Emerson College Top Questions

Located in the heart of Boston, Emerson presents a great opportunity for its students to excel in the field of communications and the arts. There are always events going on and off campus and students have no excuse to be bored. The city itself also offers many job opportunities as I work at a downtown comedy club which is about a mile away from campus and several of my friends work at nearby restauraunts and movie theaters. The students are generally friendly but are oftentimes thought to be pretentious liberals as they have a fierce hatred for far right ideals.

Emerson is a very small school, which I like because you get to know the people fast and they are going to be the people that will go out with you in the weekends. Also, the fact that is in the city gives you the opportunity to get out of class and walk around for a bit before doing work if you want.

I love the small size of Emerson and that it is located across from the Boston Common. When its nice out students go read and do homework in the Common while listening to Belle and Sebastian. Emerson has a great faculty. Everyone loves Emerson and everyone is able to share their unique attributes and skills with everyone else. I love this school. Everyone is open to diversity and new ideas.

Emerson is known for it's small, city campus. It's in the heart of Boston and often gets overshadowed by other schools like Berkeley, Boston University, MIT, Tuftes, and Harvard. However, the fact that it's small makes it much more community based and allows you to feel safe in a big city. It's great living in a city, too, because you have assess to so much around you and the "T" is right outside the dorms so you can hop on and go to a party, musuem, show, etc. anywhere. For the most part, everyone seems to get along and it's always great to see friends working on each other's projects and trying new aspects of their major. The city gives you room to explore and gives you a variety of different foods and people to meet.

Emerson is great being a small school. The majors are well separated and you get to know all people in your concentration. The student body is all the same in which the trend is to be different, yet everyone has the same idea. Student Governmen is ineffective and disregarded by staff and students. Food is great. Dorms are gorgeous.

Very small school around 3500 undergrad- as a commuter I had a hard time fitting in until my last semester. You will see the same students in your classes semester after semester. If you want to be invovled in something extracurricular go for it your freshmen year or you will have a harder time joining. Not as commuter friendly as I would have liked and the reason I consider myself a commuter is because I don't live in the vicinity like other students here who live a few t stops away. I live at home with my family and commute in and its been difficult from time to time... getting people/teachers to help me with projects etc. We are a specialized school so students are really in tune to what they want to do right off the bat. I have never heard of anyone coming in here undecided or under liberal studies.

Its a great school. You will get experience here that you can get no where else, and Emerson's name in LA is like a fucking password for anything. It isn't a typical student body (lots of crazy theater kids, artsy film kids, nerdy tech kids) but we all fit together really well somehow, and its great. Boston is a great city and there is always so much to do. As far as parties, you may have to go to other schools, because ours arent that great. But most people just party in our dorms anyways so its cool.

we're the biggest slacker school ever. there is no real work assigned.

The school is pretty small, but you still see new faces all the time, which is nice. The best thing about Emerson is that there's no real work involved. Students and professors alike recognize that kids are hear to learn their craft, so classes are geared towards that. However, especially for athletes, several policies (such as the attendance and absence policies) are not very lenient and don't allow for a lot of wiggle room, even when perfectly acceptable explanations are provided. The "other best thing" about Emerson is being in the heart of Boston. There's always something going on if you're old enough and have the money to pay for it. But even if you're poor and underage like a lot of kids, there's always something to do.

If you're interested in any of these majors, or organizations or fields, and want to go to a small school in a city and are okay with dealing with a bunch of pretentious people, this is the perfect place for you. It's true what they say about the real life experience. If you know what you want and have the time for it, you can go places. And if you don't know what you want, you can dabble around, find what you like and go places.I did the latter, and I'm way glad I did, coz it makes me more confident about my chosen path. There's always days when I wake up (usually in the winter) and I hate that I'm at EMerson and i wish i went to a "Real" school. But really - i love it here. I've had my share of shitty experiences and being mad at the school, but i've met awesome people, i've had some awesome classes and i've had a great time.