I am transferring in as a philosophy major to Emory from a Florida CC. I would start as a junior. My gpa is 3.79 with 4.0 in all three philosophy classes I have taken. The only classes I have gotten lower than an A in was a B and a B+ in 2 separate Math classes, and a C in a nutrition class.
I won an award for my school. (best Student Philosopher)
The professor who gave it to me was an Emory Grad, and previously a professor there. They gave me a letter of rec
I also got a letter from my government professor, which talked about how I was selected to help tutor students and maintained extremely high grades on his tests.
Those are my stronger notes, however my EC are kind of weak.
I was treasurer my sophomore year of psych club
helped tutor
Worked full time job at call center
in some improv groups.
I think my essay was at least average quality.