<p>According to Emory, the deadline's been bumped to February 1st. I'm assuming that their applications dropped (which would be interesting as Duke's up 17% for the year) and they're trying to recuperate. The e-mail follows:</p>
<p>As we all prioritize resources during these exceptional times, we have decided to allow students interested in applying to Emory more time to do so, extending our application deadline to February 1, 2009.</p>
<p>In recent days, Emory has been recognized as a Best Value College by both Kiplingers Personal Finance and The Princeton Review. These well researched honors further validate our commitment to providing Emory students an education that is significant, relevant, and affordable.</p>
<p>After you apply to Emory, I encourage you to review for yourself these articles to learn of what value others believe an Emory education will offer you. For example, Kiplingers 2009 Best Values in Private Colleges says:</p>
<p>Need-based aid remains the first priority, and so far, Emory can afford both. That's reassuring for families whose college savings have lately gotten smaller Funding for financial aid is an extremely high priority," says President James Wagner. "It's a major area of growth and expense."</p>
<p>You may have received this email multiple times as the result of your application method but I hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to apply to Emory today. Best wishes for an enjoyable and productive finish to your high school career.</p>
<p>they notified us yesterday that they are late giving back the results of the scholars semifinalist due to the excessif number of applications! so why are they extending the dateline ??to have even more applicants??? i don't understand the logic!</p>
<p>Well, I read a big report a month or two ago saying ED applications were expected to be way up, and RD decisions are expected to be down. So the high number of scholars applications is basically saying that ED applications are up. People want to know where they're going with all the financial aid out of the way as soon as possible.</p>
<p>forget the math; this doesn't pass the smell test. Why would Emory's ED selectivity be lower than Dartmouth's or Brown's, particularly since Emory requires supplemental essays and the others accept the Common App in full. Heck, 15% ED is less than some Ivies RD last year. Huh?</p>
<p>No, not the ED rate...I have no idea about that.(but IMO it sounds ridiculous....)..I'm talking about extending the deadline for RD....sorry for the confusion.....I was responding the the OP...</p>
<p>ok i dont have a site fr the source. i was at emory two/days ago and that is wat the track coach told me. he said it was the worst ed situation the school has ever had.</p>
<p>That'd be really odd if the acceptance rate was that low. I'd expect maybe 25%, unless Emory is for some reason trying to move away from so many ED applicants or something to that effect.</p>
<p>But I wouldn't see the deadline being extended as meaning anything in particular. The way it's worded suggests that they are trying to capitalize on the facts that a lot of people are finding themselves in worse financial situations and Emory Advantage makes Emory relatively a cheap school to go to for its prestige.</p>
<p>It is only my opinion, but I would think that more applications will mean higher selectivity for both EDII and RD. I would rather that deadlines remain deadlines, or let everyone know before the deadline so that they can take another day or so (or now weeks for those that didn't honor the deadline) to polish their application if they need it. There were, no doubt, people that really wanted to apply to Emory that probably rushed to finish their application before the deadline, even if it meant not having an extra week or two to polish their essays.</p>
<p>I would think that before the extension they would have had to base their EDII decisions in relation to the RD pool that honored the deadline. Now, if there are more RD applications, and if the new ones are strong applications, I would think they would be more apt to waitlist or deny the borderline EDII since they will now have a bigger and maybe even some better RD candidates. I have no insight whatsoever, just thinking about how it has become a numbers game with rankings and yield concerns.</p>
<p>i somewhat agree with you... BUT emory is a high interest based school. if you apply EDII youre definitely showing a ton of interest for the school. and if you apply RD before the deadline was changed, youre also showing interest in the school. i think its going to be harder for people who are applying now with the extended deadline bc they obv werent interested in emory originally. also, i think emory is very good at distinguishing hopeful applicants from students who are applying to emory as a "safety" just because of the level of interest the student has shown</p>
<p>yeah that's true.. however 15% is crazy. i'm pretty sure people would be complaining a lot more on college confidential about people getting rejected etc. plus, if the acceptance rate is 15% for early decision, are they saying that the acceptance rate for regular decision is higher? that seems a bit ridiculous..considering people from early decision are trying to UP their chances by applying early. however i do agree with the level of interest crenee mentioned. that is definitely a huge factor, especially visiting the campus</p>