<p>This is what the Emory website says, assuming this info is current:</p>
<p>“Liberal Arts Scholarships, which are partial tuition scholarships, are awarded to Emory Scholar Semi-finalists in recognition of their academic excellence. Recipients of Liberal Arts Scholarships are not admitted into the Emory Scholars Program. After their first and/or second year in Emory College of Arts and Sciences Liberal Arts Scholarship recipients may compete for a Deans Achievement Scholarship. If successful, they become Emory Scholars and are permitted financially to combine the two awards.”</p>
<p>My daughter just received an email that she is one of 50-60 finalsists for Emory Scholars and is required to attend the four day interview/information session. Does anyone know how many of the finalists will ultimately get awarded schoarships? Thanks</p>
<p>I’m a student looking to apply to Emory scholars in the future - could some of the people who got finalist post their stats? (test scores, grades, important extracurriculars, etc)</p>
<p>bbb255, sure thing (I am a 2012 finalist)! To be honest, I didn’t think I would even make semi-finalist stage, so I’m really exciting to visit Emory. Everyone said I had to have an SAT of 2250+. To be honest, I think I’m a great candidate, and would be a wonderful addition to the program, so I’m glad that my low scores (relatively) were not a barrier. It’s funny, because I remember searching the forum for finalists and now I am one. Feels good to be on the other side. :)</p>
<p>SAT I actually took it three times (1910,1990, 2190)
Math: 780
Reading 740
Writing 670
essay 10
SAT II
Biology M 760
Chemistry 750
Math II 680</p>
<p>Grades 4.0 uw 4.222 w rank (4/260) since I have taken other classes outside of school (ie, Jazz band is before school) my uw GPA and rank is diluted.
Classes of note:
AP Chem, AP US History (5), AP Lit (4), AP World (4)
Symphonic Band (4 years) French (4 years) Jazz Band (4 years) Marching Band (4 years)
Currently Taking:
AP Bio, AP Gov, AP Calc, AP Lang, Symphonic Band</p>
<p>EC’s (Heavy in music stuff)
Elite Jazz Band (4 years)
All State (senor year)
Band President(12th), historian(11th), and section leader in ever band i’m in
Battle of the Books (2nd at State)
Science Olympiad (more than 15 medals at state competition, competed well at nationals)
Science O even Anatomy and physiology, (worked 2 hours a week with practicing physician learning about diseases, treatment and diagnosis, 3 gold medels, top quartile at nationals)
Worked at a gas station
National Honor Society (member)
(some other stuff)</p>
<p>I’ve left some stuff out, but I think this is enough to get a picture of what an selection officer would see. If you need anything else (like my essay topics), I’ll happily provide it. Good luck!</p>
<p>mssfidelco, I sent an email to emory asking if everyone would get a scholarship (either 2/3, full tuition, or full ride) and here’s the reply.</p>
<p>"You should celebrate! You will not likely leave empty handed, however the committee always reserves the right to not award a scholarship based on a finalist’s attitude and behavior during the weekend. </p>
<p>We look forward to seeing you in March!
Erin"</p>
<p>So unless you D does something horrible at the interview that would indicate that she is not the person that she appears to be on paper, you are in the clear and she will get at least a 2/3 scholarship. Congrats! I’ll probably see her during the finalist weekend, hopefully we both get full rides!</p>
<p>For Finalists’ Weekend, just be as outgoing and engaging as your normal personality will allow. That should be enough.</p>
<p>One temptation for the newly admitted is that Finalists’ Weekend always seems to fall on the same week-end as Dooley’s Week and Dooley’s Ball. It’s unfortunate, but Finalists are never invited.</p>
<p>thanks so much merrymusician
also, if this isn’t too much to ask, I’ve heard that financial need is considered as this is partially a financial aid component - is anyone on the upper end of the financial scale?</p>
<p>2012 finalist I was hoping to meet other finalists, here. </p>
<p>Here are my stats. </p>
<p>SAT: 2320 (800M, 800CR, 720W, 10 essay)- one sitting
SAT II Math: 760, Bio M: 740, Chem: 770, Spanish with Listening: 640, Chinese: 800
IB/APs: AP Stats (5), IB History (5)
IB Diploma Student</p>
<p>High School Activities:
Tae Kwon Do Club (grade 9- present): Assistant Coach/Founder, Black belt 3rd degree
Model United Nations (grade 10-present)
Strings Ensemble, 1st Violin/2nd Solo (grade 9-present): Treasurer (10), President (11,12)
Interact Club (grade 10-present): Vice President (11), Sergeant of Arms (12)
National Honor Society (grade 10-present): Treasurer (12)
International Club (grade 10-present): Secretary (10), President (11, 12)</p>
<p>Community Activities:
Hospital Volunteer (Grade 9-present)
Orphanage Volunteer (9, 10)
Musical performances for fundraising and community service (Grade 9-present)</p>
<p>bbb255, as far as I know this is a purely Acedemic award. You send in the common app and the essay and you’re good. Their goal with the program is to attract students who otherwise wouldn’t have attended Emory (usually an Ivy League). They want great students to build their class. Now I’m not rich by any means, but logically they can’t determine how wealthy you are or aren’t unless you put it in your essay (not recommended). I would go as far as to say that you heard a rumor.</p>
<p>“this is a purely Acedemic award” “logically they can’t determine how wealthy you are or aren’t unless you put it in your essay (not recommended). I would go as far as to say that you heard a rumor.”</p>
<p>This is an academic award, but it does vary between full tuition and full ride - and they do know who has filed for financial aid and their Expected Family Contribution.</p>
<p>Scholarships are awarded to incoming freshmen and are renewable provided the student maintains high academic standing. Merit awards are not selected by the Office of Financial Aid nor are recipients selected based on any need component. For further information on the Emory Scholars Program, visit the College Admissions website.</p>
<p>Does anyone know definitively (for this year) how many finalists are invited to the emory scholars weekend, and what the distribution of scholarships is among those finalists (ie. how many get full ride vs full tuition vs 2/3 tuition, etc)? Or even in previous years, for that matter - I’m just finding very scattered answers everywhere.</p>
<p>I am a freshmen in the scholars program, and to my knowledge all finalists that came to the interview weekend last year, received full tuition or a full ride. I’m not sure as to the divisions between full ride and full tuition. I know of at least ten that were offered the Woodruff, which is a full ride.</p>
<p>I was a 2012 Emory Scholar Finalist this year, and I did receive the Robert Woodruff Scholarship (Full Ride). I think I posted most of my stats earlier but I can post a more complete version if you want. I believe 55 people were invited to the scholars weekend and know that there were 47 of us there. I know at least 10 received full rides (Woodruff or Calaway) and about 10 received Woodruff Research Scholarships (Full tuition plus 5,000 grant) and everyone that I know of received full tuition. I know that the John Emory (2/3) was supposed to be awarded to about 7 of the scholars, but know no one who’s admitted to getting it. So an estimated answer to manchester44 would be 10-10-20-7 (Full Ride, Full tuition + 5,000 grant, Full Tuition, 2/3 tuition). </p>
<p>In previous year the program was much larger (inviting 75 for the weekend, as I’ve heard) but with the economy the scholars decided that they would rather make the program smaller than lessen the myriad of benefits. The general distribution I’ve heard of in the past year or so is 60 come to the weekend 20 full ride, 20 full tuition 20 2/3.</p>
<p>As for which one you get, it seems that the interviews is the biggest factor even though they can take your application into account. I can talk about the interviews in more detail if people want that (I suspect everyone will be focus on getting to that stage latter). This explains why I received the Woodruff, even though my application and stats were some of the weaker ones there, I aced every interview. Word is you can bomb one interview and still get the woodruff. On the other-hand, everyone gets something last year someone apparently slept through an interview and still got full tuition. I can talk about the interview process in detail if people want to hear it, but I suspect most of you out there are focusing on making it to semi-finalist or finalist status next year. Hope this helps and Good Luck! :)</p>
<p>One correction to the post above ^. While my sheet from Emory says that the Woodruff Research Scholarship comes with a one-time 5,000 research grant, multiple sources (and friends) have indicated that the value of the grant is 10,000. I am not sure when the change was made or if there’s just a mistake on my source of information. But I do stand corrected.</p>
<p>Has anyone heard word via email that they were NOT a semi-finalist? My app had an error when submitting and was a day late, so I’m wondering whether I should call or if I should assume I wasn’t selected.</p>
