Chances for Emory/Goizueta Scholar

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<p>Hi guys. I was nominated for both these scholarships, and am getting a bit antsy since I haven't heard from any college in a while. I'd love if someone could chance me. I really hope that I'm a Goizueta Scholar, but I heard it's extremely competitive.</p>

<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): Verbal -750 Writing -720 Math -760 (not planning on sending)
ACT: Sent both the following:
Composite - 35 English - 34 Math -34 Reading -34 Science -36 Writing:11 English and Writing -34
Composite -34 English -36 Math -36 Reading -34 Science -31 Writing -08 English and Writing -32
SAT II: Physics:760 Math 2:800 Lit:710 (not sending lit)
Unweighted GPA: 4.95/5.0 (Two B's, both second semester of Hon Eng. 1 and Hon. Eng. 2 Fresh/Soph year)
Weighted GPA: 5.86/6.0 (factor in the two B's, my Fresh elective of Intro to Business vs Study Hall, and mandatory Health)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20/690 (Only behind by a few tenths of GPA, without Intro to Bus. I'd have like a 5.94 and be in top 10 /sigh)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (5), AP US (5), AP Micro (5), AP Macro (4), AP Lang and Comp (5), AP Calc BC (5), AP Spanish Lang (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, Math Topics (Multivariable Calc), AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Span Lit, Hon. Philosophy and Ethics / AP Gov
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Semifinalist, AP Scholar</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): BPA, Investment Club, 500 member cultural organization in the Chicago Area (Head of Youth Activities and Awareness, only teen on otherwise all adult board), I own a small business that I started this summer
Job/Work Experience: Worked at dad's company, runner on the Chicago Board of Trade for an internship one summer, my own small business
Volunteer/Community service: 500 member cultural organization (200+ hours a year, raised $5,000 in the fundraiser I organized, helped revitalize the dying organization, more than tripled youth participation, etc.)
Summer Activities: Work, runner, cultural group, my own business</p>

<p>Essays
Common App: I think it's extremely unique. I discuss a Rube Goldberg project I had to do, highlighting how my mind works, connecting it to a movie, subtly hinting at my creativity, my love for problem-solving and puzzles, and my determination. People say they enjoy reading it.
Why Emory: Discuss Emory's goal to educate about diversity rather than just celebrating it, creating dialogue between cultures, link it to my involvement in the cultural group.
Optional: Discuss a merry-go-round and connect to my philosophy that life should be taken in and savored
Emory Scholar Essay: Discuss my passion for movies
Goizueta Scholar Essay: Discuss my small business, it's failures, etc.</p>

<p>Recs
Teacher Recommendation: I didn't read them, but my counselor said they were amazing. One from an AP Lang and Comp teacher who read lots of my personal essays and saw my growth in a subject I usually struggled in (those two pesky Bs vs straight As in his class). Other from an AP Span Lang and Comp teacher who also liked me a lot.
Counselor Rec: I didn't read it, but he likes me a lot, the most out of all his kids and we talk frequently. He told me wrote a lot about my passion for business
Additional Rec: Head of the cultural group -- I was told this a superb rec, one of the best recs my counselor has ever read, even though I haven't read it. He said it mentioned my initiative, my social poise, etc. and that it was very professional and made me look amazing.
Interview: It went well. I talked a lot about my business, he said he'd visit the website. He seemed interested and impressed.</p>

<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: 3,000 students, public, extremely competitive and many Ivy-caliber students (24 NMSF)
Ethnicity: Indian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $500,000+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Interest in Emory: Visited Campus, went to Emory Booth at a college fair, visited an info session in Chicago, did the interview, had a bit of email contact, talked in person to the Undergrad business adviser at Goizueta for an hour.
Other Schools you've been accepted into already: UChicago, Babson, UMich, Case Western. Emory is the one I'm really waiting for.</p>

<p>Strengths: Rigor of curriculum, GPA, scores, essays, recs
Weakness: No hooks whatsoever, depth but no breath at all for ECs</p>

<p>Does anyone know when we're notified about being semifinalists? Does being a semifinalist guarantee that I'm in the school (and the B school if I get Goizueta)? Or do I have to be a Finalist. </p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>DRose2012: You will probably of course make it into Emory (I think), but no one can tell you chances of becoming any type of scholar no matter how good your qualifications are (and they are pretty damned good). It is tough and I’m pretty sure most who apply have the qualities they are searching for, but they like some of the “students”(not their qualifications) better. Many of the scholars I know at Emory (who enter as a scholar) for example (I’m not sure I know any G scholars) are indeed “scholars” who take paths that are more rare at this institution. Many of them, for example, are not pre-professional and even when they are, they take less travelled paths. For example, you’ll find the pre-law chem. majors, the science majors with no interest in pre-med (I know one which is a chem and physics major and wants a phD), the extremely liberal arts oriented science major that write books (and are already published), the pre-business student taking frosh orgo, etc. I can see you getting some type of scholarship, however. I just don’t know what, outside of high GPA, rigor of curriculum, and great ECs, makes a competitive G scholar. For example, apparently in one incoming BBA class at GBS, 16% of them had started their own business. Unfortunate to say that, more than likely, most were not G scholars. However, I cannot speak for those who were among that 16% AND were in the top 75% (you know, SAT or ACT wise) of their incoming frosh class (this is you). </p>

<p>As for guarantees. I’m sure you’ll be auto- admitted to GBS, , but you, like most, will probably get admitted (even without) unless tragedy happens to your grades and most BBAs I know do not and are not willing to take more challenging classes in the college of arts and sciences. And no, the GBS pre-reqs, other than say, finance, are not considered challenging (especially to someone with AP or some sort of college econ.). Perhaps if you’re a scholar, you’ll show a different tenacity and of course, still manage solid grades :wink: . 80% of GBS applicants are admitted. Anyway, you get auto-admitted and then you get to choose classes earlier than others.
Here is proof:
<a href=“http://www.emory.edu/admission/financial_aid/merit_scholarships/goizueta_scholars.html[/url]”>http://www.emory.edu/admission/financial_aid/merit_scholarships/goizueta_scholars.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I bet those seminars are really cool!</p>

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<p>^ I understand what you’re saying, but I don’t think I’m competing against everyone in the B school. The business adviser, along with my guidance counselor and the adcom for my area, were unaware of exactly how many students apply, but it isn’t that many. </p>

<p>Of course, I love Emory, but the real clincher will be the Goizueta Scholarship. I feel that I meet most of the reqs in that link, but don’t meet the profile you’ve painted of the scholars. I just learned, though, that while there are up to 4 Emory scholars allowed from a high school, only one Goizueta scholar is nominated. I guess the limited pool might make it different (maybe in a bad way).</p>

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<p>No, you’re not competing with everyone in the b-school. I was just speculating as to whether any of those students within that 16% of incoming BBAs also came in as Goizueta scholars. By the way, no need to fear. The people I described were Emory scholars for the most part. I think that since you are going for G scholar, they kind of understand that you are perhaps a more strict pre-professional than anything else. Just saying that Emory scholars (I guess they are Woodruff scholars) seem on the more intellectually adventurous/unpredictable side. Your intellectual adventurism is simply reoriented toward the context of the business realm. For example, it’s pretty cool that you started a business and played a HUGE part in reorganizing some sort of community organization. Both indicating that you have a sort of boldness and ability to innovate that I’m sure adcoms will find likeable (not to mention befitting to the mission and vision of Emory). I just have no idea of your competition. The best I can do is wish the best of luck and hope that you are one of the last left standing in the selection process. If you are, GBS has a lot to offer and you’ll be get to work with many like-minded colleagues and accomplish and perhaps create some amazing things (on top of the business you started. You seem as if you’ll be an asset team member in one of those case competitions that BBAs tend to participate in).</p>

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<p>^ I also extensively talked to the business adviser as well as my interviewer about how Emory’s flexibility can help me pursue my other intellectual passions, i.e. math, film, and even some cultural studies. Maybe that will help. </p>

<p>Thanks for your comments! They have been extremely helpful.</p>

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<p>I’ll be a little more optimistic. I think you have a good shot to be a Scholar.</p>

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<p>Anyone know when emory scholars decisions come out though?</p>