Emory has been much more than he could ever have dreamed of academically, and he is extremely happy he chose to attend Emory.</p>
<p>Socially, it is not a large state school. The academics are quite challenging (depending upon if you take an excellent prof or an easier prof which are usually quite different), and thus the student body is quite different from a state school. Most people party (as in 99%) but academics are still the main priority for most students, especially the preprofessionals. My son feels there is a paucity of non-partying students, and this can make the weekends semi-boring for non-partiers, but I suspect this is the case at nearly every university in the US. At least there is always plenty to do in Atlanta.</p>
<p>He would definately choose Emory again. You have made a great choice in Emory as your future college. The sky is the limit!"</p>
<p>I’m not sure how good the dance there is, but I do know that it’s there, and there are A LOT of clubs.</p>
<p>Hope that helped!</p>