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1 Oxford Road Building (ORB) The ORB is home to the Office of Medical School Undergraduate Admission, Barnes & Self-Guided Noble bookstore where students can buy Admit Rates textbooks and Emory apparel, and one of the largest collegiate Starbucks in the U.S. Classes 2013–2017 • 62% admit rate for Emory Boisfeuillet Jones Center Campus Tour 2 graduates who engage B. Jones houses the Office of Finan- with PreHealth Mentoring cial Aid. Emory is need-blind for admitted Office domestic students, meaning that one’s application for admission is considered • 55% admit rate for all regardless of financial need. B. Jones also Emory graduates houses the Pre-Health Mentoring Office, Matheson Pre-Law Advising, and the Career Center. Reading (Admit rate nationally is 43%) The Career Center helps students find Room internships and jobs, create resumes and Asbury Circle Health Sciences Quad cover letters, and apply to graduate schools. 25 Every Wednesday, the Emory 31 Across the bridge over Eagle Row, Office of International and The Administration Building 9 community gathers in Asbury Circle for known as the “biology bridge,” is the Summer Programs (OISP) Wonderful Wednesdays where a variety Health Sciences Quad. The buildings 3 This building houses the Office of the OISP offers around 120 study abroad of our 550+ student organizations set in this area are home to classes and President and the Office of Accessibility programs in over 40 countries. Students can up tables around the circle’s perimeter labs for biology, human health, and Services. spend a summer, semester, or full academic for events, games, and food. public health. This quad includes two year abroad, and 50% of Emory seniors The Quadrangle of Emory University’s schools, the Nell have some type of international educational Cannon Chapel 4 On “the Quad,” students are often Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing experience by the time they graduate. 26 Cannon Chapel holds weekly seen studying, laying in hammocks, meeting and Rollins School of Public Health, interdenominational services, and con- for classes, or playing Frisbee. Every May, as well as research buildings, a library, Woodruff Library tains worship, meeting, and classroom 14,000 chairs are set up for Commence- 10 and classrooms. Welcome to Emory University! This tour of the main Named after Robert W. Woodruff, space for the more than 30 student ment to celebrate the graduating class. a past CEO of The Coca-Cola Company, religious groups on campus. Lullwater Park undergraduate campus will introduce you to both Emory’s main library is home to print and 32 Michael C. Carlos Museum This 154-acre preserve is right on academic and campus life highlights. electronic resources, classrooms, and study White Hall 5 The Carlos Museum is the largest uni- campus and is a pedestrian-only area. It spaces, as well as the Matheson Reading 27 White Hall is home to Emory’s versity museum in the Southeast and houses includes beautiful Candler Lake, a 210- The entire Atlanta campus is 700 acres and includes Room, arguably one of the quietest auditorium-style lecture halls. Classes collections of Egyptian, Near Eastern, foot suspension bridge, acres of green places on campus to study. The room range from a one-on-one independent three undergraduate colleges, seven graduate and Classical, ancient American, African, and space, and miles of walking and jogging resembles a set from Harry Potter, with study to a lecture course with 100 Asian art, and works from the Renaissance trails. Students use the park for relaxing professional schools, numerous research facilities, low-hanging dim lights and long students, but the median number of to the present. Many classes utilize current and exercising. hospitals, and Lullwater Park, a nature preserve in dark wooden tables. students in an Emory class is 18. Large exhibits, which align with their studies. lecture classes usually divide into small- the heart of campus. The Stuart A. Rose Library Henry L. Bowden Hall 11 er discussion groups and labs. Located on the 10th floor of the 6 Home to the departments of His- Join our mailing list: Emory attracts talented faculty and students, creat- Woodruff Library, Rose Library houses Atwood Chemistry Center tory and Philosophy, this hall is name ing an institution that pushes boundaries in the Emory’s special collections and historical 28 Atwood is designed to revolu- apply.emory.edu/join. for a form chair of the Board of Trustees artifacts. Some highlights include original tionize the way Emory and the world service of humanity. Students can participate in who led the fight to overturn a Georgia materials from the civil rights movement, view the sciences by blurring the lines law prohibiting private colleges from hands-on research, customize their majors and mi- papers form Pulitzer and Nobel prize win- between class time and hands-on integrating by taking away their state ners, and first edition books. Students can laboratory experience. Laboratories nors, study abroad, or participate in an internship tax exemption. When the state supreme use these as documents for class research with glass windows make science more (or two!). court struck down the law in 1962, a and projects. transparent and inclusive. The “Science better Emory—and a better state— Commons” atrium in the building is became possible. Office of Undergraduate Emory graduates possess broad knowledge and Emory College Graduates intended for students of all majors Admission exceptional communication skills, making them Callaway Memorial to study in a social and collaborative apply.emory.edu 7 environment. in-demand in today’s marketplace. They are pre- Center Class of 2017 [email protected] pared to move on to graduate school or a career, Callaway provides office and class- Psychology and Interdisci- room space for numerous majors % 29 plinary Sciences Building and ready to make a positive impact in the world. and houses the Writing Center, a free 41 Follow us: Employed The Psychology department houses a resource to all students. Both under- Child Studies Center, a neuroimaging graduate and graduate writing tutors % @admission.emory 9 center, and various research laboratories. support writers of all levels, abilities, Gap Year/ Volunteering/ @EmoryAdmission and disciplines in any stage of the Not Seeking Mathematics and Science writing process. % 30 Center (MSC) .5 @EmoryAdmission Candler Library % 9% Military MSC houses the departments of com- 8 36 % puter science, environmental sciences, Named for Asa Candler, founder Continuing Currently % blog.emoryadmission.com Seeking .5 mathematics, and physics and contains of The Coca-Cola Company and one Education 4 Return Post-Grad to Home a planetarium, a telescope, office space, of Emory’s earliest benefactors. Internship Country classrooms, laboratories, and a library. EOA109_Self-GuidedTour_TriFold_6.indd 1 D BACK COVER FRONT COVER 12/12/17 1:45 PM OUTSIDE 12 Schwartz Center for Performing Arts students, scholars, and employees. The center building includes study lounges, kitchens, Emory The Schwartz Center includes a world-class, advocates for gender equity and examines gen- and laundry rooms. Emory has themed Centers for Point Disease 825-seat concert hall, a theater lab, a dance studio, der issues, working toward ethical solutions. housing also known as living and learning Control a rehearsal hall, and a classroom. Art studies communities. Some themes include Living includes music, dance, theater studies, art history, Cox Hall Bridge Green, Global Cultures, Health and Happi- School of Student Health . Nursing 17 d Services creative writing, fi lm and media studies. Emory Here, every Tuesday from 11am–3pm, Emo- ness, and Social Innovation. R l il Rollins School hosts over 300 arts events each year. ry’s Farmer’s Market features fresh local produce, M n of Public Health organic and sustainably produced meat, bread, McDonough Field o t Health Visual Arts s 22 u Sciences Goizueta Business School cheese, coffee, honey, and other artisan products. This space is used for recreational use Building and o H Quad Gallery 13 At the end of their sophomore year, students and campus-wide events, including Relay C li Alumni Memorial University for Life, the Taste of Emory, and intramural f can apply to the “B school” after completion of pre- Michael t Department o 18 Street n Center (AMUC) practices. Large campus concerts during requisites. Goizueta’s BBA program includes many of Biology R Lot o Health a concentrations including accounting, fi nance, strate- The AMUC houses several meeting rooms, the Homecoming and Dooley’s Week are also Mic Sciences d hae Department of gy and management consulting, information systems Harland Cinema, the Mary Gray Munroe Theater held here. Recent performers include J. Cole, l St Human Genetics Library . and operations management, health innovation, arts and many student organization offi ces including B.o.B., Wiz Khalifi a, Kendrick Lamar, One management, and marketing. Volunteer Emory, Outdoor Emory, the Emory Republic, and the Chainsmokers. Kaldi’s Wheel newspaper, and WMRE, Emory’s stu- Athletics at Emory agle Row Coffee E dent-run radio station. 80% of Emory students partici- Eagle Row Haygood Dr. Raoul Hall Longstreet- More offi ces for student organizations include: pate in varsity, club, or intramural 23 Home to many of Emory’s Greek or- Evans Means Hall Internships Hall Few Freshman sports. Emory fi elds 18 inter- ganizations, including 8 Emory Panhellenic Hall Quad 96% of business students have at least one • Offi ce of International Student Life (OISL): Hamilton collegiate athletic teams and Council Groups, 12 Interfraternity Council Holmes business internship before graduation. Helps international students in their transition, Hall WHSCAB connection, and success at Emory. The offi ce competes in the NCAA Division III Groups, 8 National Pan-Hellenic Council McDonough Groups, and 6 Multicultural Greek Council Field Turman Hall connects students to meaningful campus life University Athletic Association.