EMORY CLASS OF 2019 ED 2 RESULT THREAD

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If you got in Congrats!
Results came in 6:00PM today

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown):
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:
Intended Major:
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant):
School Type:
Ethnicity:
Gender:
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):

Reflection

Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:

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wait listed

SAT I (breakdown): 2160 (R 770 M690 W700)
ACT (breakdown): 32
SAT II: 760 Math 2
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): na
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Calc (4) (limit on aps but taking dual enrollment)
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Decent amount + had a lot of leadership positions
Job/Work Experience: Tutor
Volunteer/Community service: 150-200 hours + decent amount of continuous volunteer work
Summer Activities: internships at neuroscience places and at an OR room
Essays (rating 1-10, details): common:9 supp 8
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
teacher A: 10 love me
teacher B:8 we’re on good terms but aren’t close
guidance: 9 she knows my name and we’ve talked loads of times :slight_smile:

Additional Rec: 10 we’re super close
Interview: n/a

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
Intended Major: Bio
State (if domestic applicant): NJ
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: you need to take a test to get in
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F
Income Bracket: 60-70K
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a

Question is wait listed better than deferral or are they virtually the same?

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@aphro24 You only get deferral if you chose ED1, and you get waitlist if you’re doing RD or ED2.

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Did anyone get in? This is depressing. Good luck to you @aphro24

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Also waitlisted… not going to go by the form listed above since I already made a chances thread, so I’ll just repaste my stats here:

ACT: 34 (36 R, 36 E, 32 M, 31 S)
National Merit Semifinalist

GPA: 4.33/5 (extremely competitive school)
No class rankings are released.

Subject Tests:
Math 2: 730
Literature: 710

AP Classes Taken (received scores of 4 on all of them):
AP Latin, AP Physics B, AP US History, AP European History

AP Classes Currently Being Taken:
AP Microecon, AP Macroecon, AP Calculus AB, AP Environmental Science, and AP Art History

(9 total APs by the end of my senior year.)

Really good EC’s. Flew to Washington DC as part of a year and a half long research paper I conducted on the effects of money on the political system. Interviewed congressmen, my state’s governor, CEOs, etc. for it.

Volunteered for an organization after my sophmore year with the goal of helping eliminate the influence of money on political campaigns.

Other general stuff like being in clubs (one minor leadership position) and plenty of service.
Gold and silver medals on National Latin Exams, etc.

Pretty good letters of recommendation and essays that were about my dedication to the issue of money in politics.
2 years of policy debate in my freshman and sophmore years.

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Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (math 710, reading 680, writing 740)
ACT (breakdown): didn’t take
SAT II: didn’t submit
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9 UW, 4.4 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 5%
AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
IB (place score in parenthesis): IB Diploma candidate
Senior Year Course Load: IB Diploma - full IB schedule
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): (editor in chief ) school newspaper, varsity field hockey (2 years), class officer
Job/Work Experience: tutor
Volunteer/Community service: some - not a lot
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): I think they were good - my teacher read after I submitted and loved
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): Didn’t read, but think they were very positive
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): NC
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: enough so no financial aid required :slight_smile:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None

Reflection

Strengths: GPA , recs , leadership (editor in chief)
Weaknesses: SAT ?
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: IDK? Just very happy to be accepted
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected

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Forgot to add status: ACCEPTED

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ACCEPTED!!!

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2130 Math:740 CR:700 Wr: 690
ACT (breakdown):
SAT II: 760 math lI , 720 physics
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): School does not calculate gpa;however, my grades were a smattering of As and Bs with one of two Cs - very average
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis):
IB (place score in parenthesis): 37 , not exceptional either as emory tends to accept kids with scores above 38
Senior Year Course Load:
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): National Level chess player - internationally rated, school level table tennis and cricket player. Lots of other things I cant be bothered to list :wink:
Job/Work Experience: chess teacher, serving in the singapore civil defence force currently
Volunteer/Community service: 100s of hours of service at old age homes
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9 - I wrote about how I taught myself how to teach XD
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 7-8?
Additional Rec:
Interview:

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?: Nope
Intended Major: Comp Sci
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): Singapore
School Type: International
Ethnicity:India
Gender:Male
Income Bracket: high enough as to not require aid
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): National level chess player + unique essays?

Reflection

Strengths: ECs and essays
Weaknesses: GPA and IB
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Most likely due to my strengths
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected from Carnegie Mellon ED1 and UVA engineering

I am literally shaking! I cannot wait to be a part of the Emory family :smiley:

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and wow I cant believe I got accepted while the first two posters, who are clearly academically stronger than me, got waitlisted 0.o

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@Kinalrala : Emory is not a stats whore school…you’re thinking of some other schools lol. It may just use the scholars and RD applicant pool to stats whore out. Chess and being interested in CS is what may have gotten you in. While CS isn’t the strongest major here, the scene among students majoring in it, math, and some other things is really interesting (the app hack-a-thons that most schools w/o an engineering school do not have and even some with one don’t). The creation of the qtm major also makes you a solid fit. I think the other candidates were academically “better” and one had very strong EC’s, but their potential interests/major seemed to fit into stereochemical categories associated with Emory students (like those w/polisci majors as an interest may often have similar profiles). And person w/biology major may have had stronger than normal recs (students think their recs are strong, but adcoms probably see them differently and also see them in context of what they want for the class, also may have liked the signs that they would engage in something outside of their major as they were newspaper editor-in-chief)

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Yea I get what you mean- makes totally sense. I I thought emory was major blind in it’s admissions process though? And yea ik cs isn’t the strongest and emory but I am going to emory for the amazing college experience emory offers itself :smiley: so excited akeheidnev

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@kinaralah‌ : Well, this is what is interesting and an observation I made. I feel that at schools like Emory, motivated students sometimes attempt to fill in gaps…and it has been successful in the CS community (it seems to have started a movement where many CS majors are very activated and inclined to participate in events outside of class) and among those interested in entrepreneurship on campus (having the b-school also really helps). But anecdotal event: I showed several Georgia Tech students their way to the b-school for the new hack-a-thon that came about this past fall semester (the Coca Cola one: Just started, so nothing like the spring one) and they conceded that Tech didn’t have that many. My guess is that many Emory students have a desire to do something that applies their skills in math and CS along with their entrepreneurial spirit. In addition, one thing we all love at these types of schools is networking. These events attract funding and attention from several sponsors who may not have otherwise taken a place like Emory serious (IE such student started events could increase recruitment activity for Tech/math oriented firms). In addition they offer oppurtunities to meet others like them who may go to a different institution in town or are in a different part of the university. In this case, it doesn’t matter if the CS department is weak if students are good enough to teach themselves and motivated enough to develop and test their skills through these events which THEY created and gathered funding for. The arrival of QTM and datafest certainly does not hurt this culture. The idea is, because of all of this, regardless of why Emory picked you, the school and the community does have a place for you that you will probably enjoy if you get involved in. I honestly wish more students in other departments would take things into their own hands like this. It achieves great results.

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SAT I (breakdown): W700, CR670, M680
SAT II:Bio M 730 Math-1 700
Senior Year Course Load: A-level ( 3 subjects)

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:tutor, research assistant
Volunteer/Community service:a lot
Summer Activities:a lot
Essays (rating 1-10, details):9
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):9
Additional Rec:10

Other

Applied for Financial Aid?:no
Intended Major:Biology
Country (if international applicant):Bangladesh
School Type:International
Ethnicity:Bengali
Gender:Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first prospective student from Bangladesh in the last 5 years?

Reflection

Strengths:essays, diversity
Weaknesses:SAT
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Most likely due to my strengths
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Rejected from JHU ED1

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oh and i got Accepted!!! :slight_smile:

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@bernie12 Funny that you mention the b-school as I am seriously considering doing a double major in comp sci and BA. Bringing me to another reason I applied emory ED - I have an equal love for entrepreneurship and coding that emory allows me to explore, an exploration that a certain tech school nearby woudnt allow me to make properly :wink:

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@kinalralah: Note that you need not go to b-school to do entrepreneurship. In fact, typically business schools don’t really foster that in their curriculum. Again, this is just students, regardless of major, going out on their own limb.

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ACCEPTED: EMORY COLLEGE
REJECTED: OXFORD COLLEGE

Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2200; R690, W750, M760
ACT (breakdown): n/a
SAT II: Math Level 2 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): n/a
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): n/a
AP (place score in parenthesis): n/a
IB (place score in parenthesis): n/a
Senior Year Course Load: n/a
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): n/a

Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): International level film-making, theatre, (head of external affairs portfolio)
Job/Work Experience: n/a
Volunteer/Community service: a bit
Summer Activities: n/a
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 7(common app), 8(supp)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: n/a

Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Economics
State (if domestic applicant):
Country (if international applicant): India
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: n/a
Gender: male
Income Bracket: didn’t mention
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): n/a

Reflection

Strengths: recommendation, subject test score
Weaknesses: no sports, skills
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: good supplementary essay, recos
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: n/a

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Please chance me, I am applying to Emory and Oxford for ED for Fall 2016. My Stats

GPA- 3.95 UW
4.55/5.0 - Weighted
SAT - 2030 (680 V, 680 W,670 M)-Superscore
ACT- 30 - Composite

ECs- 400 hrs total
MDA Camp summer - 2 summers
Veterans Hospital - summer
Shriners - one summer

Cross Country Varsity Captain

Member of HOSA, Honor society

Please post my chances for ED separately.
I am planning to take SAT in Oct . What is the ideal score for Emory. I would prefer Emory to Oxford.
AP’s AP CHEM, AP BIO, AP ART HIST, AP WORLD HISTORY, AP US HISTORY, AP ENG COMPOSITE ,AP COMP GOVT

Planning to do : Biomedical
Rest of the classes are Honors except for 3 courses
Strong Senior Classes with 5 more AP courses(AP LIT, AP CALC, AP PHYSICS, AP PSYCH, AP ECONOMICS)