Chance Me (Emory and Oxford)

Colleges and Universities A-Z Emory University
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Admission Type: ED II

State of Residence: Tennessee

Race: Caucasian

Applying as a psychology major (premed)

ACT: 34 (33 E, 34M, 35R, 33S) (The highest score to ever be achieved by anyone attending my high school. My counselor said that she noted this.)

UW Gpa: 3.78

W Gpa: 4.28

Rigor: Maximum (Dual Credit/Honors, no AP offered)

Rank: 21 of 79 (I have two c’s: geometry and Spanish I. Despite this, I have a 98 in Spanish II on my transcript and a 95+ in all of my math classes aside from geometry. The year I got those c’s (freshman year) I missed ~18% of the school year, so I was at a serious disadvantage.)

Recommendation Letters: 10/10, they were written by two teachers who adore me.

Common Application Essay: 8/10 (It wasn’t my best, but it wasn’t bad.)

Awards/Honors: National Merit Scholar Commended and 1st in TMTA Precalculus Competition

Extracurriculars/Job:

7 years in concert band as an alto sax player (Section leader for 3)
5 years in marching band as an alto sax player (Section leader for 3)
Founded a jazz band
1 year of student council
3 years of NHS
1 year of chess club
1 year of shooting sports club
1 year working 30-40 hours a week as a server

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I forgot to mention that I am also first generation.

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You are pretty much a lock for oxford and you should have a good chance of getting into emory (plz don’t take my word for it though after the disaster of college admissions chances last year, which proved that nothing is set in stone and there is a lot of randomness in this process).

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Btw I currently attend Emory so if you have any questions about the Atlanta campus or Oxford feel free to ask!

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What happened last year?

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Craziest year of admissions in a long time. A lot of highly qualified applicants were turned down (major publics, not even ivies) and a lot of schools raised their standards (USC in particular). Although admissions is always crazy, last year was a fiasco for CC chances threads.