<p>jmw and others: Direct from the Emory website that was updated Dec 19, 2007:</p>
<p>Selection Timeline
All nominees will learn whether or not they become semifinalists in late January via the U.S. Postal Service. From a pool of approximately 350 semifinalists, Emory will select and notify scholarship finalists in late February. Emory will bring these finalists to campus for interviews which usually take place in late March. </p>
<p>Yes, given this, I was surprised to read that they released via OPUS last year</p>
<p>The only explanation I can provide is the following:</p>
<p>If you are a RD candidate, semi-finalist status gives you auto-admission to Emory College…In that case, it is possible that the admissions office updates OPUS at the same time so you have the option of accepting admission.</p>
<p>If you have been admitted ED, there would be nothing to update online.</p>
<p>Edit: also found today’s fun fact - 38% of freshman surveyed had parental income in excess of $200k. I’d bet the 100k-200k range catches just as many students. The Emory stereotype of a bunch of wealthy kids… absolutely true?</p>
<p>In today’s world of mostly 2 parents working, family income of in excess of
$ 200,000 is not that unusual..</p>
<p>Not unusual for two doctors/lawyers/other high paid professionals in a family, but considering that nearly half the student population makes that much isn’t exactly average.</p>
<p>Keep in mind the median household income for Atlanta is something around $50,000 a year. Nearly half the student population making AT LEAST 4x the normal firmly places them in the wealthy category.</p>
<p>MBJ: I think geographic context will get you out of this mess…Where you are, yes, $200,000 would make someone comfortable, not really wealthy…Other parts of the country, where the cost of living is not obscene, $200,000 would probably be worth quite a bit more…Sorry to interject, but I saw the future of this thread getting ugly…</p>
<p>haha, ohh that’s true, actually, I could see how being in NY or CA would make 200k only comfortable…whereas like…100k here would do quite the same job (SC) peace out.</p>
<p>I basically got an email today saying they’d forward my email to the appropriate committee and get back to me. So really, by time we find something out, if might have already been sent out.</p>
<p>There can’t be maybe a week to do give or take a day or two.</p>
<p>But yeah, $200,000/yr where I live will get you quite a large house with nice cars, a beautiful wife, 2.5 kids, and an optional dog. Sure, the movie theaters suck and things might be a bit dead at times, but when I’m a cranky old man who hates all other forms of human life, I’m gonna move to Utah or somewhere and be a king.</p>
<p>No, I emailed two people, both some sort of official within the Scholars program itself. They both said they’d forward my email to the appropriate people in charge.</p>
<p>I’ve been a bit less than impressed with how Emory’s admissions seems to take forever to do what seem like simple things (update OPUS, reply to emails, etc.) I couldn’t imagine how hectic it’d be if Emory were a large school (e.g., 25,000 undergrads) Other schools seem to be a bit more polished. One school, for example, gave you barcodes to place on application material mailed in so that it could be entered into the system immediately. Luckily, I don’t have to deal with Admissions much longer.</p>
<p>So why do people live in such expensive areas anyway? I’m sure the pay is a bit higher, but come live an hour away from a major city and everything’ll be cheap, but everything still accessible. Sell that $1M house, and buy the same one for a fourth the price; that’s like 750,000 double cheeseburgers left over. I’d take 750,000 cheeseburgers over culture and social scenes any day.</p>
<p>word to jw. I dunno…a friend of mine’s parents live in california and want to retire there, even though the housing is incredibly expensive. it’s all part of the friends you’ve made, the chinatown’s…and that stuff, I guess.</p>
<p>though I would take the cheeseburgers too, personally.</p>
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<p>js - ahh that’s where you have to analyze the opportunity cost of buying that house, which to some people, would equate a couple thousand cheeseburgers. these also translate to…say 75 jaguars…or a house or two where I live</p>
<p>Or put the $750,000 in a good mutual fund that’d gain 8-10% a year. Because capital gains taxes are often nowhere near income taxes, that works out to be a quite livable return each year. So maybe like 100,000 cheeseburgers and the opportunity to never work another day in your life so long as a bull market lasts.</p>
<p>Really the only thing I hate about not living in some major developed city is that you have to drive everywhere. Though, based on riding Atlanta’s Marta a handful of times, I’ll take cars over public transport.</p>
<p>True that, although I will probably be relying on my Roth IRA for retirement. 5k a year for the next few years = 1.4 million at 65. Look into it. I suggest you all do it. </p>
<p>Obviously I understand where you are coming from, I was just being humorous. Personally, I would rather spend 250k on a house in the US, 250k on one in Europe, and 500k on cars. =D</p>
<p>I’d buy $1 million worth of bouncy balls. Just for the heck of it. Then I could play in a huge pool of them every single day! Eeee!</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure I’m not going to live in California when I grow up, though - too expensive. The plan = 40 minutes away from Boston, close enough to any academic institutions (if I want to teach) or hospitals (if I end up becoming a doctor), but far away enough that I don’t live in a big city!</p>
<p>Hehe, yeah I’ve already planned out my life :P</p>