<p>In terms of activism? Do people get involved with issues? Like any issues…global, local, whatever. Do they care? Because I know some schools get really into it, you know, protests at 3 am or something, and some schools are just totally “eh, whatever.” How does Emory compare?</p>
<p>Well last semester there was a lot of heat over the Israeli security barrier. There was a pretty controversial cartoon printed in the school newspaper likening the wall on the West Bank to the Warsaw ghetto before the holocaust. Outspoken professors called it inaccurate, demanded an apology and said it should never have been printed, which then just sparked even more debate over freedom of speech. Moral of the story being that emory students have some pretty strong political views, but generally don’t publicly display them. The campus is largely inactive, but not necessarily “eh, whatever”.</p>
<p>After telling that story tho, I should say that the cartoonist isn’t antisemitic. I know a Jewish friend of his who agreed with his point and reassured me he’s not an antisemite. Emory as a whole has recently been accused of antisemitism, but I think it’s really just pro-Palestine views that for some reason have been stamped with that incorrect label.</p>
<p>how are the class sizes? like are they generally small? and do the teachers have good open hours and focus on helping you? or are they more the type who just do the teaching to get funded by the school for their own research and dont really care much for the students unless you approach them instead?</p>
<p>how are the class sizes? like are they generally small? </p>
<p>I would say yes, especially in the upper level class, though the intro sciences can be big (50-100). Many classes are capped at 15-20 though.</p>
<p>and do the teachers have good open hours and focus on helping you? </p>
<p>yes. But it’s the type of thing where if you want that interaction, you have to make an effort to go to office house. They’re not going to force you to interact out of class, but from my experience, they’re always willing to help out if you need it in a course. Usually they will meet you outside of their normal office hours if you can’t make it during the scheduled times. I’ve always been impressed with how friendly and agreeable the faculty is. I would say the high quality of the professors and faculty is the most impressive thing about Emory after being a student for 3.5 years that I didn’t know coming in.</p>
<p>Class sizes are usually great. The largest classes tend to be the general sciences, but they’re rarely over 100 students. But in both of my 100-student science classes last semester, the professors actually knew each student by name and called on individuals, so I never felt like just another face in the crowd. Other classes tend to be around 10-25 students. One of my current classes has a grand total of 4 students, and a few friends of mine have similarly sized classes.
All of the professors I’ve encountered are incredibly helpful and strongly encourage students to come to office hours. I even had a professor who would bake cookies for office hours in order to convince students to go.</p>
<p>el duque: Re: your post #2 above: Emory was accused of antisemetism recently? Isn’t the student population approximately 35% Jewish? Was/is this some sort of backlash?</p>
<p>Emory was accused of antisemitism because of the cartoon, a wall labeled “Israeli Barrier to Peace” that the Emory Advocates for Justice in Palestine put up in the middle of campus, and a molotov cocktail attack on an all jewish fraternity that, in the context of the last two events, looked pretty suspicious but it was actually part of a sequence of attacks/vandalism of other frat houses. Like I said, I don’t think Emory is antisemitic. I think people reacted like you and were surprised that a school with such a large Jewish population could be so outspoken for Palestinian rights, incorrectly jumping to antisemitism as the easy explanation while ignoring that Emory students are obviously well educated and are certainly capable of judging Israeli policy.</p>
<p>Coldwind: I think that Emory’s rep of having an overly Jewish population is one that they are aggressively trying to change…whether that results in events like those described above remains to be seen…but there are many, many other universities in the U.S. that have high Jewish populations that do not seem to be experiencing similar situations. Incidently, there are many Emory parents and alumni (who do not visit CC) who are extremely concerned about the changes occuring.</p>
<p>“Incidently, there are many Emory parents and alumni (who do not visit CC) who are extremely concerned about the changes occuring.”</p>
<p>What does this mean?</p>
<p>dgebll: ‘I think that Emory’s rep of having an overly Jewish population is one that they are aggressively trying to change…’…does that answer your question? If not, I will PM you…I do not want to get into this on a public forum, especially when I am relaying info I have from other people…</p>
<p>yea shoot me a message. I’m curious.</p>
<p>I know in regards to community service [which is sort of activism], I read somewhere on their site, or in an e-mail, that last year the undergraduates put in 5000 hours of community service.</p>
<p>Yes, it said undergraduates… and 5000 hours. That’s less than 1 hour of community service per person.</p>
<p>So that department is rather lacking.</p>
<p>Did former President Jimmy Carter & the Carter Center stir up controversy with his stand on Palestinian issues?</p>