Well… I am a parent of a student who got accepted to UCLA and Emory. My daughter decide to go to Emory even though we live near UCLA. Currently she is a second semester freshmen student at Emory campus. She loves it at Emory for its class sizes and close relationship with the professors. As a premed student, getting her desired classes were breeze and already developed a strong relationship with her professors. She was able to join 3 important med -related clubs as a freshmen officer. She is also doing work-study as a lab research assistant focusing on the cancer research at Emory Medical Facility which is within the campus. Her Chemistry professor recommended her to become a TA for the chemistry class from her sophomore year. She is getting plenty of attention and taking advantage of what Emory offers. We believe her studies and activities at Emory would help her future focus in the medical field.
The campus is super safe and CDC / Emory hospitals are within 15 min walk. She loves the weather in Atlanta so far. But she really misses food in Los Angeles which has the greatest food of all cultures. Other than that she loves it over at Emory. When my wife and I visited Emory, we as USC and UC Berkeley grads were surprised how quiet the campus was. So if big D-1 Sports school is what you are looking for Emory is not the right one. In contrast Georgia Tech which is few miles away had a similar feel to USC or UCLA.
Hope this helps for new students applying in current and future years.