Please Chance me for ED1 Emory.
GPA: 3.5 UW/ 4.15W, rank top 30% i think?
ACT: 35
Subjects: 740 Math (will retake, hoping for 800), 730 USH, 680 Bio (will retake, hoping for 730+)
Rigor: Took All honors freshman/soph year, all AP’s junior/senior year, transcript will indicate i took the a very difficult schedule
Intended Major: Community Health
EC’s: 200+ hours of comm serv for food banks and a tutoring club for elementary kids who didn’t have enough food, received presidents award for community service, many leadership positions for clubs(tutoring club, premed club, music club), NJROTC Drill Team (went to Nationals and placed top 5 (will not state exactly for sake of privacy, but I wasn’t 5th)
Recs: Should be great, asked AP Bio teacher and AP Euro teacher
Thank You. I know my gpa and sat subject tests aren’t too hot, but I’d like to know if I have a chance for either Emory or Emory Oxford. Also, I have been considering Cornell ED for the Nutrition Major (College of Human Eco) because it’s very fit oriented, and my EC’s actually go really well with the nutrition major. Emory has a nutrition minor however, so maybe I can guide it that way? Also,
Edit: Also applying to Notre Dame and Rice
A 3.5 and top 30 % will make ND, Rice and Cornell more of a reach for you than for others.
@Bolsted101
Emory Oxford likes students who are engaged in their communities because that’s what they want of students once they’ve arrived on campus. Engagement can mean many different things, including academic engagement (research with professors, serving as TAs, teaching freshman seminars), athletic and extracurricular (especially active leadership positions).
Emory Oxford has a heavy emphasis (academically speaking) on science classes with a heavy research component and humanities classes with a heavy emphasis on research, writing and classroom participation.
Recent admissions statistics for Emory Oxford can be found here:
http://news.emory.edu/stories/2017/03/er_undergraduate_admission_applications_record_high/campus.html
• High School GPA (unweighted): Emory — 3.83; Oxford — 3.79
• SAT overall score: Emory — 1475; Oxford — 1456 (Scores are on the new SAT scale)
• ACT composite score: Emory — 32.3; Oxford — 31.7
• Total number of admitted first-year students for the 2017-2018 academic year: Emory — 5,172; Oxford — 4,089
@Bolsted101 From Emory admissions website:
“SAT and/or ACT scores are important but are not the deciding factors. Strong grades in rigorous courses may cause the committee to overlook below average standardized test scores, but high board scores will never make up for an applicant’s weak course selection or grades.”
So for you this means “cross your fingers”