Emory University Top Questions

to some extent these stereotypes are accurate, but at the same time Emory is very diverse and you can find every type of person

of course it is partially true, but stereotypes are never correct

to an extent.

only a little

Social scene is dominated with kids from the New York area (NYC, long island, and Westchester) but they can be easily avoided

They are to an extent.

no. alot are but its a pretty diverse population

Not everyone is from Long Island although there are a lot of them here. Many students are either pre-med of pre BBA.

There is a large jewish population and a large population from new york, but there are people from many other places. Emory is not as economically diverse as some other schools that I have visited. Many Korean students from Korea and black students seem to hang out in groups that only consist of people like them. I have never really witnessed much anti-semitism or any other kind of racism or clickiness.

a little bit...

not sure.

it is a very wealthy school but i'm from long island and the people are much more down to earth and yes everyone is very smart.

These stereotypes are most certainly not accurate. Only a small percent of the students are from Long Island. Most are from all over the United States and the world. The average Emory student does not have a lot of money and those that do are not frequently open to let people know that. The majority of Emory students seem to love Emory. Without big name sports teams, I think, people do not know how to identify school spirit. Everyday, for instance, in the frequently warm weather masses of students visit the Clairmont pool to hang out together. Most organizations on campus throw successful campus wide events, Dooley's Week and Best in Show have students turn out in the thousands, and, when publicized, some sporting events like track, soccer and rugby have hundreds of students turning out to watch. I have met loads of attractive people at Emory. The likelihood of there not being a load of attractive people at a school where there are 12,000 students (graduate and undergraduate)is not very high.

Yes

As far as Emory being elitist, I don't know how much sway that claim holds with me. Yeah, there are a lot of rich kids here and I know there are not too many kids at state colleges who drives brand new BMWs, but that doesn't necessarily make us elitist. A lot of kids attend Emory whose parents are not rich and they haven't had the same opportunities as the rich kids. But they're here and not made to feel uncomfortable or anything. I don't hear too many conversations centering around students' wealth. The leftist and liberal charges I understand a little more, but those people have to understand that at a university whose mission concerns diversity, every viewis going to be espoused. If you don't like it, don't listen. While I don't agree with a lot of things that I hear, I understand why the university allows it. Wasting taxpayer dollars. Well, I'm not entirely sure how we're getting those taxpayer dollars, but I do feel the mainstream media is not a reliable critic on the worth or validity of a particular type of research. If grants are going to departments and people at Emory and they're using them in a truthful manner, it's not really anyone else's business. If it bothers them that much, they should take it up with the government agencies who give them the grants. Not only that, but research at Emory has done much more than the average person knows, like discovering breakthrough AIDS medication. If the public was able to determine the direction of research because of a misleading news media report, who knows if that would have happened? As far as the landscaping goes, frankly, I appreciate it. It's nice to walk to class and see pretty flowers and cut grass. I would much rather that than a gray, sterile, concrete campus that is very uninspiring. With regard to the rankings, it is the school's present rankings that make its alumni's degrees worth anything. If the school was ranked number 78, that degree wouldn't be so impressive. Not to mention the fact that I don't see any evidence of the university being obsessed with rankings. Nothing is ever said to students with regard to our part in increasing the rankings, so I don't know where that's coming from. As far as activism goes, having to go through a campus office before putting up flyers and the like is something I'm glad they do. No one is discriminated against, they just have to get permission. I don't want to be overtaken by zealots on my way to class every day. And there is activism on campus, it's just not intrusive and brash.

Somewhat. There's definitely a jappy, coked out contigent, but they're far from the majority of students. Emory's pretty diverse, and it's hard to stereotype the students.

Although there is a really high percentage of students from the north and who are jewish, most of them don't fit the typical Emory stereotype. Yes, most people at Emory are very wealthy, which is why they can afford to pay $40,000 dollars of tuition and want to belong to the university known as the Ivy League of the South. But you also notice that people at Emory are very ground to earth and don't believe in showing off because a majority at the school comes from a high social status.

It is true, that many Emory Students fit the aforementioned description. However, most of these students are concentrated in Greek Organizations, which only make up 30{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student body. The other 70{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of Emory is rather diverse, not only ethnically, but socially.