<p>Emory is my number one choice and Im applying for it as ED!</p>
<p>My stats:
SAT:2190 (CR: 700, W:720, M: 770)
GPA:3.58
Rank: Top 21%
(I go to the best high school in the greater houston area, I don't know if they care about that)
SATII: US History-780, Math 2: 680(I'm going to retake this)</p>
<p>APs taken:
Chinese (5)
World History (5)
Human Geography (5)
English III (5)
US History(5)</p>
<p>Teacher Recommendation: One from my math teacher who knows me really well, One from my Swimming coach( I heard tat Emory has a Great swim program)</p>
<p>Senior Course Load:
AP Chemistry, AP Environmental Science, AP Gov, AP Econ, AP Calc AB, AP English IV, AP Statistics, Comp Sci I
And yes, I am going to be taking the AP test for all of my AP classes.</p>
<p>Race: Chinese
School type: Purely public, but still a very highly ranked school.
Income Bracket: 150k+
Gender: Male</p>
<p>The fact that Emory is a Division III swimming power (more in women’s than men’s swimming) may actually work against you. The swimming will only help you if you’re good enough to get ‘recruited’. Check out the Emory men’s swimming results to see how your times in your best event(s) compare to guys who are on the team. If you’re in that ballpark (or can make the case that you’ll get there) contact the coach and proceed from there.</p>
<p>Of course, you could certainly get admitted on your academic qualifications, but I have no guesses on that.</p>
<p>GPA varies a lot based on your high school. I knew several Emory students who had mediocre high school GPAs from top school and good SAT scores. I don’t think that Emory is nearly as hard to get into as other top 25 schools. I knew several people who got rejected from the University of Michigan but got into Emory.</p>
<p>@baseballfarn86: There were probably plenty stories to the contrary as well. Also, keep in mind that at Emory, you are SOLEY admitted to the College. At places like Michigan and many ivies/other selective schools, you can be admitted to (and apply to) entities that serve other purposes such as a business school or engineering school. If you are applying to an engineering school, your chances drop significantly. I have heard of some Emory pre-meds/science majors try to get into engineering at these places and some pre-BBA folks maybe try to get into Wharton and other b-schools where the SATs/GPA’s are a bit higher than the CAS(or CAL) entity. Michigan and Emory have about the same stats overall so I can see us rejecting each others applicants. Same could be said for Virginia, Berkeley, USC, and Chapel Hill, and maybe Georgia Tech. The other top 20-21 private schools are a different story. Usually, if you don’t get into them, you could very well get into Emory, though Emory still denies quite a few good folks (stats wise) in my opinion. It is hard to tell what we are looking for. Often with publics, stats come first and at a place like Emory, we love them, but will at least try to look for other qualities in applicants before writing them off.</p>
<p>FWIW, my son who’s an Emory freshman had a GPA of 3.4 at a competitive private high school, and SAT’s of 2340. He had two classmates who were rejected from Emory, but we’re admitted to other USNWR top 25 schools.
My theory, w no basis in fact, is that after the snafu w the Forbes’ rankings (via-a-vis SAT scores) Emory wants to bolster the scores of students who matriculate, so they can rank well in that disputed criterion once they’re back in the Forbes game. </p>
<p>@CrispyBullet: They analyze closely in context of high school, courseload, and then probably AP/IB/SAT II’s if the applicant sends them, thus many “lowish” GPAs will gain admission at places like these. For example, I would trust a 3.4 from a very competitive HS much more than a very high GPA from a less competitive HS in say Georgia (IE most Ga public schools to be very honest. There are certainly good magnet programs, but there is grade inflation, curves, and all types of protective measures to ensure students remain competitive. The same could be said for some private schools). Emory UG isn’t as shallow as professional schools for example. I think they pay very close attention to the nature of HS’s (especially those that feed/give a lot of applicants to it and other peer private and public schools). I’ve met many “imperfect” students GPA wise who were from such schools and ended up actually outperforming most students at Emory by a long shot. Often the competition at the persons HS was higher than here. </p>
<p>@AsleepAtTheWheel : Good theory, but if true, Emory should be careful. It may fall in the GPA/“amount in top 10% of graduating class” category. In addition, it is hard for Emory to matriculate such folks assuming that the person’s “low” unweighted GPA resulted in a reasonable rank at the HS (say top quartile. admittedly other schools wanna just rack up top decile ranks from those who attend schools who report rank). Admittedly, the scheme could result in more interesting students that are up for challenging themselves.</p>
<p>@bernie12 Thanks for the answer. I went to one such high school. I can vouch for the validity of {many “imperfect” students GPA wise who were from such schools and ended up actually outperforming most students at Emory by a long shot. Often the competition at the persons HS was higher than here.}</p>
<p>If you need an essay reader, I can definitely help! You will REALLY need to amazing essays to get in.
I got in last year, but with a nearly perfect gpa. Let me know if you need some help!</p>