<p>Does Emory University track interest?</p>
<p>I live in NJ, and Emory is slight reach for me. I was wondering if they track interest, in other words, does it make sense for me to go visit Emory?</p>
<p>It does cost a few hundred dollars for airfare so I was skeptical. But, if it helps my chances, I will definitely do it! Money is not really an issue.</p>
<p>Thanks for your advice! </p>
<p>(P.S. I was also considering ED2 for Emory)</p>
<p>Yes, DS and I attended an orientation session and it was clearly advised that his attendance was calculated into admission. He was accepted into Emory (full-freight) however chose another school. I would suggest to discuss this with Emory admissions in more detail.</p>
<p>Whenever people talk about schools where it’s important to show interest, Emory is always on the list. </p>
<p>Check out flights from all the NYC airports (Newark, LaGuardia, JFK and White Plains). The lowest rock bottom ticket I’ve gotten my daughter was $89 each way. Not cheap, but if you are seriously considering Emory, you should visit. And if you’re applying ED2, you have to visit.</p>
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<p>So money isn’t an issue and you’re considering ED2… but you’re not sure if you want to visit? </p>
<p>And yes, Emory does track demonstrated interest. They self-report that it is on the Common Data Set.</p>
<p>Thanks! Do you guys know what other top business schools track interest?</p>
<p>Any highly selective school tracks interest, for a variety of reasons. Three that come to mind are they want students that really want to be there, they want to have some reasonable guess as to how many of the admitted students are likely to attend (so they don’t have too few when the time comes, as would happen if they only admitted students that are really more likely to end up at HYPS and were using Emory as a “back-up”), and of course so their yield doesn’t look awful. Even though yield is not used by USNWR any longer, some schools still don’t like the thought of having a low one. Yield is the % of admitted students that actually enroll.</p>
<p>Emory needs a lower yield or something. The freshman class sizes are outgrowing the pace of the addition of undergraduate learning spaces. Chem and the biology building are getting pressured for example. Even housing is becoming questionable; although there is enough housing for freshman, eventually it will become a problem for sophomores.</p>
<p>Yes, a few other schools like Tulane are having the same problem. Tulane was WAY over the targeted enrollment this year. I think with the advent of the common app, online apps, and other factors it is getting harder and harder to juggle the admits versus expected enrollees.</p>
<p>Luckily Emory can throw lots of money at its problems and they could possibly go away soon. We can just build more dorms, and if it gets its act together, it can add to the chem. building like it was supposed to a long time ago. That project’s plight is a complete disaster. What a mess!</p>
<p>Emory (and most private colleges) definitely track interest. Understand that the colleges may offer their spots to those who really want them.</p>
<p>I’m curious why you would not visit your potential colleges, given that money is not an issue. Wherever you decide to attend, you will be spending four years there so you wouldn’t want to make a wrong choice.</p>
<p>A few years ago, Emory College cut its incoming class size to 1350, Oxford College is raising its incomng class to 375, I believe. There is a bit of feshmen dorm churning as Emory College is currently in the process of building all new freshmen dorms and they still have a few more to go.</p>