<p>How hard is it to become an Emory Scholar? Is there any data about the stats of those who are?</p>
<p>If you KNOW you are one of the top students academically in your high school and you have SOLID extracurriculars, I’d say you’re in the ballpark.</p>
<p>Note that your high school has to postmark the nomination form by November 25, so plan well ahead.</p>
<p>How many nominations can one HS make for this and similar scholarships?</p>
<p>A high school may nominate four potential Emory Scholars and plus an additional potential Goizueta Scholar. Potential Oxford Scholars do not need a high school nomination.</p>
<p>I go to a private school, so I might not necessarily be top 4, I think I’m like 7 or 8, but there are some insanely smart kids. Would I still be able to get it as long as some of the kids above me aren’t applying for Emory scholar? And also what kind of stats do I need? I have great stats and ECs, I’m just wondering. Also, I have heard from one person that community service is VERY important, and while I have a lot of ECs, they aren’t community service, the closet I have to that is EcoTeam which I’m the president of. Is it true that Community service is a top criteria?</p>
<p>They don’t publish stats, but I’d say a 4.0 unweighted and 700 per SAT section, or very close to those numbers. Solid extracurriculars and some leadership in addition, but they don’t have to be community service.</p>
<p>For a named scholarship (full tuition or full ride), ACT of 35-36 (SAT of 1550-1600) is standard unless you are a URM. Obviously you must have a challenging academic program with a near 4.0 as well as extracurriculars and community service which demonstrate excellence and depth of involvement. For John Emory (2/3 scholarship), ACT may dip to 33-34 and SAT to 1500, but again you must excel in the other parts of you application including your essays. Most people who receive the named scholarships have the opportunity to attend nearly any university including HPYS etc. Thus the use of the scholarship to attract these types of students to Emory.</p>
<p>I think Emorydeac is fairly close to the mark, but I’ll add a little more information. My daughter accepted an Emory Scholars full-ride “Woodruff” scholarship a few years back. She had a 34 ACT, 2320 SAT, near 4.0 GPA (top 1% standing), lots of AP-5’s, and so forth. However, in her scholarship class and in later classes (she worked a bit with the scholarship program after admission) there were full-ride and full-tuition scholarships awarded to students with stats just a notch lower (say 33 ACT, 2250 SAT, top 3-5% standing, etc.). My daughter was NOT a URM nor were some of these other students. Her thoughts are that 2250+ SAT (and comparable) gets you into the discussion, but its the intangibles that get you selected or not.</p>
<p>As far as intangibles are concerned, I don’t believe they absolutely have to be community service (my daughter had good, but not stellar community service). She’s pretty convinced that what’s really required for consideration is threshold level and above academics combined with demonstrable TOP PERFORMANCE in something else. This might be science research, debate, journalism, art, theater, music, or many other things, but it was clear to her that almost everyone who received the top awards was more than just one of the many, many top students in the nation who apply for these scholarships, they are a top student PLUS (something). My advice would therefore be to make absolutely certain that your additional SOMETHING is very clear and highlighted in every part of your Emory and Emory Scholars application.</p>
<p>There is no question that they use this program to lure students who otherwise would have attended schools that are perceived as being slightly more prestigious. Had my daughter not received the scholarship, she would have been deciding between acceptances at Brown, Wash U, Williams, and Pomona. All of the people she knew who were offered the top scholarships had offers from similar schools, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Amherst, Swarthmore, and the like.</p>
<p>Hope this helped. Emory is a great school and the scholarship is an awesome way to make a world-class educational experience incredibly affordable.</p>
<p>"full-ride and full-tuition scholarships awarded to students with stats just a notch lower (say 33 ACT, 2250 SAT, top 3-5% standing, etc.).
"2250+ SAT (and comparable) gets you into the discussion, but its the intangibles that get you selected or not.
“what’s really required for consideration is threshold level and above academics combined with demonstrable TOP PERFORMANCE in something else.”</p>
<p>Well put.</p>
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