<p>I’m from Georgia. However where I’m from Emory is considered the place you go when you’re rejected from your top choice. I’m not trying to be mean, it’s just the truth. Different worlds, I guess. </p>
<p>And the key words are “in the south”. But yes grad schools look at Emory just as they would schools similarly ranked, I’m just saying the average person has probably never heard of Emory (although the average person has also probably never heard of WUSTL, Rice, etc).</p>