<p>vanerbilt is a gorgeous school on gorgeous grounds that offers an excellent education. their opening a res college for frehman in 2008 is a wonderful embellishment to an already well rounded social and academic milieu. nashville is a cool city that is highly accessible without being intrusive–except for that twang of cw music that seems to be in the background ubiquitously. vandy’s demographic for years has been the polo shirt wearing, country club attending southern wasp. about 8 years ago its leadership made a consorted effort to attract more jews, and it has succeeded with a 12% attendance. i mention the jews only because this initiative gives testimony to the vandy had committed itself to shed it demographic cloak of the past, and it has done nicely. i see vandy continiung to move forward in its rankings and in its reputation.</p>
<p>emory also has a lot to offer. i am skeptical of the type of person who would make a claim that any group of girls is ugly. i can’t help but feel that the sentiment expressed functions to further the negative close-mindedness that used to be attributed to a “southern” mentality. besides that, the statement sounds just plain mean. that said, i think vandy has some great looking girls and guys, most of whom would be unlikely to call another group "ugly.
so back to what emory offeres.
what i liked the best about emory is the way everything seemed to be top notch. whether you went into the bathroom, the computer lab, the gym, the classrooms or the dorms, you felt as though every single student was going to have access to amazing facilities, equipment, food, as well as profs. i thing vandy is more aethetically appealing than emory. i like the trees and the charm. and while new facilites at vandy rock, there are more facilites at vandy that could use updating than there are at emory.
academically, emory has its strengths and so does vandy.<br>
in regards to the the SAT debate taking place above. another view that is worth exploring is the list of top feeder schools. these figures, though a couple of years old, compare all schools based on the success of thier graduates–regardless of where those grads may have begun.
the wall street journal article’s writer with her team of reporters looked at 15 elite schools–5 from medicine, from law, and from business to profile wherethe students came from. they factored in class size (michigan being 3 times the size of georgetown, etc).
EMORY ranks #38
1,509 Class Size
33 # attending
2.19% feeder score
Vanderbilt did not make the top 50 ranking on this survey.
Haraard was #1, Williams #5, Duke #6, Rice #20, Wash U #47
<a href=“http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/p...ege_092503.pdf[/url]”>http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/p...ege_092503.pdf</a>
Do these figures mean emory is better or the schools it beat out?
no.
but if you were aspiring to gain admittance to a top med, law or business school, and many folks are not, than these figures are important.
and for TheOC89, the emory class incompasses all those who graduated whether they originated at emory or jupiter.
what i’m aiming at is that both schools offer a lot.
you should be looking at which school’s economic package will work best for you, which program do you think you might want to pursue, and if all things are equal, then look at the way you feel when you’re spending time on each campus.
if ur able to choose one school or the other, you are one lucky person!</p>