<p>The title may me a tiny bit misleading, but here is my situation: I applied to Emory's honors program because i thought that it would help show interest. I know that it'll be difficult for me to get in as it is (29 ACT, but everything else is good), but i was hoping that applying to the honors program would increase my chances of getting in regularly, even though i knew that i would not be able to get into the honors program. Oh, and i wanted to learn my admissions result earlier. Also, on emory's website, it says nothing about considering test scores for the honors program. So my question is, did applying for emory's honors program hurt my chances or did it help my chances of getting into emory (assuming that i do not get into the honors program)? </p>
<p>Unless Emory has changed its policies since I last attended (graduated this past May), I’m pretty sure you can’t apply to the honors program, you have to be invited with a high enough College major GPA. You are probably talking about the scholars program? </p>
<p>@OrangeAndWhite : If you are talking about Scholar’, note that it is not an honors program in the way you would perhaps think of those at state schools. You get a scholarship and easier access to certain resources, but you won’t be taking different classes or anything. As for effect on admissions, there is none I’m pretty sure. Also, Emory does of course take into account test scores when deciding for Scholars (most will be top quartile of entering class, but some may just have amazing backgrounds). </p>
<p>@OrangeAndWhite the Emory scholars program has a separate admissions board than the regular admissions board I believe. It won’t help or hurt your chances. </p>
<p>@pbmayosandwich so you don’t think their expectations of me would be higher? </p>
<p>No…you either need/want money to attend or not…which is why you applied. They are not gonna be like: “We should reject this person because they are silly enough to apply to Scholars with scores below the top quartile”. Doesn’t work like that.</p>