Hi guys, I am planning to apply to Emory this application cycle. I want to go into optometry or medicine, but am a bit worried about people's experiences getting shadowing opportunities at Emory? I've heard that its hella difficult and most people just get turned down.

Can anybone back that information up regarding general premed shadowing or optometry specific shadowing?

Thanks

looking for easy A classes/profs to fill out humanities, language (prefer chinese or spanish but i’m open), continued writing courses

Hi! I’m in my second year of my MPH at a different university (which I will not name). My cohort and the other students in the SPH have been extremely disappointed in our experience. I was accepted to the Rollins SPH for the 2025-2027 MPH cohort in but decided to decline the offer.

I’m just curious, what has your experience been like? Have you enjoyed it? I’ll bullet point some things that have been the most frustrating/disappointing for me and my classmates at my current university to help as talking points:

- core curriculum (poor instruction, repetitive content, rude professors)
- beloved classes being cut (obviously funding is tough right now, but the classes being cut are the only ones that we have felt have been worth our time, money, and efforts)
- lack of opportunities (ie when we were looking for practicum opportunities, many of us went to professors and asked if they knew anyone involved in certain areas that we could talk to to seek out opportunities[ie Latinx populations, dementia] and every single one said “no” to every single topic. I have a really hard time believing that a whole school of professionals with long careers on the local, state, federal, and global levels have absolutely no connections)
- lack of mentorship (most of the assigned mentors do not want to be mentors. Most of the teaching professors don’t want to be professors)
- students opportunities in research and TA positions being cut (again, due to funding. This is hopefully only a product of the time)

There are aspects of the city (not Atlanta, different city) that I haven’t loved either, but that of course is just personal preference. But as far as the program goes, we’ve all been incredibly disappointed.

I'm a current Sophmore at Emory and am taking Italian right now. For those who don't know, Emory has GERs (General Education Requirements), which are certain classes one would need to take in order to be able to graduate. I don't mind this at all, and is honestly a high praise I have of Emory and its open curriculum. It allows students who might not know what they want to try a multitude of different classes and find a direction they may be able to take themselves, especially Freshman and Sophmore year since that's when you generally have to finish the most of the requirements.

My personal issue comes to the Language Requirement (Intercultural Communication).

Unlike every other GER, the language class requires you to fufill a two semesters worth of a certain language rather than one, and also unlike every other GER, every language requires more than a 100 college level amount of work. I completely understand the rigor and prestiege of Emory, but it's rigor should be focused on what students want to do rather than in the GERs of what they possibly could be interested in. We have quizzes and projects every single week, and next to my other 200/300 classes, I find myself doing the most work in this one. My teacher is great and cares a lot, but it seems like he isn't in charge of the schedule and we often don't have time to learn new vocabulary and grammar without another quix for the following unit the next class. Sadly, I am not the only one who shares this opinion. After talking with plenty of upperclassmen and other people my year, they found the 101/102 language courses to be unbalanced in time spent working and rigor compared to the rest of their classes over two semesters. I would also like to add onto this by saying that Emory generally runs on a Monday/Wednesday, or Tuesday/Thursday schedule for 101 Courses unless there is a lab. Italian--and every other language I believe--has an additional class on friday just as an attempt to catch up to its curriculum

I would suggest only needing to take one semester of this class, and running it at an actual 101 level course, promoting the languages' cultures, and straight Monday-Thursday 50 min classes.

I'm hoping a higher up at Emory University will see this post. It seems pretty common that whenever you talk to a student about GERs, they'll say, "Yeah, the language is a lot, and unless you have an AP credit, it'll probably be a long year."

Like I said earlier, I love Emory, I love the students, the teachers, and don't mind it's GERs. It's the Intercultural Communications GER requirement that is a sizable issue.

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Hi guys, I'm a senior thinking of EDing to Emory. I was hoping some students could share their experiences and thoughts of the campus; is it beautiful, are people nice, is it safe?

Hi lovely people! I've recently visited Emory and absolutely fell in love after visiting several other schools. It is truly truly my dream school and every single person in my life knows that. I am 100 percent set on applying ED, however I'm a bit worried on the financial situation. We have a family of 5 that makes ~30k a year AGI, which is what I reported on the fafsa w/ approval (-1500 SAI). However, I'm concerned about how Emory will interpret our assets. My dad is a landlord and is managing several houses, none of these houses are entirely paid for (mortgages + significant loans) and he gave me an estimated number to input in the npc which returned ~10k a year family contribution. This number is totally okay and we're willing to pay, but I've heard emory npc doesn't account for assets too well despite there being a question for it. I know emory is quite expensive and that it is possible to pull out of an ed agreement due to financial aid, but I truly don't want to put myself in this situation.

I really love Emory and I feel like this is the only way I have any sort of chance for getting in since its getting more competitive every single year. Has anyone had a similar situation as myself where their family had lots of assets but low AGI and still got good aid? Any input regardless would be appreciated!

Thank you!

I’m currently thinking about applying to the Oxford College ED 1 but I was looking at the course catalog for the NBB major, which is what I’m interested in, and it looked kind of small. I’m currently deciding between UF and Emory so I wanted to hear from any Oxford neuro majors as to how difficult the classes there are. Are they challenging or mostly introductory? Is there much overlap with AP Bio and AP Psych or is it mostly new stuff? Also, how are the research opportunities? Thank you!

Does anyone remember this scandal at Emory? What were the details again?

EDIT: I think it was that 5 freshman guys were sneaking into girls rooms in Harris when they were sleeping or passed out for other reasons. Drugs or alcohol may have been involved. But I don't remember and have been thinking about it a lot since the news of the Cornell 7 came out.

Has anyone taken biol 200 before? If so I wanted to know how the class was!

For those of you who have been research specialists at Emory- how did you find the hours and work/life balance? I know it depends heavily on the PI and the work itself, but just trying to get a ballpark.

I've heard some not so great things about it from someone, but it fulfills my NBB elective requirement and I'm not in a lab yet.

hey everyone! i applied to emory's traditional bsn program for all 2027 during round 1, and decisions were originally supposed to come out today (october 15).

i just received an email from the admissions office saying that round 1 decisions have been delayed due to the high volume of applications. they mentioned that decisions would be finalized "in the coming months", but didn't provide a new release date.

just wondering if anyone else received the same email or has heard anything about when decisions might actually come out?

good luck to everyone who applied!

Doed anyone know what the dsting scene is like, espically for grsd students. I've been here for about s year and I have had literally zero luck. It just seems like everyone just keeps to themselves

Hi everyone! Last round of decisions we released I was waitlisted :\ any tips to get off the waitlist? Has anyone successfully gotten off the waitlist? I noticed in the letter the waitlist will remain active until the first day of class😫

Hey everyone! I just got accepted into Emory’s Master of Nursing (MN) program for Summer 2027, and while I’m super excited, I’m starting to seriously stress about the financial side of things.

Tuition is around $50k a year, and from what I’m understanding, federal unsubsidized student loans only cover around $20k per year (10k per semester). So how are people actually paying for the rest?! 😭

Did most people have to take out private student loans to cover the remaining tuition? If so, how much debt did you end up taking on? I’m planning to live in Atlanta, and I really don’t want a roommate. Between rent, utilities, groceries, parking, and transportation, I’m trying to figure out how people manage everything financially.

Feel free to share. He’s been working really hard.

Moving to Emory for PA school next year. Moving from out of state with one cat (ESA). Does anyone have apartment recs? I know the Ridge is closest to PA school and I could walk but I saw bad reviews. Opinions?

Hi everyone!
I’m an international applicant planning to apply for Business PhD programs in Marketing, Management, or International Business at Emory, Georgia State and Georgia Tech for Fall 2027.
Due to personal administrative commitments and health reasons in the country of my residence, I may need to delay my arrival by approximately 4–5 months.
Has anyone at these three universities been allowed to start their PhD in January instead of August?
I’m particularly interested in whether a one-semester deferral is possible, whether funding is retained, or whether students are required to wait until the next fall cohort.
I’d really appreciate firsthand experiences from current PhD students or applicants who have dealt with this.
Thank you!

For context, I currently have 30ACT and I’m not trying to submit it as I’ve only taken it once and it’s clearly not up to par. I have one pretty good spike EC and others that connect with that spike EC, and my GPA is a 3.88 UW. Is it still worth to go ED test-optional, or is it better to take October and December, go for a 34, then go RD.

I’ve heard some rumors that the current dean is trying to establish an undergraduate public health department. As a human health major it sounds very exciting!

Anuone heard anything similar from other students or faculty? The dean didn’t call or email me back.

:(

I hope I am posting this in the right place.

I am a recent ADN grad from Albany State University through their bridge program, I have been a paramedic for 20 years. I landed a job in the ICU at the newly absorbed Emory Warner Robins. I am wanting to obtain my BSN and saw Emory Healthcare and Chamberlain have a venture together that would allow me to complete my BSN fully online. I live out in the country and would prefer online courses due to my work schedule and family activities.

I was wondering if there are any nurses here that have taken advantage of that partnership and could tell me if it is worth looking into or would I be better off going back to ASU.

Hey everyone,

I am class of 2027 and spring registration is coming up in 2 weeks. I need 6 more credit hours to graduate and have fulfilled all my major reqs and GERS. I've already applied to grad school and everything; in all honesty I'm just looking for a class that I show up (or even not show up) and don't pay any attention and get an atleast a B+.

I heard Gary Laderman is good for this but do you guys know anyone else?

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