<p>Anyone know?</p>
<p>i don't know if they have officially released the numbers but i'm guessing, since the rate was 31% last year, that with the 8% increase in applications the acceptance rate will probably be around the mid 20s. just my guess though.</p>
<p>Yes, in addition to the increase in applicants, I believe that they have revised their expected yield rate up (because of the large amounts that decided to come last year)- which means they will admit less students.</p>
<p>Look for an overall admission rate of 28 or 29 percent. </p>
<p>Despite the significant increase in the number of applications, Emory College would much rather overenroll than underenroll.</p>
<p>That may be true DC, but it seems like they used the waitlist this year more than ever, so i'm going to guess somewhere around 26-28 percent. </p>
<p>But it doesn't matter now does it?</p>
<p>Even though it doesn't matter I still would like to know ^^</p>
<p>I suppose you'll have to wait until Emory releases those numbers then.</p>
<p>When will it be released?</p>
<p>this summer</p>
<p>Keep in mind that this is unofficial, but I have been told that approximately 4500 students were accepted for roughly 1500 spots (out of 15330 applicants).</p>
<p>That can't be right. The class is supposed to max out at 1255. We don't have the facilities to house that many students, much less the faculty or classroom space for that many classes. With 1360 this year, ResLife could barely fit all the freshmen in the dorms. 1500 would be unreasonable.</p>
<p>yeah i agree. i did some math (which i'm not great at) and it seems like if they want a class of 1255 and the yield rate is around 30% that they would need to accept about 26% give or take. it doesn't seem that it would make sense for the school to accept two percent less applicats of which increased by 8 percent for a class that needs to be smaller than the current freshman class.</p>
<p>Yes, I agree. The numbers are plausible, but we'll have to wait until the summer to hear the official numbers. </p>
<p>One thing is for sure- Emory is no longer an "easy admit" compared to its peer schools.</p>
<p>i know this is random, but does it seem odd that i was admitted to Middlebury (my first choice anyways), but waitlisted at Emory? </p>
<p>i think it might be b/c i'm from Alabama that played in my favor for Midd and against me for Emory.</p>
<p>it seems like you've mentioned this a few times already. i doubt it was random. middlebury wanted you to come to their school and thought you would fit while emory wasn't sure if you were right for the university. i think you should just be happy you got into your first choice.</p>
<p>davidbenedict, those can't be correct numbers - both because of what dgbell said...annnd the fact that a few hundreds spots were already taken up by accepted early decision applicants.</p>
<p>Last year, I think they released the numbers (as I read on the emory wheel online) in the summer.</p>
<p>Eh, I think college admissions is weird... was accepted to Duke and Vassar but waitlsited at Emory, which I thought would be fairly comparable.</p>
<p>The overall acceptance rate for the Class of 2011 was 26%</p>
<p>could someone copy the article cause i cant seem to get it to open on my computer</p>
<p>Admissions: Admission Rate Drops to 26% for 2011 Class
By: Salvador Rizzo
Issue date: 4/6/07 Section: News</p>
<p>Emory received a record number of applications for its incoming class and accepted a lower percentage of applicants than last year, keeping with the trends at top universities across the country.</p>
<p>Interim Dean of Admissions Jean Jordan could not give an exact acceptance rate for this year, but she wrote in an e-mail to the Wheel that Emory College admitted around 26 percent of applicants for the class of 2011, a 5.5 percent drop from last year.</p>
<p>Applications rose to 15,373 this year, an 8 percent increase from last year's 14,222.</p>
<p>Jordan wrote that the selection process had been "much tougher" than before.</p>
<p>"[We had] a larger group of applicants, an academically stronger group of applicants in every way - geographically, ethnically and in terms of their interests, experiences and backgrounds," she wrote.</p>
<p>Assistant Vice Provost for Enrollment Management Daniel Walls, formerly the dean of admissions, wrote that Emory College had an "extraordinary admission year in terms of quality and volume."</p>
<p>Walls wrote that Emory Advantage, the University's newly revamped, need-based financial aid package, had a positive impact on this year's admissions.</p>
<p>Emory is following the same trend as the nation's other elite institutions like the Ivies and Stanford, all of which receive more and more applications each year and accept lower and lower percentages of students.</p>
<p>But Emory's selectivity has increased by much larger margins than those at other schools. For the class of 2011, Harvard and Columbia colleges reported all-time low admission rates of nine and 8.9 percent, respectively, but last year they accepted 9.3 percent and 9.6 percent of applicants, respectively.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Emory in the last three years has gone from accepting 36 percent to 26 percent of applicants.</p>
<p>Walls wrote that the increased selectivity has led to a more holistic approach when evaluating candidates.</p>
<p>"Subjective information (essays, recommendations, leadership, potential contributions to the Emory community, etc.) have come to play a much more critical role in selection," he wrote. "Each year, there are students offered admission who may not have 'all the numbers,' but who demonstrate other impressive characteristics and who gain admission. Conversely, there are candidates with high test scores and grade point averages who are not offered admission.
"The amount of time the Admission Committee spends carefully evaluating applicants for admission represents a grueling schedule that demands much personal sacrifice," he added.</p>
<p>Walls explained that most applicants to Emory meet the academic requirements and achieve high standardized test scores.</p>
<p>"If [grades and scores] were the only criteria, it would be almost impossible to select a class," he wrote.</p>
<p>But the Admissions Committee evaluates candidates in part on standardized tests because that provides a "nationally normed indicator" not vulnerable to some secondary schools' grade inflation and their "wide variation in rigor," Walls wrote.</p>
<p>"Our research indicates that when test scores, grades and strength of program are all factored together, we have the best indicator of how a student will perform academically at Emory," Walls wrote.</p>
<p>Jordan expects to have the number of enrollees and the demographic data of the class of 2011 by May 1.</p>