One of their ladies caught the eye of one our guys. I don’t think it advanced past the cups table at the bar.
'01 Oxford, '04 Nursing. Happy to answer any questions your son may have. My email address is provided.
He was admitted to their satellite campus in Oxford, GA. We went to an open house and left midway through. The students/prospective students we came in contact with during the open house did not appear well-rounded and the professors said to expect to study 2 hrs for every credit hour of class.
The Atlanta campus is impressive and the school is top notch with a very diverse student body. Based on what we heard and read, the Atlanta campus has strong Greek presence.
I wouldn't take it that seriously.
It's not just an old saw.
Nobody I know is designing syllabi with an eye toward ensuring 2 hours of studying per credit hour. How does one even measure that? Hence the DOE proposals to do away with that part of the credit-hour definition.
Though it's more of average. Some weeks will be heavier than others, but I try to assign four hours of work outside the class oer week on my syllabus.
That’s probably the way things should work, but it’s just not what really happens in my experience. I have never once been part of a syllabus discussion in which the concept of two hours even came up. My sense is that most folks assign an amount necessary to achieve their learning objectives with some eye towards not overloading students but no specific thought to what it translates to in time.
I’m guessing there must be student survey data on this and I’d be curious to see what it shows. I certainly spent nowhere near two hour per credit on studying in the aggregate while at ND.
How much ground can I cover in 36 hours of lectures and 72 hours of outside of class time?
It is even more important if you've tried to flip a classroom.
A close friend’s daughter went there, had a great experience, and got a great job (in I-banking) afterwards. You could do a hell of a lot worse.
Other than that I have little to offer.
there from Georgetown. He digs it. I’ve always thought it had an excellent reputation.
referenced in your post, but I haven’t seen him in years. If I am correct, my condolences to your wife on the recent passing of her cousin Vince.
We see him now and then. We see his sister more often as she lives near us in NJ and is now a Superior Court judge.
the condolences. Vince was a real fighter. Their father, Gus, passed away not long before him and he was one of the funniest guys I've ever met. Their mom is a saint.
know Vince as he was born when I was in 8th grade, but I understand he was quite a fighter with all his struggles.
Next time you speak with C, ask him about the all you can eat wings at the Ground Round.
Btw, I live/work in NJ. If you’re near Morristown, maybe we could meet up for a beer sometime.
should definitely meet up. E-mail included. And thanks for inspiring me. Your post made me reach out to their other cousin who lives around here to let him know that, despite my prior hemming and hawing, I am going to join them in driving up to Johnson City for a Make Wish golf outing in June. Years ago, Vince got to meet Michael Jordan through M.A.W. and the family is staying active in it. Will get to golf (and drink) with two of Vinnie's other brothers. Good times.
M.A.W golf venue. I used to play there in the summer during college when it was the Old Homestead through an IBM connection.
I’ll shoot you an email tomorrow.
able to put my Dad(‘49) in contact with Fred Leahy. I will forever cherish watching my Dad sit on my couch as he spoke with Fred on the phone and reminisced about my Dad’s time at ND, his working in the football office for Coach Leahy, delivering flowers to Mrs. Leahy the day after Fred’s birth, and telling/confirming with Fred stories about his Dad, Mom, and siblings.
The board also enabled me to meet Coach Parseghian for the second time - nearly 40 years after meeting him as a kid for the first time at a CYO dinner at the Fountain’s Pavilion, in coincidentally, Johnson City, NY
They might turn out to become family or lifelong friends!
ago when he was a student. He had nothing but good things to say about the place and the people.
For what it is worth, over the years, I have met several Emory graduates. I have never met one who wasn't intelligent or of anything but high character.
to be highly intelligent and rakishly handsome.
And as a Class of 94 Emory Law grad, I would know.
secret tips from her on pop up shows they would do in Athens.
for about 25 years. I'll echo the other comments in that it is a good school with a great reputation. It straddles several neighborhoods, all of which are good so there should be no concerns with respect to safety or convenience to the rest of metro Atlanta. It's not very close to a MARTA train station, but it is on the MARTA bus route, and Emory has their own bus system, too. Assuming no significant traffic, it's probably 10 minutes to the Virginia-Highland neighborhood (by car), 10-15 minutes to downtown Decatur, 20 minutes to Midtown, 20-25 minutes to Buckhead, and 45 minutes to/from the airport (probably $50 cab fare from the airport). The kids are apparently pretty lame as there are no (zero, zip, nada) bars adjacent to campus, and barely any pizza joints.
Oops, LSA beat me to it.
It is an excellent school academically (Congratulations!), with very strong science and pre-med undergrad and has a good business school and several other well respected majors. Socially, the Greek system was pretty significant, though I was independent and there were still plenty of options. I don't know how much all of that has changed as I'm not sure if people still even live in fraternity houses. Otherwise, I would be happy to discuss my experience from the distant past with you if you have any questions (email provided),
We are in Boston so the NE angle might hurt him if filled with NY people already. We will visit.
If financial aid is an issue at all, they meet 100% of need based aid and I think primarily if not entirely through grants as opposed to loans. Everything JimboIrish says is true, with the campus being in a very safe and seemingly quaint part of the City. Facilities are also very impressive and they just finished a remodel of the student activities center.
I am from Atlanta and currently live in the metro area, and I'd say Emory is the most highly regarded university in Georgia. As others have mentioned, most of the kids are not from Georgia (heavy New York / northeast presence). It's traditionally had a large Jewish enrollment, owing a lot to the fact that Atlanta has always had a really strong Jewish community, even back in the old days when most people would assume there would not be much tolerance. Overall, from my experience of their graduates, it's good mix of folks from different areas and provides opportunities on a national level.
The business school is top notch, as are any of the biomedical / public health programs. It has very tight connections to the CDC, and Emory University Med school is a top research institution.
I cant' speak much to the social life, but have never personally heard too many great things about that aspect. The area over in Decatur in sort of quaint for being an urban setting, but also is still very much urban in comparison to other colleges out there with what I'd call more idyllic settings (i.e. it's not a Notre Dame or UVA type campus).
We looked at Emory for my daughter. Great school, nice campus, convenient to Atlanta. Academically challenging. I jokingly consider it as one of the “northeast ivy league reject” schools. Like Wake Forest, where my daughter goes, there are a lot of students who had credentials to be considered for Ivy League schools But either didn’t quite make the cut or, as in many students from the Northeast, suffered from disproportionate number of applicants from their area.
Emory is well regarded and if your son has the credentials to get in I would strongly consider visiting it
If your son is interested in healthcare, the affiliated institutions are world class including the CDC
decent amount of NYC area kids go there. Very diverse student population. Pretty strong Greek life. Although you would think its a southern school its extremely diverse in where its students come from as well.
I had 2 very good friends go there. Neither white. Both enjoyed their time there, one too much unfortunately.
Emory has a very strong rep in NYC for the job front.
Those I know who attended there have had great experiences with it.