What are other schools like...

twogirls
Tue, 25 Jun 2019 09:41:56 +0000

When we visited Emory the tour guide told us that it is not uncommon to stay up until 3:00 am discussing topics such as sexuality in frogs. My daughter actually liked the fact that these types of discussions existed at 3 am and saw this as a positive.

Emory does have a preprofessional reputation, but that might not be the case and maybe I am just comparing it to my daughter’s school, which is not preprofessional at all.

Emory does not have school spirit (sports) like you will see at some other schools. We were told that the students attend games at Georgia Tech. I can’t speak for Greek life as my daughter was not interested.

My husband and daughter thought that the campus was gorgeous. I did not agree, but that doesn’t mean anything. Everybody has different taste when it comes to campus beauty. I loved Lehigh and to this day I think it’s one of the most beautiful schools out there. My friend’s daughter thought the buildings were ugly.

Emory is not urban. It is located close enough to Atlanta, but not in Atlanta. I remember the surrounding area being residential.

I recall seeing a small group of shops directly off campus, but I don’t recall any kind of walkable town (but…you have Atlanta)

On the day of our tour there was a heavy northeast presence. In our part of the country (northeast) Emory is very popular. My friend’s daughter from NJ transferred out of Emory. Why? She said that the NJ presence was too much for her and reminded her of her wealthy HS. Take this with a grain of salt…you will hear good and bad opinions about every school in the country…and this comment came from a 19 year old.

Evidently there are lots of parties…but parties are everywhere. I say this because I sat in Starbucks in my town listening (not on purpose) to a group of 5 Emory students sitting behind me talking about how drunk they were at school. This happens at ALL schools. I am only saying this because my daughter doesn’t party and I finally convinced her that all schools have parties…you can find your people regardless.

Let’s not forget the CDC…located right there adjacent to campus.

My daughter loved Emory and it was up there among her favorites. At the end she chose another school, but it was a difficult decision.

I think you should add Muhlenberg and Emory to your daughter’s list.