Dear ____,
Once again, congratulations to the Emory College Class of 2020! We hope by now you have reviewed your acceptance letter via your OPUS account. If not, to access your official admit letter, login to OPUS, scroll to the bottom of the Student Center main page, locate the Admission section on the left side, and click the “View Online Decision.”
We wanted to follow-up your acceptance letter with some details about your application for financial assistance. During the selection process, the admission committee was able to review your application for admission as well as financial aid. This year, the competition for financial support was exceptionally strong. While the admission committee is excited to extend you an offer of admission, the university is unable to offer financial assistance for your undergraduate education.
Despite not receiving financial assistance, we hope you strongly consider enrolling at Emory College. Emory University is committed to welcoming students from all over the world. A significant number of international students—from more than 80 countries—help make our campus rich with various languages, cultures, and heritages. Please note, all accepted students must accept or decline their offer of admission by May 1, 2016.
@CrystalYKim, I am not implying anything about other people. You’re making a broad generalization. I was responding to a very insulting post, and I was stating very obviously that someone who does not have a good attitude and is willing to say hurtful and mean things does not belong at Emory. Schools evaluate more than just your SAT and your GPA; it’s about character too. And the point I was making is that the type of person who makes rude and demeaning comments doesn’t deserve to attend Emory–that’s not consistent with the spirit of the school.
As the mom of an applicant who got admitted to Emory with a 29 on his ACT, I thought I’d join the fray. We attended an admissions seminar at William and Mary (my alma mater) last summer and learned a ton about the process from the panel of experts (admissions directors from W&M, UVA, UNC, Georgetown and GW). The admissions committee is building a diverse class so they take EVERYTHING into consideration–race, gender, geographical location, socioeconomic status, major, EC’s. So, what results is a completely random process that changes every year. The Georgetown admissions director told a story about needing a harpist for the orchestra one year so 5 kids who played the harp got in that year, but none the next year. Demonstrated interest is also a huge consideration because the competitive schools want to keep their numbers and rankings favorable (that’s the reason for higher acceptances in early decision). This seminar has really helped my son deal with the mixture of rejections/waitlists/acceptances this month! We know that it has so much to do with FIT and nothing to do with being worthy. Also, getting a 29 composite score on his ACT (which he knows is low for the caliber of schools to which he applied) doesn’t tell the whole story. He got a 36 on both the english and writing sections, but completely bombed the science because he didn’t have enough time (I think it was a 25 LOL–he’s a slow test taker). But since he’s not interested in a science major, we are assuming it’s not a huge deal to the schools that accepted him. Why did he get accepted to Emory (and William & Mary, UCLA, and UT Austin’s honors program – we are TX residents)? He’s a resilient military kid who’s lived all over the country (3 different high schools) while maintaining a straight A GPA (97.5/100 GPA and top 5% of class), state-level finalist debater in both Hawaii and Texas, and varsity athlete. Clearly, he didn’t get into any of those schools because of his test scores (2000 on SAT). Anyways, it’s a random process, but there is a little bit if reasoning behind it. Congrats to those who were admitted to Emory and to the many other highly esteemed colleges to which you applied. I should add that he got rejected from Rice, Wash U, Hopkins, Northwestern and waitlisted at UVA, Berkeley, W&L. P.S. My son’s financial aid page says that we will find out tomorrow. Without FA, we won’t be able to afford Emory, and he will be a Longhorn for 1/2 the price!
@WonwillP Just email them (finaid@emory.edu) and tell them that you did submit the documents that they said were missing. They will update the system and shouldn’t jeopardize your FA package since you technically did turn them in when you were supposed to. Same thing happened to me with Emory and a couple other schools for some reason but it shouldn’t be a big deal!
Hi guys I’m currently a junior in high school and am interested in applying to Emory. From my research and what I have heard, it seems that Emory has become significantly more competitive each year. Emory hasn’t updated their admit rate since 2014 but last year only 23% of students who applied were admitted (http://ivyleagueprep.com/emory-university/). Emory is one of my top choices so I was wondering if you guys could give me an idea of where I stand.
Here are my stats:
SAT: 2190 (M:750 CR: 740 W: 700)
ACT: 33 (31 English, 30 Reading, 35 Math, 34 Science, 31 Combined English/Writing)
GPA: 3.79 UW, 4.55 (W)
ECs: Mu Alpha theta, National Honor Society, volunteer at local hospital, pianist (performed at Carnegie Hall), varsity track, president of the debate club, sophomore class president, tutor at Kumon
I heard that Emory has a large asian student body so I was wondering if that would hurt my chances of getting in since I’m an ORM. If you guys could give me any feedback that would be great!