Emory Admissions Regular Decision Fall 2022

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One should never apply ED if they are unsure of finances - either affording it - or wanting to see how prices stack up vs. others.

Schools often say ED doesn’t impact merit. I personally think it’s bs for the reasons you bring above.

Many top schools today are filling half or more of their classes via ED. Penn just said their plan is 51%.

I look at the W&L Johnson Scholar - it’s written everywhere most who get are RD. Not all - but most. That sort of tells me what you’re saying is correct…at least it’s my belief regardless of what schools tell you.

Others will say there’s no pressure to apply ED - but the constant barrage of emails from colleges after one applies EA or gets deferred, etc. shows you they’re absolutely pressuring you. WUSTL was over the top - even on our in person info session.

We all have to remember- these are large corporations looking for revenue.

I’d rather miss on a college than mortgage my financial future.

Ones opportunities aren’t that greatly different at Emory vs. other places - no offense to Emory - especially when you’re a liberal art student.

It’s a great school…a wonderful school. I wish my daughter was there - she was WL - did not apply to Oxford. I’m not denigrating Emory at all although she likely would have ended up where she is at College of Charleston based on cost (our OOS scholarship covers tuition + $1K).

My point is - it’s not worth anyone locking themselves up at any school - if it’s going to put them in financial stress, etc. Parents will already have enough emotional stress dealing with their kids homesickness, academic struggles or other things that happen. So the more you can control stress reduction (and finances are big), it’s better to do.

If you ED and get crushed financially, you’ll regret it for many years to come no matter how wonderful the four years turn out to be.

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Thank you for that! We don’t qualify for financial aid, and we could make full-pay work, but we have two younger kids (twins) in high school, one of whom has disabilities and may need some kind of specialized schooling – so if our oldest gets some merit, it would be great. We’re comfortable but don’t have unlimited funds.

Of course, we want her to go where she wants to go, especially since she’s such a strong student. But I think it’s good she really liked 4-5 schools and didn’t fall in love with THE ONE (although Emory would be ideal for many reasons). Her good friend didn’t get into her ED school and was absolutely crushed, and I don’t think that will happen for my kiddo (unless she doesn’t get in at any of them). She does have an acceptance in hand at our state flagship, which is certainly the best financial decision and most practical – so she has options.

Did your daughter apply to WUSTL? That’s on the list. And how is her experience at College of Charleston? My daughter looked there – Charleston itself is wonderful – but she got the impression that the campus was really urban. Is that true? We didn’t get the chance to visit. She opted to apply to Furman instead.

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I’m like you - my EFC was 6 figures (for one) and I have two kids in school.

We all want to send our kids where they want to go - mine was American but the merit was $15K and she instantly knew it was out because I set sort of a $50K price point.

But we all have our own value systems - to me, college isn’t worth more than that. That’s my values. Others are different. Some want $20K and some will fork over the $80K. Just remember - college costs more than they tell you. Ubers, pizzas, trips into city or spring break, doctors because the campus health stinks.

You already have provided some context to future struggles financially but again - it’s a personal call.

So as the WUSTL people took me aside after the info session to push ED, I asked - what if I don’t like the offer you give me - i.e. merit.

They said, if you can’t afford the school after you get the offer, we’ll release you.

So the question I asked them is what I’m going to ask you and it’s the question I think people should think about - and the only right answer is what you think because it’s your value system - my response to them, ending with the question was:

It’s not a question of if I can I afford it (I can), it’s a question of do I want to afford it??

So that’s the question for you - as you can afford it as you say - although don’t forget your future - because it’s not an afford year by year, it’s four years. You need to plan it out since your twins will overlap - but the question is:

do you want to afford it?

Some parents might be - with three kids at once- i’m sending my kid to Bama or Arizona because they’ll get crazy aid and they can join the Honors College - because it’s a difference of $60K a year depending on stats - and 60K x 4 = $240K - that’s a lot of $$$ to save for one kid. That’s the values for those families. But that’s why you have more NMFs at Bama than any other school in the country.

Others are willing to spend, stretch themselves - even go into debt to get to a name or place they want.

But that’s the question I’d ask - if Emory is full pay or $25K off full pay or whatever the amount - do I want to afford it?

btw - these are conversations you need to have with your kids up front. Admittedly we chased merit and my daughter had 17 offers. I let her choose from 5 or 6 because they met the qualification - and fortunately she understood up front and had no issue once I laid out the final choices.

My son applied to WUSTL 3 years ago. Loved it on visit but there was zero chance I was letting my kids ED…zero…even today with all the pressure and filling half the classes. He was WL. Didn’t get off the WL but he would not have gone even if he did. He got into Purdue Engineering and a $10K merit which is unheard of. He did a summer week camp there and fell in love. But they had over enrollment issues - it’s a popular and wonderful school. And my son panicked on the housing and being 6 hours from mom. He visited Bama, with friends on a job shadow or visit college day his senior year - a place he had zero interest in, saw the campus which most love and saw Ridgecrest - the modern Honors dorm complex where he had his own room and shared bathroom with one - and he was sold. So he’s at Bama. Honestly, I’d prefer he’d go to Purdue even though it’d cost me $80K more or so - but I’ll spend $70K for four years - so I should be happy :slight_smile: Bama = HUGE merit.

My daughter is at C of C yes - and she’s a Charleston Fellow and International Scholar - basically special programs that - if she went to a higher ranked school - she’d be one of many…so at Charleston she gets to stand out a bit more and is in these top level programs (a subset of Honors). Charleston is a smaller city and touristy - and yes, the campus is downtown. It’s an urban area but it’s a campus - and the size, like Emory, is nice - not too big. It’s not like BU, GW, or NYU urban at all…it definitely has a campus whereas those don’t. It’s just the campus is adjacent to the main downtown street.

My daughter’s experience has been pretty great overall - because of the enrichment she’s qualified for, it’s added a lot of value to/for her - and speaking of that extra expense i mentioned - lots of ubers to the beach, lots of food (nice restaurants abound) and yes, off campus doctors because the on campus can’t get you in or just isn’t good. They do have the Medical U of SC nearby and I think she started going there for appointments as it’s much better than the campus clinic.

I just worry about the $$ - that’s a thing to me - many here talk about spending $80K like - it’s just the thing to do - and for those who value that - it’s fine…no issues. But you can see of see the internal struggle many have and I had - and I always ask -

Not can you afford it - but do you want to afford it :slight_smile:

One last opine - there’s a zillion schools out there your daughter will be happy at and will get a great education. Whether it’s Miami of Ohio, Kansas State, Elon, UVM - wherever and i’m not suggesting you apply to each and/or any - I’m simply saying - people fixate on a school but truth is, kids struggle and transfer from their dream schools (bad profs, bad roomie) and my guess is if your daughter has 10 schools on her list, she can probably be happy and prosper at all ten - if things work out properly. So never fall in love with one…although Emory is really nice so I understand why kids fall in love - I mean, the Coke Bottle quad is cool!!

Emory is wonderful and I wish you luck wherever your child ends up.

Anyway, feel free to PM if you have more questions about other places so i don’t dominate the thread!!

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I really appreciate the good food for thought! I hadn’t considered from that angle specifically – what we want to afford. Thank you!

Sounds like your kids made fantastic choices – single room and only sharing a bathroom with one person would be a dream. We know several kids who chose Bama because of NMF status – but we’re in Atlanta, so we have Bama friends in general, and we’re familiar with big SEC footballs schools. :grinning: (I went to UF myself, when it didn’t have quite the reputation it does now.)

I’m going to digest this, and then I might PM you. Thank you!

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Also for food for thought - if it is Emory and you go with Oxford for two years that in itself is less expensive. For whatever reason the tuitions are different and that is a nice thing. From our end, my husband’s contract from UMiami includes tuition remission up to the cost of UM. So if my kids go to UM we do not pay tuition if they go elsewhere we pay the tuition and submit for reimbursement up to the cost of UM. Tuition for us becomes the taxes plus if there is any over the cost of UM. It makes for us the conversation about cost a very different thing.

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Great insights. We found ourselves in the same place - it wasn’t about what I could afford, but about what I was willing to pay. I’m a WUSTL alum and would have loved to have had my kids go, but, unless my kids got merit (and, as much as I think my kids are great, they were not getting merit money), we were going to get charged retail and I wasn’t willing to pay that. It is a tough reality for both the parents and kids. However, the kids are going to get those first degrees with no debt or, even better, with some $$ in the 529 to put against grad school.

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Good strategy. Just accepted to UNC and as much as I like what I read about Emory and quantitative degrees,it’ll be hard to justify if accepted. 25k vs 70-80k likely allows me $ for graduate school. Other aspect is 15 courses guaranteed to transfer but privates are a bit more uncertain in that.

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Unc = Emory in most aspects. So that’s an easy call. Congrats !!

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Much appreciated. Considering the brutal application cycle very grateful for in state status to a school of its reputation. RD schools I applied to may be flat rejections. Looked at Northeastern forum( didn’t apply) and it was almost silly the stats deferred. Thanks again

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Crickets over here… So, if the threads for the last few years are any indicators, around Monday an email should come out notifying applicants that finalists for the Emory Scholars will be released Wednesday. Do we think that pattern will hold?

and this is actually from an Emory blog from last year (2021):

Scholar Finalist Notification Process (2021) | Inside Emory Admission

If you read through that you will see another link at the bottom from 2 days later after the letters came out.

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Hope so! My son will be checking next week for sure. Thanks for the heads up.

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Does Emory Scholars require a separate application and/or early decision?

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It is all decisions but you had to check the box saying you wanted to apply scholarship decision and had an earlier deadline to turn everything in.

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You had to apply by November 15th, but could choose ED1, ED2 or RD. You had to also select the box that said yes, I want to be considered for merit scholarships. I dont think there was an essay.

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Thanks

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I was thinking this, too. Fingers crossed it comes out this week. Weird, but I can’t seem to get to the Emory admissions blog anymore – it gives me a “your connection is not private” error. Just me?

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I just read the error and it says as of two days ago. Last week the entire emory system and wifi went down. When the wifi came back the servers didn’t and it took a while to get that back. It impacted university wide and both campuses. I know because my son is there. I wonder if some of the systems are still being impacted. When my son reported the issues he was told they were having problems with software.

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I am getting that issue now and was not getting that issue on Friday…

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BTW, from what I could see in last year’s thread, the article was posted in the early afternoon, but the email didn’t go out until about 6:00 pm eastern.

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Emory always releases decisions on Wednesdays at 6pm Eastern. They also share that on social media and the blog prior to the occurrence. It’s all forms of social media. They rarely send an email to check.