Emory vs Richmond B-Schools

bernie12
Sun, 19 May 2013 00:33:26 +0000

haha, yeah, I heard that a lot of Emory students apparently cross-apply to Penn lol (A lot of my northern friends told me they applied). It’s ironic since I actually know two people from Philly that go to Emory that seem not to care for it (I think they got in as well), but they mainly just complained about the campus. These aren’t b-school bound students however and are science majors. Among the other “elite” schools that I could possibly see everyone preferring over Emory (assuming people didn’t just look at differences in rank and Penn’s Ivy League membership), Penn really isn’t one of them. Too many similarities (other than the whole campus thing with which I kind of agree with my friends). I feel like other schools ranked around Penn actually are of much higher caliber than it and Emory for that matter, academically at least (as in they are academically more rigorous and also have much more intellectual vitality than either. I feel like Emory is kind of like Penn w/lower stats for incoming class and no engineering scene, which is somewhat compensated for by the natural science programs at Emory).

jans: You’d have to be crazy if you think Emory students don’t have fun. It’s your stereotypical college, just with a bunch of students with high SAT scores and perhaps slightly higher academic challenge than normal. But seriously, you can easily party/have fun w/o D-1 sports especially when you have lots of people in Greek life and cultural organizations that sponsor very large events (Student Programming Council has become pretty solid as well). In addition, take into account that the b-school hosts a keg every Thursday in its giant courtyard. If your son feels he fits much better at Richmond however, he should be there. If he could possibly see himself at Emory after having some concerns quelled, then maybe Emory.