Hello everyone! Please feel free to post your results on this thread and include the following:
Your decision
SAT/ACT
GPA
APs
Clubs
Hooks
And why you think you were accepted/rejected/deffered.
HOLY MOTHER.
Accepted
SAT/ACT: 33 Overall ( 32 M 33 R 33 Eng 32 Writing)
GPA: 3.74 UW GPA
APs: 11 APs total. 5 in Lang, 4 in US and HUG submitted.
Clubs: Academic Team, Science Olympiad. TSA and School Newspaper for club participations,
State winner for TSA and Academic Team
Hooks: URM and low income household ( unsure if this is a plus for them or not)
And why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: I think it was maybe from my club pariticipation since I did a lot of things that were involved with my field of choice.
was lurking on that ed thread since october but didn’t wanna jinx anything
Accepted
Sat: 2180 800 Math 760 Writing 620 Reading
740 Chem and Bio Sat 2
APs: 9 total
Clubs: Track 3 years then quit and a business club
Hooks: Non
Accepted cuz why not
Accepted: Atlanta campus and Oxford campus
ACT: 30
SAT: 1970
APs: 9
GPA: 4.04
Hooks: URM, first gen
I’m so blessed to be a part of emory it’s been a dream of mine since third grade
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[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted - ED[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FFA500]Decision: Deferred - ED[/color][/size]**
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#FF0000]Decision: Rejected - ED[/color][/size]**
[aB]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.):
[aB]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities:
Essays (rating 1-10, details):
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1:
Teacher Rec #2:
Counselor Rec:
Additional Rec:
Interview:
[aB]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.):
[aB]Reflection:**
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected:
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected:
Decision: Accepted to Atlanta Campus!!! - ED
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2270=CR730 + W770 + M770
SAT II: Math II 790, Physics 710
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.77
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): None
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Physics C Mach (4) AP Calc BC (5), AP lit, AP Stats, AP Chem, AP French, AP Art History
IB (place score in parenthesis): None
Senior Year Course Load: AP lit, AP Stats, AP Chem, AP French, AP Art History, Studio Art
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): French National Contest (3 years), Ohio High School Mathematics Invitational Olympiad
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mandarin Club, Art Club, French Club, JV Softball, JV Volleyball
Job/Work Experience: None
Volunteer/Community service: Tutor at school (150+ hours)
Summer Activities: None
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details): 9
Teacher Rec #1: 4-year French teacher
Teacher Rec #2: 2-year English teacher
Counselor Rec: College counselor (I think should be pretty decent)
Additional Rec: 3-year Art teacher
Interview: None
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Biology
State (if domestic applicant): Studying in OH
Country (if international applicant): China
School Type: Private boarding school
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: mid-high income family
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection:
Strengths: GPA and SAT, recs
Weaknesses: EC
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Probably just fits…?
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: None yet
Decision: Accepted - ED at Atlanta Campus
[aB]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown):1940 (630M 630W 680 CR) did not submit
ACT (breakdown): 32 (31 E 34R 34 S 29M 10W)
SAT II:n/a
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.83
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 57/570
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Enviro 4, AP Lang 4, AP Bio 5
IB (place score in parenthesis):n/a
Senior Year Course Load: Adv Research, Adv Internship, AP Calc AB and BC, Adv DNA Genetics, AP Pysch, Honors Gov Econ
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):AP Scholar
[aB]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Competitive equestrian, year round softball, beta club, habitat for humanity, J.R Civitain Club, Art Club
Job/Work Experience:Softball scorekeeper, 13 week internship with vet
Volunteer/Community service: various things with my clubs
Summer Activities: Softball
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 9.5, common app was about what falling off a horse taught me about metaphorically falling off a horse, Emory supp was about my food allergy and taking control off my body
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1:8(AP Bio teacher)
Teacher Rec #2:10(AP Lang teacher, love her)
Counselor Rec:7 (We know each other, thats about it)
Additional Rec:n/a
Interview:n/a
[aB]Other:**
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major:Bio or Neuroscience
State (if domestic applicant): GA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public Magnet School
Ethnicity:W
Gender:F
Income Bracket:200,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):Not really, Magnet maybe? my essays were on interesting things
[aB]Reflection:**
Strengths:Test Scores, Essays
Weaknesses: Not a lot of APs, extracurricuars
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I don’t know I’m just so happy to be accepted!
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: UGA, Auburn Honors
Accepted! I’ll post stats later!
ACCEPTED!!!
ED Decision: Accepted 
(Atlanta Campus)
SAT: 1710 and 1740 (by far the weakest aspect of application)
GPA: 3.7 (UW) 4.7 (W)
APs: 9 total
Clubs: Drama Club (President), Film Club, Active Zoo Education Volunteer, A Cappella (Group Manager)
Hooks: I started a scholarship program during my junior year to help create need-based scholarships for students wishing to pursue theatre. The program was successful and was able to send a handful of students.
And why you think you were accepted/rejected/deferred: The Scholarship Fund, recommendations from teachers that really saw me work exceptionally hard, and essays that I edited, and rewrote and edited and rewrote until I wanted to frame them.
SO exited!! #emory2020
Congratulations everyone!
@NeuroDude I was rooting for you all the way here in Atlanta! So glad it’s finally come true
Thanks so much @ismitah. Same to you.
Congrats everybody, can’t wait to see you all next year!
[aB][asize=4][acolor=#008000]Decision: Accepted - ED[/color][/size]**
[aB]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown):N/A
ACT (breakdown):32 (28,34,32,33)
SAT II: Math II-750 Chem-700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.63
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 15%
AP (place score in parenthesis): 9
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: 6APs + 3 Honors
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):N/A
[aB]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Above Average
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service:500 hours
Summer Activities: Bank Of America Internship
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 10 (Both common app/supplemental was great)
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 10 (favorite student in career)
Teacher Rec #2: 7/8 average
Counselor Rec: 7/8 average
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: N/A
[aB]Other:**
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: Finance
State (if domestic applicant): PA
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Private
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 150+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nah
[aB]Reflection:**
Strengths: ED, essays (I think these got me in), internship
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Essays
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Fordham Gabelli
Decision: Accepted at Oxford College
Rejected at Emory College
[aB]Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t send scores, but far worse than ACT
ACT (breakdown): 30 (35E, 28R, 26M, 31S)
SAT II: 720 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.944 UW/4.11 W
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): roughly top 20% (school dosen’t take honors or AP classes into account while weighting)
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang-4, AP World-4, APUSH-5
IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
Senior Year Course Load: AP Environmental, AP US Gov, AP Macro, AP Lit, Psychology, French 3, Precalc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): A few AP awards and state/national awards for debate
[aB]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Debate Team (Captain), Environmental Club (President), Church Student Council (Vice-President), Church Prayer Council (Student Leader), Beta Club, National Honor Society, French National Honor Society,
Job/Work Experience: N/A
Volunteer/Community service: Around 200 total
Summer Activities: Ballkid at Pro tennis tournament, debate camp, community service (not very significant)
Essays (rating 1-10, details): 8 (I was really passionate about Emory’s Environmental Sustainability and talked about their Watershed, biofueled buses, etc and linked that with my leadership in Environmental Club). My Common App Essay was about finding my voice through debate
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: 7-APUSH teacher who seemed to like me in class.
Teacher Rec #2: 7-Gifted Lit teacher who really enjoyed having me.
Counselor Rec: 5- Dosen’t know me very well
Additional Rec: 9-Debate Coach who I talk to after school several times a week. He knows me very well and had written me a very good recommendation earlier.
[aB]Other:**
Applied for Financial Aid?: N/A
Intended Major: Environmental Science
State (if domestic applicant): GA
Country (if international applicant): N/A
School Type: Public School with 1300 students. One of the top in the area, but not really notable.
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: 200K+
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): One sibling at Emory
[aB]Reflection:**
Strengths: GPA, leadership in EC’s
Weaknesses: Test scores, ECs didn’t really stand out,
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: MY ACT scores are on the low end and my ECs weren’t very noteworthy.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted to UGA Early Action and Mercer University Honors w/scholarship.
Congrats to everyone who got accepted! I’m really happy to be attending Oxford next year!!
Everyone join the Facebook group I want to be in contact with you all! I’m Julia Bartol btw
Decision: Accepted at Emory College
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): C:30 (E:33, M:28, R:29, S:28, W:36)
SAT II:
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 (Or at least the way Emory converts it)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 14/539
AP (place score in parenthesis): Up until Senior Year: Physics I, English Lang, Euro (5), APUSH (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Lit, AP US Gov, AP Calc AB, AP Calc BC, AP Environmental, AP Micro, Adv Wind Ensemble
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, Music Honor Society (Tri-M), Math Honor Society (Mu Alpha Theta), AP Scholar, Georgia Merit Recipient, Other local awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): First chair oboist, alto sax in marching band for three years, Key Club (VP), founded the Music Honor Society at my school (President), Student Advisory Council, Youth Group Band/Choir (Leadership Team), International Club, Beta Club, Distinguished Young Women
Job/Work Experience: Had a non-paid internship for a summer at an outreach center
Volunteer/Community service: 6 Mission Trips and 4 Choir Tours, played piano at nursing homes, gave communion to nursing home shut-ins
Summer Activities: Already listed above
Essays: Common app essay I wrote about my struggle with severe OCD and how it made me realize that I wanted to go into the international service sector, the Emory essay I wrote about how feminism in the States is too often ignored.
Recommendations: Waived my right to view all of them.
Teacher Rec #1: AP Lang teacher- Super close, suspect it was pretty great.
Teacher Rec #2: AP Calc teacher- Also close, but he likes to be a little weird. He probably talked about how I overcame struggles in his (insanely hard) math classes.
Teacher Rec #3: AP Gov teacher- Actually made me read her rec. We’re close too, but I think she only knows how to write kind of generic recs.
Counselor Rec: Probably generic, my high school has like 2,800 kids.
Additional Rec: My boss from my intern, suppose it was average.
Interview: Didn’t have.
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
Intended Major: History/International Studies (Pre-Law)
State (if domestic applicant): GA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: 120,000ishhh?
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
Reflection:
Strengths: Probably my majors for an ED applicant, GPA, pretty good essays
Weaknesses: ACT, No Hooks
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think I was a good fit. They also requested music supplements…they always need more oboes lol.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at Auburn and UGA. Deferred at Tulane (their whole admissions process is a joke). Had also applied at Tech and UF but hadn’t heard back.
And some advice for any 2021 ED applicants, Emory isn’t lying when they say they review applications very holistically! I was personally freaking out about my ACT, but if your GPA is where it needs to be and your ACT is at least in the middle 50 range, focus on other parts of your application! Stats will only carry you so far… talents/ essay insight will help determine what you can contribute to your incoming class. Make known something that you’re really passionate about on your app!
Decision: Accepted at Emory College& Oxford College
Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2130 (CR620 M800 W710
ACT (breakdown): NONE
SAT II:Math2 800
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): unrank school
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Physics I, AP Cal, AP stats, AP Econ,
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Fencing, Military
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Chinese Culture club President, Fencing Team Captain.
Job/Work Experience: Hospital Work
Volunteer/Community service: Mission trip in Ireland, volunteer as English translator
Teacher Rec: Decent
Counselor Rec: Nice
No interview
Other:
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Business
State (if domestic applicant): Moved to TX
Country (if international applicant): China
School Type: Private Military School
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: no idea
Reflection:
Strengths: Immigrants, differ from the Internation pool. Decent essays.
Weaknesses: GPA
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I think i am fit.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted at IU and Purdue, rolling
And some advice for any 2021 ED applicants: Show them what you have.
Objective:**
SAT I (breakdown): N/A
ACT (breakdown): Composite 32 (30E, 31M, 34R, 32S)
SAT II: NA
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.96 Unweighted/ 5.20 Weighted
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 7/450
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Human Geo (4) , AP World History(5) , APUSH (5), AP Physics B(4), AP Lang (5)
But didnt report any scores in application
IB (place score in parenthesis): Higher Levels: Biology, History English. Standard Levels: Chemistry, Spanish, Stats
Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C Mechanics/ Electricity and Magnetism, HL Biology, SL Chemistry, HL History, HL English, AP GOV, Honors Calc
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): HOSA Regional Epidemiology Champ 2x 9 (Top 10 at State), AP Scholar with Distinction
[aB]Subjective:**
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 Year Varsity cross country and track (Captain), Science National Honor Society (VP), Financial Literary Club (Treasurer), HOSA (VP)
Job/Work Experience: Lifeguard at local water park since Sophomore year
Volunteer/Community service: 5 Years of Hospital Volunteering 60 hours each summer. Teaching swim lessons to underprivileged kids. Small other programs to Satisfy IB Requirements
Summer Activities: Neurosurgery shadowing 50 hours during the summer.
Essays (rating 1-10, details): Both Strong. Probably 9s. Wrote common app about being a lifeguard and then starting a program for underprivileged kids teaching them how to swim. Supplement was about being a student pilot and overcoming fear of heights
Recommendations (rating 1-10, details):
Teacher Rec #1: HL Biology Teacher. 10. Extremely Strong. Wrote about how I was top of the class in Bio, and also how I helped organize a fundraiser for his daughter that has brain cancer
Teacher Rec #2: APUSH Teacher. Solid but not great, 7-8. Knew me pretty well but I wasn’t a stud in the class. Don’t think it was anything special
Counselor Rec: Very good. Probably a 9. We were super close so I assume she put a decent amount of time into the letter
Additional Rec: 9. From doctor who was an Emory alumni that I shadowed over the summer
Interview: NA
[aB]Other:**
Applied for Financial Aid?: No
Intended Major: Biology or Chemistry. Unsure yet. Wish they had a Biochem Major
State (if domestic applicant): Florida
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Fairly large public about 2000 kids
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: Top
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Cross Country Recruit
[aB]Reflection:**
Strengths:
Weaknesses: Lack of strong math courses? Felt like others were pretty solid
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: Had Standardized test scores that were well within the range. Very strong academic transcript and school rank. Good volunteering. Being and a Cross Country and Track Recruit probably helped lol.
Where else were you accepted/deferred/rejected: Accepted: Georgetown Early Action, FSU
@fedec13 : Do chemistry, though both are great (definitely better than at Georgetown 
. Just had to throw a jab).