Does anyone know what they look for in considering the finalists? I applied RD before Nov 15th and got the email that was sent out yesterday. I’m scared because I only have a 4.0 W and 1390 SAT but I have really strong extracurriculars (years of commitment with arts programs, varsity sports, and academic clubs, leadership positions, participating at national competitions, etc.) plus I’m in the IB Programme. I’m really crossing my fingers for this one b/c Emory is one of my dream schools (my other was Duke, but I applied ED and got rejected) Also, I’m applying as a double major in Classical Studies and Biology (with Classical Studies being my primary), but I don’t know if your intended major actually changes much.
Also don’t forget to check back here tomorrow, I want to hear how everyone did
Yea. I think for the scholars’ program and merit scholarships, Emory looks for the most outstanding applicants within their pools who resonate with their mission of discovery and whatnot. I guess they look for a lot of commitment both inside and outside the classroom. Intellectual vitality would be a must. High Stats possibly but holistic review is a thing.
Emory normal applicant pool is already an extremely competitive one. Emory scholars pool can only be stronger. And from this group they only choose about 2% of students. To be completely honest, I don’t even understand what I am waiting for haha. I have a 1540 SAT, but not very high SAT2, a perfect GPA, but not all 5 AP scores, a pretty decent extracurricular (wrote my own book, start club, organize events, leadership position, but no major awards), did not do best on my essays (at that time I am too green to college essay process to express all my extracurriculars in the best way, I wasn’t specific enough about my extracurriculars). And I am an international student. So it would take a literal miracle for me to be selected.
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Yea, honestly the Emory scholars is pretty unpredictable. I’m lowkey hoping for an early write though just so I would know that I got into a T25 so far. I’m just so anxious for results, getting at least 1 decision early would be nice
International too btw
@EstherL Yup
good luck today guys!
What time did the email come last year? They said 6 or shortly after in the email
@goldmidnight7 yea that sounds right. Hoping to get in here with a 3.9 UW and a 35 ACT. Haven’t gotten an acceptance yet but we’ll see what the results come out to be!!
@IvyLeagueFanboy Good luck my dude. I’m hoping as well. 1510 (800/760 STs). And we have a system in my school that doesn’t do GPAs, but I think my academic record has been pretty well. I’m atleast hoping for an early acceptance
One minute away! Good luck everyone!
nothing yet
It’s on the portal
I don’t see anything on my email or portal…?
Skrunch- did you get in?
I don’t see anything on email or portal either OOf
Didn’t they say we’d get an email whether we made finalists or not?
I got my email; I’m a finalist!!!
ah congrats! still don’t see an email at all BHAHA. So imma assume I’m not a finalist oop-