International student at Emory

bernie12
Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:31:15 +0000

I mean in terms of demographics (as in maybe ethnic/religious background), if that’s what the op is wondering about. Yes, I’d imagine UVA has a lot of those students, but you’d have to admit that the school has a much more southern aurora than say us, Duke, and Rice. Vandy has as many people from the mid-Atlanta as we do, that doesn’t mean the school does not feel different (or have a different “culture”). Vandy still has a very southern feel despite the geographic diversity of the student body. And with UVA, for it to not be a possible culture shock, all of the students would have to be from NoVa or DC area which is huge and has some very cosmopolitan/non-southern suburbs, and some southern"ish" suburbs. Having students from DC/NoVa/DC suburbs is a far cry from having a campus that is 1/3 Jewish, 1/3 Asian/Mid-East/Indian, and 1/7-1/5 international. Despite UVA having those people, the school feels much different, even if you disregard size difference. I think it feels more like UNC, Vandy, and Wake, and like those, they are an excellent school, but they would indeed feel different from us.