C-C-Chances, anyone?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Emory University
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<p>Okay, here are my stats:</p>

<p>Grading Scale at school: A= 100-95, B= 94-90, C=89-85, D=84=80, F=79 below
Because of this, my school considers all non A.P. Classes to be 'honors' classes.</p>

<p>Unweighted G.P.A.: 3.65
Weighted G.P.A.: 3.75</p>

<p>Yeah, my G.P.A. isn' t the highest...but dude, its hard to get above a 95 or above in every class. </p>

<p>Senior Schedule: AP. Lit
AP Calc. AB and BC
AP Chemistry
AP Spanish Lit
Journalism</p>

<p>ACT: 31</p>

<p>Good recs from Head of English Department, Head of Arts Department.</p>

<p>National Merit Semifinalist. Both National Honor Society and Spanish honor society.</p>

<p>EC:
Debate Team:
Captain (12). LD 9-12, OO 10-12, DEX 9-12, State Qualifier 9-11</p>

<p>Newspaper: Editor (12), Photography Editor (11)
Spanish Club 9-12
Lit Mag: 11,12, Photography Editor</p>

<p>100 Service hours....</p>

<p>Summer Construction worker in grade 11, and has held part time job grades 9-12.</p>

<p>SOOO.... my school nominated me to be an Emory Scholar....what do you guys think? Will I get in? Will I get scholarship.....my parents make 65K a year together...and I have an older bro in college already.</p>

<p>ANY ADVICE WELCOME! Thanks.</p>

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<p>I think you have a good shot at admission, but I'm not so sure about Scholars. It's considerably more difficult to get into ESP. With this said, I encourage you to pursue it if your high school counselors recommend you to do so. In any case, Emory is need blind and hopefully, if admitted, you'd get a good finacial aid package. </p>

<p>Best of luck to you.</p>

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<p>Sportissimo,</p>

<p>I concur with Blaze ... you've got a solid chance for admission, though not a slam dunk. Your GPA and ACT test score are about middle of the pack by comparison to enrolled freshmen. Your EC's look good, and certainly you can control how well you prepare your admissions essays to complement the good recommendations you anticipate receiving.</p>

<p>The Emory Scholars Program is focused on academic merit, and because it is so very competitive, many excellent students will not be awarded these merit-based scholarships. Quite candidly, it does not appear as if your stats will put you into a competitive space for ESP. </p>

<p>As Blaze said, Emory is "need blind" in its admissions evaluation, meaning they look for a student's preparation to succeed academically without regard to ability to pay the cost of attendance. Because Emory also endeavors to meet 100% of "demonstrated need", need-based financial aid can be generous for families who can demonstrate such need. This involves submission of the CSS PROFILE and FAFSA forms for financial aid consideration. Typical financial aid packages may contain federal/institutional grants, loans, and work-study options. Contact the Emory Office of Financial Aid to get more information on applying for financial aid, concurrent with your admissions application.</p>

<p>Emory Office of Financial Aid (Undergraduates):
<a href="http://www.emory.edu/FINANCIAL_AID/undergraduates/emory-college/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.emory.edu/FINANCIAL_AID/undergraduates/emory-college/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>At the Info Session, they set the expectation level for the ESP at an SAT score of 1500.</p>

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<p>I would follow through with the Emory Scholars application. You probably fall below the expectations for those scholarships, however, it demonstrates that you are very interested in Emory. If an acceptance letter from Emory is what you really seek, do the scholars application, visit, send for their video, contact a department head, etc. etc. By getting your ESP application together by the deadline, it forces you to get busy on your essays and get your recommendations in order, making further applications less stressful. Your stats look very good and I commend you on your accomplishments.</p>