<p>"More than 17,000 students applied for spots in Emory Colleges class of 2015 a record high and a 9.3 percent increase from last year, when the number of applications received declined slightly for the first time in almost 20 years." </p>
<p>Emory</a> College Application Rate Rises Nearly 10% | The Emory Wheel</p>
<p>Yeah, they’ll admit about as much as was admitted my year and decrease the size of the incoming class hopefully (so as to avoid crowding classes and draining resources). I’m glad that Emory is fair in its admission numbers/rate and does not take the oppurtunity to suddenly drop to like a 20-25% admit rate just because apps. rebounded. Some schools love doing this. It said record high which implies the highest ever though. For that to happen, it would have to be >17.5K</p>
<p>Hm I feel like with Emory’s drop in US News Rankings, less people would apply to Emory. I guess that could go the other way as well, though.</p>
<p>I wonder why Emory hasn’t emailed NY Times to tell them their numbers (they have the EDI applicants, but that’s it, nothing for EDII, RD, or EDI/EDII accepted numbers - I am curious as to how many were accepted EDI).</p>
<p>apparently, 14 schools in the top 20 saw an increase in apps by a significant %, which is why they will review the apps closely. ^^i’ll find the link to emory’s EDI–i saw the numbers on a page a few days ago…</p>
<p>Well, it’s still a top 20. I imagine that app. numbers has moreso to do with marketing than rank. For example, many schools that have been the same rank for a while receive increases, also, many schools that have gone down receive increases. Not to mention, some of our peers get way more applications. I think many students who academically inclined tend to apply to many if it’s in the top 25, no matter the trend. Emory has always fluctuated in rank, and has done just fine.</p>
<p>I think UCLA has the most applications of any university in the country. It has something like 10,000 more than Harvard followed by Berkeley. While it’s great to see an increase in applications, it is just a drop in the well, once everything is considered. I think Rice has something like 10,000 applications per year and is still higher ranked than we are.</p>
<p>That being said, this should assuage, for the time being, any fears of Emory falling out of the top 20.</p>
<p>Emory really just needs to raise its profile(I guess). In reality, it is about the same (academically) as say Vandy or Rice (and perhaps some even higher ranked schools), but it doesn’t quite have the reputation for a myriad of reasons. Due to Emory’s lack of a D-1 sports scene, it does have to put in extra marketing work. The rise in applications is more so indicative of what happens if you actually put a reasonable amount of effort into marketing or making yourself noticeable. It doesn’t tell whether academics or infrastructure improved or anything. In fact, the rankings barely even do such a thing.</p>
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<p>The article above mentions a new marketing strategy. I haven’t read the article, just skimmed over it.</p>