<p>Generally, Emory freshmen will be very open to others during the two months or so, while they are still trying to find their group of friends. It’s only during this time that one can for example, feel comfortable going to the DUC and randomly sitting at a table with all freshmen strangers. However, past that and into second semester freshmen year cliques will inevitably form and people here just tend to stay in their own groups and are generally less open to making new friends. And as berine12 said, it’s not because they look down on someone else, but because they just don’t know him/her. So as a transfer, you will have to try harder to put yourself out there but if you try you probably won’t be all alone for your remaining 3 years. </p>
<p>As an example, a friend of mine (who was also one of bernie12’s suitemates last year) transferred to Emory his sophomore year. First semester he was generally depressed and would mostly just stay in his room aside from going to class, as happens pretty often for transfer. However second semester he really opened up after his roommate at the time introduced him to his group of friends after getting to know the transfer student a bit better. Long story short, I wouldn’t worry about not fitting into Emory in the long run (both socially and extracurricularly), even though it may seem like it first semester. You have to find just one group to fit in.</p>