Chances 2011

Colleges and Universities A-Z Emory University
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<p>I just wanted to know what some current Emory undergrads thought my chances were on getting in:</p>

<p>BTW, I am visiting for a 2-week summer program in July</p>

<p>General info:
White male. Middle Class from New Jersey.</p>

<p>Extremely Competetive Public Magnet High School. Actually just named a "Public Elite" by Newsweek (only like 20 schools got that award).</p>

<p>Freshman year:
GPA 3.779
Honors Biology
Honors Intro Chem
Honors Alg II & Trig
Honors Amer. History
Honors Amer. Lit I
Honors Spanish II
Geometry
Medical Science Seminar
Nutrition</p>

<p>Sophomor Year (no AP's offered):
GPA 3.801
Honors Chemistry
Honors Intro Physics
Honors Adv. Analysis I (Pre-Calc)
Honors World History I
Honors Amer. Lit II
Honors Spanish III
Molecular Biology I & II
Organic Chem I</p>

<p>Junior Year:
Should finish with another 3.8_ GPA
Honors Anatomy and Physiology
Honors Inter. Physics
Honors World Literature I
Honors Spanish IV
Honors Latin I
Honors Adv. Analysis II (Pre-Calc II)
IB History
Zoology</p>

<p>Senior Year:
Courses I will be taking:
AP Bio
AP Calculus AB
AP Chem
IB History (2 Year course)
IB Enviromental Living Systems
Honors World Lit II
Honors Spanish V
Honors Latin II
Molecular Biology IV & V
Bioethics</p>

<p>Overall GPA ~3.8
Class Rank: School does NOT rank.</p>

<p>Test Scores:
SAT V: 670
SAT M: 760
SAT W: 660
I am retaking them. My PSAT Writing was a 760, and I should be able to get at least a 760 in writing on the SAT.</p>

<p>SAT II:
Am taking SAT IIC Math
SAT II Bio/M</p>

<p>EC's:
Model United Nations 9-12 (possible Sec-Gen of next year's conference (will find out soon))
Debate Team 10-JV, 11 & 12 Varsity (possible Captain (will find out soon)
National History Day 10, 11, 12
Health Occupation Students of America (HOSA) 11, 12
400 Hours of Volunteer work at Local Boy's and Girl's Club
National Honors Society 11-12
Volleyball 9 & 10 JV, 11 & 12 Varsity (Captain Next Year)
2 Medical Summer Programs
Senior Year Internship (most likely at Plastic Surgeon's office)</p>

<p>Awards and Recognition:
Various Model UN Awards at Conferences (e.g. MIT, GWU)
5th Place JV Debate Team in County
National Merit Commended Student (possible Semi-Finalist)
Local Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year
Possible NJ Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year
2nd place Senior Group Documentary at NJ History Day
Top 14 in Nation Senior Group Documentary at National History Day
3rd Place Biomedical Debate at NJ HOSA competition
Dean's List every trimester in school</p>

<p>I just want to know if I have a decent chance of getting in?
Also, what do you think I need to improve upon?</p>

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<p>wow, you seem to be posting this on every college's board. i hope you narrow down your choices before application time. i think you have got a good chance of getting in. your ecs are strong and you have a heavy corse load seeing as how your school doesn't give many aps to those who aren't seniors. i think you could improve on your sat score. it's not bad but it would definetly make you more secure if you got it around a mid 2100. if you got it higher you could consider applying for emory scholars. good luck.</p>

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<p>Thanks amadani,</p>

<p>I have been posting a at a lot of boards. My top choices are really Dartmouth, Emory, Yale. However I am also looking into the Claremont Consortium (CMC, Pomona, Pitzer), and then Bates, Colby and Georgetown. I plan on eliminated either Bates or Colby, and either CMC or Pomona, so that should narrow my choices down to 7 plus 2 safeties.</p>

<p>Can you give me some more details on Emory Scholars?</p>

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<p>you have some good choices. the emory scholars program is a highly competitive and selective program for students who have excelled in high school. becoming and emory scholar is usually as difficult as admission into HYPS. to be a candidate, your high school must nominate you (each school gets 5) and you must write an additional essay. all of the materials are due by november 1. they announce semi finals at the end of january and then interviews are in march. emory awards about 150 scholarships ranging from 2/3 tuition to full. it is renewable each year. the scholars get other benefits like first choice in housing and classes plus retreats and internships not available to everyone else. hope this helps.</p>

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<p>That sounds awesome. I never thought that such great schools gave 2/3-full scholarships. I will surely look into this. Just one question. Do you know if you can still be accepted RD if you don't get the scholarship?</p>

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<p>if you get to the semis you are in but if you don't get there then they put you with the rest of the RD applicants.</p>

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<p>So you mean if you get to semi's you are automatically in. It is just a matter of whether you have to pay full tuition or if you get the scholarship. That is really awesome. I will definetely ask my guidance counselor about it.</p>

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<p>yep, i'm pretty sure that's how it works. check out their website at <a href="http://www.emory.edu/ADMISSIONS/admission-aid/emory-scholars.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.emory.edu/ADMISSIONS/admission-aid/emory-scholars.htm&lt;/a> for more info though.</p>