Emory 2012 - Calling All Applicants

Emory is a top 20 national university with top 25 MBA, Law and Medicine. It is a small school with no athletics to attract attention, but has one of the largest endowments worldwide. To say it's not a "national brand name" is a slight to the quality of the university. You are correct in that the layperson doesn't instantly identify the Emory brand, but the people who matter, i.e. recruiters, are fully aware of its prestige.

I know you said this is for memory, but this is a bit of a misrepresentation. Since many prospective students may read this and become concerned, I will address the more errant parts of it. Emory certainly isn't a H/S/W in terms of job placement, but no one is, that's why even if you don't like the H/S/W culture, if you are accepted, you go. Emory is #8 for job placement according to BW, with an avg starting salary >$100K and 95% of student accepting offers 3mths out. 100% of students have landed internships 8/9 years. Overall, a very strong career placement record.

In regards to consulting alone, Emory is a very strong program. Over 20 consulting firms recruit at Emory and fully 1/3 of the class landed consulting jobs for a median salary of $120K. Accenture and Deloitte hire heavily at Emory, but the MBB jobs are not impossible. Emory will get you in the door for MBB so if you fail to make it past the first cut, that's more a reflection of the individual than the institution. They are no more likely to hire a poor student from H/S/W than Emory, so getting the interview is all the university can do. The statement that many students begrudgingly end up in general management, false. General management constitutes roughly 5% of the Emory class. Emory is a big marketing program (Coke, Delta, HD), so if you failed to land a dream consulting internship, you're not exactly roughing it in the marketing or management division of these corporations.

As for the comparison to the unranked South Carolina... utterly asinine. If a career management center representative made this comment, it is extremely disappointing. This isn't to belittle USC, but rather to inject some reality into this situation. Only 6% of USC's class goes into consulting and none of the top hiring companies are consulting firms. Furthermore, the avg starting salary is $30K less than Emory.

Any candidates do we have, still waiting for waitlist pickup? Thanks.

Has anyone gotten confirmation on the credential verification? I got an email from ReVera telling me it was complete and no further information was needed, but mums the word from Goizueta.The 2-4 week process has taken about nine weeks with no communication.

Nope, no news yet. But that said, I only submitted my form 4 weeks ago...

anyone on the waitlist hear back anything?? Are there any chances of converting now?

Can't help you with that. What is Ross' modus operandi? Perhaps it is similar.

Ross has a waitlist Google group in which people update their status. It becomes a lot easier that way.

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