<p>julienf,
my s was deferred at UNC EA.
the limbo sucks.
but it is not a denial, which many got.
no fun though</p>
<p>congratulations to those that got in! and if u got deferred or waitlisted, theres still a chance.</p>
<p>thanks for the support and congrats to your son, sherbear, as well as to sjessani and doctor.</p>
<p>with any luck I'll be joining you next year at Emory...</p>
<p>sherbear, tell your son congrats, he is going to have a great time at Emory. My plan now is wait until April 1st to hear from Vanderbilt, WashU (reach, have a few hooks), Grinnell, and Whitman. I already got into KU and may get into the honors program. Emory was obviously my first choice, but it wasn't meant to be I suppose.</p>
<p>jmizz20,
this meant to be theory is one i put some stock in.
while it can't always be true, i think most kids get in to the place that fits them best and they end up really happy.
okay.
maybe that sounds pollyanna.
but when my s was deferred at UNC EA, i told myself it wasn't meant to be, and now, we're really smiling over here!
best of luck.</p>
<p>Accepted! YAY!
From New York</p>
<p>congrats, kstrike.</p>
<p>yes! so siked! congrats everyone! im like in shoooooock!</p>
<p>^^^^ you mean psyched???</p>
<p>I got in :-D</p>
<p>should we post stats?</p>
<p>Here's the thread EDI people used to post stats:</p>
<p>It'd be courteous to future applicants for EDIIers to post stats also, either in the linked thread or a new EDII one.</p>
<p>Hey you guys... I have a question which I was wondering if some of you could share your opinions or own experiences on. IN the past few years, Emory has pretty much accepted every student that applied to Emory (they've always been qualified mind you). And while they are selective, and have high standards, they've always been consistent in accepting the qualified students. But this year, something changed. One guy applied ED, who was qualified, and was outright rejected. Then, two more ppl applied EDII and they were also outright rejected (even more qualified applicants). I had previously heard that my guidance counselor had been talking to other guidance counselors in the area, and they were all experiencing this similar phenomenon. I live in the tri-state area (longisland/westchester/connecticut/newjersey), and it seems like a lot of people haven't been getting in. Some peopole have theorized that the school is trying to shift some of their demographics away from uppermiddle class, white, jewish applicants who are prevalent in this area. Please discuss, and tell me if you have noticed anything similar in your schools.</p>
<p>Hey.
i know that a number of schools have been experiencing more applications and more qualified applicants. emory would be no different.
now it is known that vandy has been actively pursuing more jews over the past few years. (now that they're up to 12+% that may change).
i haven't heard of jews or mid Atlantic applicants being held ot a higher scrutiny.
but there's always a demographic element to admissions,
post the stats of the rejected people, and then we could more a bit out of the abstract and into the concrete.
thanks</p>
<p>To be honest, I haven't heard of more than a handful of rejections. I guess those who are borderline are a bit more reserved to post their stats.</p>
<p>Emory does seem to be actively going for the low and middle class applicants with their new financial aid programs (keep in mind ~40% of Emory's freshman have parental incomes of over $200k/yr) but I haven't noticed any other initiatives other than just general diversification.</p>
<p>ridonk: I sent you a PM</p>
<p>ridonk, so far I've been the only person that I heard about being waitlisted, especially from the tristate/long island area (I'm also Jewish). I'm not quite sure what to make of that, but I do know one thing: I'll still be around here for at least a few more months! :)</p>
<p>Congrats to all. Thanks, SherBear</p>
<p>Well.. .for one kid who was rejected EDII... I don't know THAT much about his stuff, but i'll try to fill you in:
2100 SAT
SATIIs: 3 subjects with 700 or above
3.8 GPA (very tough nationally-ranked HS)
2 APs junior year (2 5s), and 3 APs Senior year
Probably like 300 hours of community service at a local soup kitchen. (now in charge of a program there)
On 2 varsity teams
...I don't really know that much else... there is other stuff, but it's hard to do a chances thread for other people. But, to make a long story short, he is the most qualified applicant to apply in the past 4 years, and nobody from our school hasn't gotten in in the past four years (until this year). I thought it was a safe match for him, but I guess Im wrong. About the jewish thing... i don't think they are purposely against jewish kids... just that they seem to be limiting an area that has a high %age of jews.</p>
<p>ridonkulous0,
those stats appear to be in line with those admitted, but to call them safe statss would be an overstatement.
my s's stats were similar, and he is a white jewish kid from atlanta, an area that is also heavily represented, and we were not confident that he's get in, even with dad on faculty.
we chose to do early decision for for whatever advantage it could have provided.
we thought emory to be close to a match, but we also saw kids getting rejected with more impressive stats.
the only things my s may have had over the above referenced student is that in addition to the newspaper, the varsity sports, and various other commitments, he has held the same job since grade 10; also, he has taken the absolute toughest schedule possible at his school. he had to get special permission to re sequence the science requisites so he could take an AP science prior to senior year, something less than a handful of kids have done. if your school is a very tough nationally ranked one, there is a possibility that<br>
having only completed 2 APs prior to senior year does no reflect the most rigorous courseloaad.
other than those 2 quantitative possibilities, there ar those subjectives, like essays and recs . . . .
but the demographic theory, the idea that every school shoots to create a particular class of variety, may certainly be a strong factor.
thanks for the post.
it is thought-evoking!</p>