Live And Learn In Atlanta

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2 profile: fid your favorite atlata eighborhood. Emory i Atlata The fourth-fastest-growig city i the coutry, Atlata is a progressive, cosmopolita place to live ad lear. With dowtow just a few miles away ad a 150-acre park o campus, Emory studets easily fid etertaimet ad activity. Atlata Facts Populatio 5.5 millio Home to more tha 130,000 busiesses Cradle of the civil rights movemet Birthplace of The Coca-Cola Compay, icorporated i 1888 Locatio of the busiest airport i the world Host of the 1996 Summer Olympics Home to forty-five colleges ad uiversities Headquarters of CNN Host of the world s largest 10-K road race The Peachtree Road Race I ejoy goig to school i Atlata because of the may differet activities that a large city ca offer. Atlata has so much to do, whether I wat to go to a movie, go to a sports bar to watch a game, or just chill aroud dowtow ad see the sights, there is so much that Atlata ca offer besides the schoolwork. I ejoy goig to Toco Hills because of the vast array of stores ad places to go to. There are a multitude of restaurats, stores, ad places to just kick back ad relax. It s a great place because you ca always get a group of people to go out with you ad move aroud doig what you wat to do. Aother huge plus is that Toco Hills is extremely close to the campus, ad there are shuttles to get there if you do t have a ride there. Richard M. Oh Class of 2010, Emory College Chio Hills, Califoria Major: Math ad Chemistry (double) Tree-lied ad sprawlig, Atlata is a city of eighborhoods, each with a uique persoality. You ca people-watch i fuky, alterative Little Five Poits, check out the restaurats ad great shoppig i Buckhead, or visit Midtow for galleries ad museums. Virgiia-Highlad, a short distace from campus ad a popular studet hag-out, offers boutiques, diig, ad colorful widow-shoppig. For those who like the great outdoors, Piedmot Park, the city s 189-acre gree public park, is home to year-roud festivals, quiet picic spots, ad shaded walkig paths. Outdoor Emory, oe of the largest studet orgaizatios, takes advatage of the moutais a few hours away with hikig, campig, ad raftig excursios. A quick trip dowtow brigs sports fas to professioal baseball, basketball, football, or hockey games. Become a fa of Atlata teams, or stay loyal to your favorite team ad catch a game whe they come to tow. A city kow for its music scee, Atlata welcomes a eclectic mix of artists at veues ragig from major cocert areas to itimate siger-sogwriter theaters. Take a look olie at

5 millio Home to more tha 130,000 busiesses Cradle of the civil rights movemet Birthplace of The Coca-Cola Compay, icorporated i 1888 Locatio of the busiest airport i the world Host of the 1996

3 profile: m a k e th e most o f atla ta s opportu i t i es. How Atlata Measures Up F orbes.com raks Atlata fourth i the category of America s FastestGrowig Cities. Taki g the C l a ssroom to the City I f Atlata were a coutry, it would be the twety-eighth-largest ecoomy i the world. e Poduk College Tow Idex raks Atlata as the sixth best college tow i the U.S. B lack Eterprise magazie raks Atlata as secod i its list of 10 Best Cities for Africa Americas. If you are lookig for a seemigly edless supply of iterestig thigs to do, Atlata has a lot to offer ad ehaces the learig of Emory studets every day. I worked as a iter at CNN i Atlata, i Sales Operatios Iteratioal i the Etertaimet divisio. Oe of my jobs was to place commercials o logs for all Turer feeds i Cetral ad South America. My Spaish major helped me commuicate with sales reps i other coutries, ad psychology was useful i lookig at employee relatioships ad orgaizatioal behavior. Elizabeth M. Haase Emory College, Class of 2009 Sa Atoio, Texas Major: Psychology ad Spaish (double) f Di magazie raks Atlata fourth i its list of Top Te Major Cities of the Future. F ortue magazie raks Atlata third i its list of Top Cities with the Most Fortue 500 Headquarters. With three quarters of the Fortue 500 compaies operatig i Atlata, the city provides a diverse rage of iterships i the arts, media, busiess, govermet, ad other fields. Emory studets ca choose from more tha 2,000 iterships ear campus, ad additioal optios are available throughout the coutry. The iterships, job shadowig, ad metorig available i Atlata balace Emory s liberal arts focus with real experiece that makes classroom learig relevat. Studets iterested i the humaities ca make use of Atlata s may wellregarded busiesses or arts ad media outlets such as The Coca-Cola Compay, the High Museum, ad Turer Broadcastig, to ispire them. For those iterested i research, The Carter Ceter ad the CDC have provided challegig ad uparalleled opportuities for Emory studets, ad iterships at orgaizatios such as the Cartoo Network, area record labels, ad idepedet magazies provide creative experiece. Take a look olie at

B lack Eterprise magazie raks Atlata as secod i its list of 10 Best Cities for Africa Americas.

4 My work with the Latio Studet Orgaizatio has focused o helpig the Latio youth i their strides towards higher educatio. I ve voluteered at various youth cofereces that stress the importace of cotiuig o to college. SER VIN G Our City Massiel Ramos Class of 2011, Emory College New York, New York Major: Liguistics I additio to offerig you plety of ways to play, Atlata also affords may ways to serve ad grow. Voluteer opportuities i our city are pletiful, whether you re iterested i workig with ier-city childre or the homeless; i tutorig at area schools or helpig immigrats lear our laguage; i cleaig up the eviromet or helpig out at a hospice. Voluteer Emory is oe of may campus orgaizatios that facilitates such opportuities to erich the lives of others ad erich yourself i the process. Ad through our Theory Practice Learig (TPL) curricula, professors iclude experietial learig i their course requiremets, so you may eve get class credit for your charitable time ad efforts. A place is what you make of it. Emory ecourages you ad helps you to make the very most of its resources, ad the myriad opportuities i Atlata. Visit Emory a d Di scover Atlata Do t take our word for it; come visit Emory ad Atlata. Get to kow the campus a bit by takig a tour of our pleasig gree laws ad grad architecture. Atted a class, talk with curret studets, or meet with a professor or a coach. The take i the city sights. Visit the High Museum or take i a Braves game. Rather go fishig? The Georgia Aquarium is a must. Catch up o the ews at CNN Ceter. It wo t take you log to figure out why Emory s locatio i Atlata helps make it a perfect place to live ad lear. If you ca t get here, we ll come to you sort of. Order a free Video Visit DVD at Also, to fid out more about Emory, , visit, or take a look olie at a curret studet for their perspective (emorystudets@listserv.emory.edu). Check out studet blogs at edu/admissions/blog. For videos ad social media, go to edu. We hope that we ll see you or you ll see us soo. Emory Office of Udergraduate Admissio admiss@emory.edu Emory Uiversity does ot discrimiate i admissios, educatioal programs, or employmet o the basis of race, color, religio, sex, sexual orietatio, atioal origi, age, disability, or vetera/reserve/natioal Guard status ad prohibits such discrimiatio by its studets, faculty, ad staff. Studets, faculty, ad staff are assured of participatio i Uiversity programs ad i use of facilities without such discrimiatio. Emory Uiversity is accredited by the Commissio o Colleges of the Souther Associatio of Colleges ad Schools (1866 Souther Lae, Decatur, Georgia ; telephoe: ) to award degrees at the associate, bachelor s, master s, ad doctoral levels. Photos courtesy of Emory Photo/Video. To see a broad portfolio ad arrage a shoot, or to view the video collectio ad commissio a video, go to Emory Creative Group, a divisio of Commuicatios ad Marketig # Take a look olie at

SER VIN G Our City Massiel Ramos Class of 2011, Emory College New York, New York Major: Liguistics I additio to offerig you plety of ways to play, Atlata also affords may ways to serve ad grow.

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