Do I have a good chance of getting accepted? I applied rd.
african american male
ACT: 33
SAT math2: 800 SAT physics: 780
GPA: 3.3 UW, only because i transferred to a much harder charter school which hurt my grades a lot, but after a year of adjustment, I’m back to normal. 4.1 W
ECs: varsity sports, research, tutoring, several leadership positions in various clubs and organization, community service, etc.
I will have taken 9 AP classes by the end of this year and 2 classes beyond the AP level
I feel like I have a solid chance but I dont really know much
@bigbuddy I think you have a fairly good chance! Your test score is good, your ECs also strong. As long as your essay really brings out who you are you should be set. Your GPA might slow you down a little but as you said, you go to a charter school. And you’re trying, you’ve taken 9 APs and you have awesome SATII scores. I would definitely self report your AP scores and your SATII scores to them. Also, if this is not too intrusive, where do you live? I’m a resident of Ga and I was accepted ED1 to both campuses.
Good luck!
Ah, can someone see what my chances are?
Asian Female
ACT: 33
GPA: 3.6 UW, 4.3 W
Rank: Top 15%
ECs: Captain of Envirothon team (3 years), MAO Competitive member (4 years), JCL Competitive member (2 years), tutoring, around 100 hours of community service, piano (13 years)
Awards: 2nd in State Envirothon, 1st place in various regional competitions (Photography Contest, JCL Impromptu Art)
I’ve taken 14 AP classes up to now! But I feel like it might hurt my chances because I didn’t do too well in some of them Sophomore year…
@aqc9046 : What did you get on the exams?..because I don’t think Emory is lookiing for perfection (grades) from someone who began taking APs sophomore year (they would like for the grades in APs to improve as you progress through HS). Either way, unless your essays were excellent, your chances can be qualified as alright (there will be many that have a similar profile, however, Emory may like that you participated in an envirothon and have a diverse array of interests including the arts).
@bernie12 I’ve gotten mostly 4’s on the exams, and a handful of 3’s. I took one AP freshman year (World History), but ended up taking four the next year. I’ve definitely improved my grades since then. I also sent in a fine arts supplement of my piano, not sure if that’s going to be helpful or not. Thank you for chancing me!
@aqc9046 4 is fine! They just want to see you high passing a decent chunk. If you were high passing ones that can actually count toward credit at Emory (unfortunately not World History) as early as sophomore year, you’re doing fine.
Hey, I know that no one’s been on this thread for a while, but I just had a few questions, and I didn’t know where else to ask them, haha. But first off, I heard that there is a test you can take during orientation where you can place out of the health requirement as long as you make up the credit hour elsewhere. Is this true? And also, if I get AP credit in an introductory major class, is it a bad idea to place out of it instead of retaking it again? I know it probably varies by department, but I would most likely be placing out of intro to micro and into intro to macro. I just wanted to make sure that I’d be sufficiently prepared for the next class up. I was wondering if you might know @bernie12 Thanks!!!
@olieaa98 Those two econ. classes are not related so I would just skip the one that you have credit for. Also, intro. econ. classes at Emory are jokes. Are you pre-business or taking econ. for interest? If the former, I would consider taking business economics. Not too hard, but definitely trains better than the intro. micro and macro course. Another option would be to take the intermediate version of the one you AP’d out of and the intro. of the other one together or to split them into semesters.
@bernie12 No, I’m really not interested in the business school at all… I’m interested more in international economic development than any kind of entrepneurial career path. So I’m thinking of majoring in econ with maybe International Studies. And I actually really like that idea with the intermediate class. Taking a 200 level class wouldn’t be too hard then for first semester?
@olieaa98 : No! Never let your year fool you. If you have AP credit, you probably should challenge yourself and take the more advanced option if you can (you aren’t a pre-health or something, you’re trying to train or develop a pathway to a sort of career that could benefit from a good UG background. Being potentially challenged is not a detriment in such a case, even if you don’t make an A in every such course). The only time I would advise against it is if you are taking more than 2 demanding courses (inclusive of the econ. course), but in general your more demanding ones will be among the most beneficial and probably have the best teachers and mentors and that can’t be a bad thing to develop as early as possible during your time at Emory. There is much more to it than how comfortable your transition is or whether or not you have to break a sweat making a good grade. Perhaps you would be off to a good start by taking comparative politics with Lancaster as well as other courses that you’re interested in. That way, you’ll have at least 2 really good instructors that have quite the reputation at Emory.
Also, to be sure you impress yourself with the level of Emory instructors. Try to get the best instructors for whichever you choose (macro or micro: In fact since macro is a ? faculty wise, go with micro as Banerjee is teaching it?). You can even take econ. 215 with an econ. 101 credit. Also, note that most b-school folks are not into “entrepreneurial” career paths so much as finance and consulting. Your career goals are more likely to align with an entrepreneurial pathway that probably cannot be facilitated as well by the business schools so much as it can be by other opportunities in the college.
@olieaa98
My son is a rising junior, and has taken four Econ courses. As noted above, you have to be VERY careful in terms of choosing your instructors in Econ. There are some truly excellent instructors, and there are some really crappy instructors. In light of that, course availability will be an issue for you.
For fall semester Banerjee (who is fantastic) is teaching one of the Intermediate Micro sections, but it’s already full/closed. Another section is listed as being taught by “Staff”, and it is full with a waiting list. The last section is being taught by Antoniadou. Although there are slots available in that section, she has an “avoid at all costs” reputation.
Intermediate Macro is not much better. Two sections, both taught by staff, both filled, with waiting lists of 22 and 37.
For my son, issues like this with course availability had a big effect on his first two years. There are ways to finesse the system, especially if you’re vigilant and quick with the trigger during the add/drop/swap period. But you might want to raise a bit of a stink with your adviser that as an incoming freshman it’s impossible for you to take an appropriate Econ course your first semester at the school.
P.S. @Bernie12 once wrote on these threads that you’re best off looking for good teachers as opposed to looking at course descriptions. A good teacher will make any course worthwhile. In light of that, Banerjee is teaching an Econ freshman seminar, although for variety you might want to take something out of your main area of interest for your seminar.
hi everyone in this thread! so i’m a senior now, and just read through the entire thing(all fifty one pages, I’m clearly insane). Late congrats to all that got in, I don’t know, it’s weird but after reading all this I feel like I know you. I’m really in an anxious/emotional state right now, but cried when some of you got in lol. Anyways, I’d love to know if you could chance me for ED1 for the class of 2021? Student:
User Name: nualacp
Gender: F
Location: Boston
College Class Year: 2021
High School: Public, exam
High School Type: sends many grads to top schools
Academics:
GPA - Weighted: 3.60ish(all honors curriculum)
Class Rank: other
Class Size: 380
I’ve taken 6 AP’s, we’re only allowed to take seven, 3 each year and one in tenth grade
Do they not count freshman year?
Scores:
SAT I: 1310, taking it again in a month, shooting for a 1400+
Extracurriculars:
Significant Extracurriculars: UNICEF, gymnastics, spanish club, gymnastics club, student leadership, yearbook
Leadership positions: President of UNICEF
captain of gymnastics team
Athletic Status - list sport and your level: competitive gymnast, level 8(ish)
Volunteer/Service Work: worked at a day camp for three summers for children of all ages and learning abilities
Honors and Awards: multiple time recipient of National Latin/Spanish exam awards, as well as gymnastics awards and national honor society
Colleges of Interest:
College: Emory University, Choice #: 1, ED/EA: Yes, Athlete: No, Legacy: No, Status: Will Apply
@nualacp : That GPA, if weighted may kill you if you don’t write really good essay/short answers. If you can improve the SAT and apply by ED1 deadline, maybe that will help. A 1400+ is really needed as Collegeboard just now took a look at the new SAT scores and also converted them to the new school, and Emory actually now looks far more similar to the near ranking schools (Georgetown, Cornell, Berkeley are among schools that didn’t have unreasonably high stats to begin with) than it did before with a median now over 1400 (if not well over at like 1420-1430) for ENROLLED students.
ECs are okay, the athletics will probably help you some.
ACT (breakdown): 35
SAT II: Lit - 790, Math II - 750
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
Weighted GPA: 4.5
AP (place score in parenthesis): English Language (5), US History (4), Calculus AB (5), World (4), Human Geo (4), Bio (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP Literature, APES, AP Physics 1, AP Macro, Drama Tech, Humanities
Awards: National Merit letter of commendation, AP Scholar with distinction, multiple honor societies, some school/district/state/national awards
Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
debate team (captain senior year) very involved - 3 state championships, 9 TOC bids, two-time top 100 in the nation
writing - a couple of awards
literary meet team captain - 1 state championship
Model UN - multiple awards and best delegate twice
Job/Work Experience: writer
Volunteer/Community service:
2 hospitals
nursing home
health care access programs
Summer Activities: debate camp after sophomore and junior year
Applying for Financial Aid?: No
School Type: magnet public school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: M
What status @fgroup2021? I am part of the class of 2020, I am a first year at Emory who was accepted ED1. If anyone has questions or needs, help let me know.
Hi everyone!!! I’m so nervous to hear back in Dec 15th!!! I was wondering if anyone would be able to chance me!!! Please please Emory is my first choice and I would love to go. I am in contact with my admissions counselor at Emory and spoke to many professors when I was there this past summer- I was wondering if the economics major at Emory was strong and if it would be better to do buisness economics at Goizueta, and also the aid for income bracker <200,000, if any. Also, how selective are merit scholarships like Emory Scholars??
Objective
Applying for econ!!!
ACT (breakdown): 32
SAT II: Lit - 700, Biology - 780
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
Weighted GPA: 4.2
AP (place score in parenthesis): Psychology - self-studied (5), European History (4), Biology (4)
Senior Year Course Load: AP Statistics, AP US History, APES, Honors Calculus, Honors Economics, Honors Spanish 6, Honors Cultural Revolutions
Awards: AP Scholar Award, Honors, various teacher awards
Subjective
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Science Team (League won the state twice) - 4 years
Mock Trial - 4 years
Interact Club- volunteer club - 4 years
Volunteer at animal shelter
Piano lessons (13 years)
Varsity Volleyball and Ultimante Frisbee
Leader of church team and missions
Sunday School teacher
Leader of studend boards; freshman, sophmore, junior, senior
Job/Work Experience:
Culinary Assistant at cooking classes for little kids
Job Shadow of a lawyer
Intern at MIT professional education
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: Emory Pre-college, MIT HSSP, Costa Rica Missions Trip, Dorchester Missions Trips
Applying for Financial Aid?: Yes
School Type: Public school, Boston area
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: F