Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia
Emory University is a private liberal arts school in one of the nation’s most vibrant cities.
Ranked 17th among national universities by U.S. News and World Report in 2010, it produces more research than any other Georgia university and offers degrees ranging from the arts and sciences, business, law, theology and the health professions.

But that’s not all Emory has to offer. His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama serves as Presidential Distinguished Professor, and the University is a leading institution for the study of Tibetan philosophy and religion.

Students enjoy exploring the many traditions and secrets of the Emory community, as well as choosing from hundreds of student groups, like the popular Volunteer Emory, which contributed to the university receiving the 2008 Presidential Award for General Community Service.

Two out of five undergraduates study abroad, and three out of four of all its students receive financial aid. Find scholarships from Emory University with Zinch today.
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As a part of freshmen orientation, new students at Oxford College participate in their own version of the Olympics. In the place of track and field, beach volleyball and swimming you have tug-of-war, egg walks and tricycle races. It's a great way to get all of the new students to get to know each other.
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The only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Georgia, Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University has 235 faculty involved in clinical services, scientific and epidemiologic research, outreach, and education. Winship provides care in its 275000-sq-ft outpatient facility on the Emory campus and at Emory University Hospital (EUH), EUH Midtown, Grady Memorial Hospital, and the Atlanta VA Medical Center. In addition to using conventional therapies, Winship facilitates prevention, treatment, and survivorship through support groups and integrated complementary therapies. Winship currently has approximately 200 clinical trials. Related Links Winship Cancer Institute www.cancer.emory.edu
Winship Cancer Institute at Emory
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Barrier islands are key to studying climate change & sea levels. Emory prof took students to GA's St. Catherine's Island http://ow.ly/2yAkG
Does your classroom have wild lemurs? For these students, it does. Follow them on a field trip to study ecology: http://ow.ly/2yAih
Emory and Oxford College students visit Georgia's barrier islands to study coastal ecology and geology. St. Catherines Island is a restricted research preserve, and its interior is off-limits to the public, but you can follow along on a field trip led by professors Anthony Martin and Stephen Henders...
New degree offerings, new stellar faculty, new buildings. Check out the back-to-school report from Emory's 9 schools: http://ow.ly/2ytL3
Ravi Gulati, founder of Manzil (www.manzil.in),, spoke to a Halle Institute audience about using education as a catalyst for social change. He explained that the Indian education system does not properly serve the country and his school, Manzil, seeks to fill the voids left by the system. Ravi Gulati brings over a decade of experience and active interest in the fields of education, environment, social entrepreneurship, and alternative economics. As the founder of Manzil he has built an NGO operating out of his own home that motivates and nurtures the drive to think and learn creatively and critically for New Delhi local youth of low-income backgrounds; over 3000 children and youth have benefited from the Manzil community over the last ten years. For more information, visit http February 12, 2009
Education and Social Change in India
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His Excellency Nabi Sensoy became Ambassador of Turkey to the United States on January 1, 2006. Ambassador Sensoy previously served as Deputy Undersecretary of General Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and has worked throughout the world as an ambassador and consul general. His most recent posts include Russia and Spain. For more information, visit international.emory.edu November 24, 2008
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Lobsang Nyandak, the Dalai Lama's representative in the Americas, visited Emory University as a part of Tibet Week and spoke to a Halle Institute audience, reflecting on the past 50 years of exile, the struggle to preserve Tibetan culture, and the search for a nonviolent resolution to Tibet. Tibet Week, which began on campus Monday, March 23, held a special significance this year. It was 50 years ago in March when an anti-China rebellion erupted in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama XIV left to take up asylum in India. More than 100000 Tibetans followed the Dalai Lama into exile. While the annual event will mark a somber anniversary, it will also be filled with the optimism and exuberant cultural displays inherent to the Tibetan way of life. For more information, visit international.emory.edu March 26, 2009
Reflections on 50 Years in Exile: Preserving Tibetan Culture
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Ciara M (Valdosta, Georgia)
Aug 17, 2010 4:16PM
This is my dream school >///< I even am doing the IB program at school to help out my chances I LOVE YOU EMORY
Blakely L (Auburn, Alabama)
Aug 05, 2010 5:30PM
Could you possibly send me some info on yall's pre-med program? Thank you! I love this school!
Robyn R (Appleton, Wisconsin)
Jun 21, 2010 10:36AM
I visited your school on my 17th birthday and I recieved the best present I could have ever dreamed of while visiting your campus! I fell in love with the staff, students, and resources that you have availiable at your university. I instantly felt like a part of the campus! I can't wait to apply!!!
Raisa R (Anaheim, California)
May 16, 2010 11:48AM
Hi there! I am interested in applying to this school--I'll work hard!!
Chandra D (Stone Mountain, Georgia)
May 14, 2010 4:13PM
Hello, my name is Chandra Dickey and I would love recieve feedback from this university!
syed q (Loganville, Georgia)
Apr 12, 2010 7:31PM
i would realy aprecate if you sent me some info
Bria A (Memphis, Tennessee)
Feb 22, 2010 5:58PM
I'm a junior and I'm interested in many schools in Atlanta! More info would help. Thanks!
Kaleef S (Pasadena, California)
Jan 12, 2010 10:01AM
plz send me info!!!!!!!!! :)
ASNER B (Mcdonough, Georgia)
Jan 11, 2010 4:14PM
MY NAME IS ASNER.I RELLY AM IN LOVE WITH PERFORMANCE,DO YA'LL HAVE A GOOD MUSIC PROFILE.
ASNER B (Mcdonough, Georgia)
Jan 11, 2010 4:12PM
I REALLY WANT TO GO TO THIS SCHOOL

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Local Atmosphere

The Virginia Highlands is a community of bars and stores that attracts a crowd of thirty-something yuppies destined for the corporate world. Little Five Points and East Atlanta are historically funkier than the rest of Atlanta, and are home to the best bars. Buckhead and Midtown draw a mixed crowd depending on which bar or club you go to—bars are constantly being made over so the scene is always in flux. I have a membership to the High Museum and it has been the biggest waste of moneythis year—the permanent collection is average and the visiting collections are not especially impressive. Atlanta does not have a particularly strong expression of or appreciation for the fine arts—sthe ymphony struggles and the opera is a joke.

Nightlife

If you don’t have a fake ID, get one immediately. Most clubs separate the 18- and 21-year-olds in order to keep younger kids from drinking. I would get a good fake too, as lots of places will take your ID if it sucks. And don’t try to fake a Georgia license, either. Unfortunately for the younger crowd, Atlanta recently changed a lot of its clubs from 18-and-up to 21-and-up only. Still, this is a great time to be down here because ATL is such an up-and-coming city.

Off-Campus Dining

Just across the street from the entrance of campus is an area called Emory Village that has a number of restaurants including Everybody's Pizza, Saba (a pasta place), and Doc Chey's Noodle House. All three are really good and reasonably priced. With the availability of cabs and public transit, it's also easy to get off campus and go into Atlanta for dinner, where the possibilities are essentially endless.

Off-Campus Housing

Off-campus living can be fun, but it can also be harder to handle than you might think. When you live on campus you pay everything ahead of time, so you never have to worry about bills or rent. Off-campus, you have to keep your own place clean, pay utilities, set up a phone and Internet line, etc. Sometimes people spend a year off campus and then return.

Overall Experience

I am very grateful that I came here for a number of reasons. The education and recognition worldwide cannot be beat, the school is fun and interesting, and the people are great. Where else can you come back from a 400-level Psych class and watch Outkast perform at a stage on campus? The opportunities afforded by this school are immense.

Parking

Freshmen can't have cars at Emory, but it's pretty useless as everything you need as a freshman is on campus. If you really have the urge to go off campus, you can use an Emory shuttle to get to the mall, grocery store, or weekend hangout spots. If not, you can always ask an upperclassman friend, or grab a Zipcar, which is a car-sharing program that gives a discounted rate for all Emory students. If you must bring a car, parking on campus is incredibly expensive at more than $600/year, and you are only allowed to park in the parking garage to which you are assigned at the beginning of the year.

Safety & Security

Most students are surprised at how bad some of the doctors are in the Student Health Services. It seems like they really don’t care about you sometimes. Still, I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else if something bad happened to me, as Emory has an amazing hospital system.

Academics

There’s the good and the bad. I’ve had teachers say, ‘If you have questions, come to office hours, stop by if I’m in my office, call, e-mail, stop me on campus and I’ll help you right then and there,’ and they will. Then there are the professors who don’t get the point across and don’t care. But I’ve had more good than bad. The same goes for classes. Emory has a lot of requirements for the liberal arts degree, so you most likely will have to take some classes that you really don’t want to.

Athletics

Some of the teams are very successful here, yet no one seems to care. IM sports garner more interest than Varsity. For instance, people read a weekly ranking of IM teams with more excitement than any report of Varsity sports.

Campus Dining

The main dining hall is located in the Dobbs University Center, and the quality of food is typical of most university dining halls; however, they offer a number of different options, and are sensitive to the diversity of dietary lifestyles on campus. Some people prefer Cox Hall because it operates like a small food court, with chain-style dining, and has a regular crowd of Cox-rats, making it a social scene more than a dining facility. The restaurant Caffè Antico caters the museum café, and a lot of faculty dine here, and the food is pretty good but overpriced. I rarely eat on campus because it is such an ordeal to avoid the scene.

Campus Housing

Right now, Emory is spending significant amounts of money in revamping its housing situation. 2008 saw the introduction of two great freshmen dorms. These new dorms are to be followed with an entire freshman dorm complex over the next two years. Also, the Clairmont campus, usually reserved for upperclassmen, has been opened to sophomores and above. Often described as a resort on campus, the Clairmont housing complex is beautiful and well-equipped. Many of the older dorms on campus have been torn down in recent years and are in the process of being replaced, though many buildings such as the Clifton Towers are still relics of the past.

Campus Strictness

I would say that this school is pretty average for strictness. The cops and people in charge are not too strict, but not too lax either. It’s better than some other schools for certain things like bringing guests in dorms, and if need be, it is pretty easy to flee from the cops as the campus is big and not car-friendly.

Computers

Cox Hall has a really, really nice, super high-tech computer lab with meeting rooms fully wired with the lastest AV equipment for small groups to meet in and classrooms with similarly high-tech equipment for larger groups and review sessions. It's usually busy but rarely crowded. The whole campus is wireless, and the connection is pretty good.

Diversity

This school pretends to be diverse, but hardly anyone mixes into other groups. If you are black and you join a white sorority or fraternity, then the other black students will not respect you as much. There are all-black fraternities and sororities and there are Jewish frats and sororities.

Drug Scene

I had an RA and SA who let us smoke and drink in our dorm room when I was a freshman. Then again, there were some RAs who patrolled the halls every weekend trying to bust people. This campus is pretty liberal as a whole, so people seem to feel free to smoke pot in public places sometimes, and everyone drinks.

Facilities

The DUC is mostly only used for dining, but there are study areas and club meeting areas as well. The library has everything you could ever need, including eight floors of books, a Music & Media floor with current movies to rent, study rooms that groups can reserve, and endless computers, including PCs and Macs. There's also a 24-hour coffee place in the basement for late-night studying. Cox Hall also has a computer lab with a more relaxed atmosphere and plenty of resources, including SmartBoards for study groups to use and computers with video and photo editing software.

Greek Life

Emory has cracked down hard on Greek life recently. The new GLA points system limits how many parties a fraternity can throw per semester, the Row is now off limits to freshmen until after fall break, and a couple of fraternities have been kicked off campus. There are so many rules that have to be followed now that throwing an on-campus party is no longer fun—it's just a huge liability. You can't have music after 2 a.m., there's no liquor allowed at all, and if any freshman gets in trouble for drinking and says what house they were at, that fraternity gets in trouble. Rush is 100 percent dry, and Emory actually called the cops when it got word of an APES rush event off campus this year. I would seriously reconsider before you pledge a fraternity at Emory now.

Guys & Girls

The guys tend to be more easy-going but with a large population from the North. The northern dominance is also present for the girls, who are less easy-going and tend not to be very attractive. Many of the students come from a higher-income family and feel the need to show it, which gets annoying.

Transportation

People rag on MARTA, but it can take you anywhere you need to go. People at Emory are just too stuck-up to take public transportation. There are bus stops everywhere around campus, and they can easily take you to the train stops. From there you can get anywhere in Atlanta.

Weather

I love the weather here! The winter is short; spring is beautiful, especially on Emory’s campus; summer is blazing hot but the pool scene is great; and the fall is gorgeous as well. This city gets a full four seasons—something you can’t say about most hot-weather cities.

Contact Info

201 Dowman Drive
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322
Phone: 404 727-6036
Fax: 404 727-4303
Email: admiss@emory.edu
www.emory.edu

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Ciara M (Valdosta, Georgia)
Aug 17, 2010 4:16PM
This is my dream school >///< I even am doing the IB program at school to help out my chances I LOVE YOU EMORY
Blakely L (Auburn, Alabama)
Aug 05, 2010 5:30PM
Could you possibly send me some info on yall's pre-med program? Thank you! I love this school!
Robyn R (Appleton, Wisconsin)
Jun 21, 2010 10:36AM
I visited your school on my 17th birthday and I recieved the best present I could have ever dreamed of while visiting your campus! I fell in love with the staff, students, and resources that you have availiable at your university. I instantly felt like a part of the campus! I can't wait to apply!!!
Raisa R (Anaheim, California)
May 16, 2010 11:48AM
Hi there! I am interested in applying to this school--I'll work hard!!
Chandra D (Stone Mountain, Georgia)
May 14, 2010 4:13PM
Hello, my name is Chandra Dickey and I would love recieve feedback from this university!
syed q (Loganville, Georgia)
Apr 12, 2010 7:31PM
i would realy aprecate if you sent me some info
Bria A (Memphis, Tennessee)
Feb 22, 2010 5:58PM
I'm a junior and I'm interested in many schools in Atlanta! More info would help. Thanks!
Kaleef S (Pasadena, California)
Jan 12, 2010 10:01AM
plz send me info!!!!!!!!! :)
ASNER B (Mcdonough, Georgia)
Jan 11, 2010 4:14PM
MY NAME IS ASNER.I RELLY AM IN LOVE WITH PERFORMANCE,DO YA'LL HAVE A GOOD MUSIC PROFILE.
ASNER B (Mcdonough, Georgia)
Jan 11, 2010 4:12PM
I REALLY WANT TO GO TO THIS SCHOOL

Fiske Descriptions

Often compared to Duke and Vanderbilt, Emory may be most similar to Washington University in St. Louis. Both have suburban locations in major cities and both tout business and premed as major draws. The suburban Atlanta location is unbeatable.

School summary

Emory University is a private liberal arts school in one of the nation’s most vibrant cities.
Ranked 17th among national universities by U.S. News and World Report in 2010, it produces more research than any other Georgia university and offers degrees ranging from the arts and sciences, business, law, theology and the health professions.

But that’s not all Emory has to offer. His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama serves as Presidential Distinguished Professor, and the University is a leading institution for the study of Tibetan philosophy and religion.

Students enjoy exploring the many traditions and secrets of the Emory community, as well as choosing from hundreds of student groups, like the popular Volunteer Emory, which contributed to the university receiving the 2008 Presidential Award for General Community Service.

Two out of five undergraduates study abroad, and three out of four of all its students receive financial aid. Find scholarships from Emory University with Zinch today.

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