Students found Emory challenging, but exciting. Faculty and fellow students ranked highly, as did the various opportunities for academic research on campus. Most students have strong feelings, both positive and negative, about general distribution requirements, as well as specific department requirements. They want more interaction with faculty, but agree that the student must provide the initiative and the energy in establishing relationships with faculty members. Many feel that there is too much of an emphasis on pre-professional training and grades.
Students prefer small classes which are largely discussion.
They also agreed that attention by faculty and interest in the material were powerful motivators, as was a sense of personal connection with the material. You get to see professors who really work in these fields, who are really right at the top of the educational discovery world. . . . Everything that is going on is going on in this forum right here. They make you do the work, and they make you have the initiative, but they provide a lot of opportunities. There are a lot of brilliant people here . . .