Early Decision - Emory or Johns Hopkins?

Applying to College
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<p>I am considering applying early to Emory or Johns Hopkins University. My parents want me to apply early to Johns Hopkins (3 hours from home). I would prefer Emory. I am wondering at which I would have a better chance applying early (early decision acceptances are about the same...60% for Emory and 59% for Johns Hopkins).</p>

<p>SAT Score: 2090 (720 Math, 690 Critical Reading, 680 Writing, but retaking)</p>

<p>GPA: 3.4 Unweighted (Bad!)</p>

<p>Classes: All honors + AP Stat & AP US History (junior year) and AP Lit, AP Spanish, AP Calc AB, and AP Government (senior year)</p>

<p>ECs:
Top-ranked trombonist: District XI Band, District XI Orchestra, Region VI Band (couldn't try out for states because it falls on the same weekend as SATs grrr!)</p>

<p>Concert band, jazz band, symphony orchestra, brass chamber group, philosophy club (vice president), varsity golf team.</p>

<p>Summer school course at Penn (this summer...probably economics or some other social science...my intended major is poli sci).</p>

<p>White Jewish PA male (White + Jewish + PA = very common at Hopkins. White + Jewish = even more common at Emory).</p>

<p>Spread it on thick.</p>

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<p>Just a side note: if you're interested in Emory, you should go for the Emory Scholars Program.</p>

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<p>Tell me more.</p>

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<p>what do you want to study?</p>

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<p>Political Science.</p>

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<p>If you visit Emory and show INTEREST your chances are enhanced!
You have ED I and II options available to you so you could apply ED to both.</p>

<p>I believe the ED stats will change for both schools since they received more apps.</p>

<p>Both are excellent schools. I visited both and even though I am a northeastern urban type, I preferred the environment at Emory. If you are a Jewish kid from Philly area, you would fit right in at Emory since there are many northerners attending and the school is approx 1/3 Jewish.</p>

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<p>You should NOT apply ED ANYWHERE you haven't visited. Visit both, and in the end you shouldn't pick the school your parents like, but the one you like. I think Emory will suit your academic interests better though.</p>

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<p>Do not apply early decision. You are obviously not ready to do so.</p>

<p>When they say it's a binding contract, they're not kidding.</p>

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<p>But the OP could be ready in 6 months.</p>

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<p>The OP mentioned factors such as at which school ED offers the greatest advantage. For such a large decision, I do not feel it is appropriate to take "the system" (i.e. how to get in) into consideration. I am not a fan of ED in general, and I am especially opposed to it being considered when a school is not an obvious first choice. It is for that reason I cautioned her against a binding early decision program.</p>

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<p>Yes, I agree. Don't apply to a Early <em>Decision</em> Program unless you are 110% certain you will be happy there. If you want to apply early somewhere apply to a school with Early <em>Action</em> which is non binding.</p>

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<p>I never said I was doing it this instant. I was just asking at which school I would have a better chance of getting in if I applied early.</p>

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<p>Emory is the better shot and ED is a huge help there.</p>

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<p>Emory's ED acceptance is 60% versus the 59% at Johns Hopkins. Are you saying this because I better fit the profile of an Emory student, or did you just pull that out of you know where?</p>

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<p>Emory is, traditionally, a much easier school to get into than Johns Hopkins.</p>

<p>However, I stand by the opinion that these facts should play no role when choosing to apply ED.</p>

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<p>there's no point in applying early unless you're in an extreme financial situation. since I knew my EFC would be pretty high back in november when I applied to all of my schools, I didn't even bother applying early, knowing that I would basically commit myself to paying close to 40k a year. this girl at my school who moved here from venezuela 3 years ago applied early, knowing that the worst that could happen was that she would get rejected. luckily, she got admitted with a full ride. so don't apply early if you're in my situation.</p>

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<p>that was to emory btw</p>

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<p>I do not think so. :)</p>

<p>Getting an acceptance from both school is pretty tough. There is no such a "traditional" things. If you want to study in real college town, go to emory.
Or if you just want to study (no life) go to JHU.</p>

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<p>Its not just about acceptance rate. Emory has historically a much higher percentage of its students on scholarships, in spite of that their scores and class rank is still lower. Its much easier.</p>

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<p>Just because school giving out many scholarships, it doesn't mean that school is easy to get in. I'm pretty sure emory scholars have either better or equal stats with HYP students because I saw many ppl chose emory scholar over HYP. Also, if you want to talk about the test score, emory is definately not lower than JHU. Acutally, Emory is better than JHU if you see this evidence.
Emory
90% in top 10th of graduating class
98% in top quarter of graduating class
100% in top half of graduating class
Middle 50% of
First-Year Students Percent Who
Submitted Scores
SAT Reasoning Verbal: 640 - 730 93%
SAT Reasoning Math: 660 - 740 93%
ACT Composite: 29 - 33 36% </p>

<p>JHU
78% in top 10th of graduating class
96% in top quarter of graduating class
99% in top half of graduating class
Middle 50% of
First-Year Students Percent Who
Submitted Scores
SAT Reasoning Verbal: 630 - 740 96%
SAT Reasoning Math: 660 - 760 96%
ACT Composite: 28 - 32 20%</p>

<p>Lastly, are you talking about US News Rank?
Oh.. my bad.. I didn't realize there are still ppl who believe US NEWS Rank 100%. ..</p>