<p>I didn’t get in either 
I really love Emory, but I won’t be able to go unless they give a lot of financial aid…hopefully I hear back positively from at least one of my other top schools so that I won’t have to stress about Emory! Congrats to those that get in, I’m sure there’ll be a few from CC. </p>
<p>@megan702 Again, I hope you gain admission RD. You seem like you’d be really stoked for Emory. All the excitement is just flooding my monitor, so best of luck</p>
<p>@Applegrit Yes I’m a little too obsessed with Emory oh well I can wait two months…and Thanks I hope so too! :)</p>
<p>Thanks and good luck to you @megan702</p>
<p>It was a “no” here as well…c’est la vie! Moving on!</p>
<p>I hope that I get into Emory and get some good financial aid! But the 2 months of waiting is not helping haha. But it is surprising that we are like 0/15+ or something so far on this thread… Some of you guys seem to be spectacular!</p>
<p>How many people are supposed to get chosen as finalists?</p>
<p>Nope, it’s probably not “statistically” extremely competitive. This looks like a “straddle the fence” selection process trying to optimize for students in a stats range that would seriously consider the scholarship. My guess is that half of you would not have seriously considered it (I think megan and matrix would have, don’t know about the rest). I’m sure they’ll admit most if not all of you which is where the trick lies right? Think about it. They get all of these extra high stats. students to apply through self-nomination and then they admit basically all of them. Assuming the RD app. pool does not hit 20k (as I predict it won’t. I could be wrong. I predict 18-19k if there is an increase), the scholar pool will mostly be RD and comprise maybe 1/6-1/7 of the app. pool as opposed to 1/9 in previous years. If they only admitted 1600-2000 of the scholars with 2250+, they basically guarantee that the 75% of admitted students is over 2250 (because only 1100 will make up 1/4 of admits). They can now use the scholars pool to lift the admitted stats. if they wanted to do so. </p>
<p>@matrixsurgeon
didn’t you also apply to UNC early? i think i remember seeing some of your posts there</p>
<p>If they are in fact doing that, one could expect low yield rates. I guess yield rates are not as important as average gpa/sat/act admit.</p>
<p>My daughter was rejected with a 33 ACT, lots of ECs with leadership, NHS, NEHS, internship thru her high school at a hospital (pharmacy this spring), 6 week summer research at state college In highly selective STEM program (very competitive and fully funded), ranked 7/456, GPA 3.89 UW, 10 APs. Not the highest scores, Bernie … Would’ve been an ideal candidate with slightly lower stats that would’ve been sure to accept the scholarship.</p>
<p>@Dumbasian
Yes I also applied to UNC Early Action. I am in-state applicant so I’ll see how that goes this Friday when decisions come out. Really hoping for an acceptance and a Honors Carolina and/or Scholarship Weekend invite but not very probable.</p>
<p>@bernie12
I think what you mentioned is a smart way of looking at it but like Applegrit said, the yield rates would be pretty low because Emory is like in the limbo between attracting very very qualified students (many of us here) and risk losing more of them to other schools and accepting people on the line that would jump on an opportunity to attend the university. </p>
<p>@yellowgranite56 those are some very impressive stats. I don’t think that a 33 ACT, 3.9 GPA, and top 5% is low at all! She probably has a great chance at some of the top 10-15 schools!</p>
<p>I still have no link to click on. Do you think its too late to call?</p>
<p>I think at this point if anyone asked me for advice, it would be to show heavy interest. This especially applies to honors/scholars programs.</p>
<p>Didn’t get in. Oh well. 2 more months!</p>
<p>My son is a finalist. I’m not home and haven’t seen the letter and he wasn’t looking at it when I talked to him, but he thinks it said something like 75 were chosen out of 3200+. He had a 35 ACT, 2280 SAT, 800/780 SAT IIs, not sure of exact GPA but way up there, outstanding recs, very interesting ECs, NMerit Semi Finalist, Pres of School’s Natl Honor Soc, Co-editor Lit Mag, lots of variety. Weaknesses mainly APs: 5 taken by end of junior year, 2 5s and 3 4s but one of the 4s was for a virtual HS chemistry as his (small, public) HS didn’t offer it. I thought his essays were great and really reflected who he is. He’s strong across the board and has varied interests and I guess that was evident. BUT - he was deferred SCEA at Yale. Loved Emory on a visit last February and totally excited at this news. Good luck to all of you.</p>
<p>@Applegrit
I think that that would be a very smart thing to do! Emory actually used to consider Demonstrated Interest in their admissions as something pretty important.</p>
<p>@rampions
Congrats to your son!!! </p>
<p>@Applegrit Why do you say that? Apparently demonstrated interest is no longer a factor in admissions: <a href=“Frequently Asked Questions | Emory University | Atlanta GA”>http://apply.emory.edu/apply/faq.php</a> </p>
<p>@Rampions Congrats to your son :)</p>
<p>@megan702 This is just advice for all colleges. In the end, I believe yield rates are important too. None of this discussion is to take away from ANY finalist. Finalists are spectacular and recognized by the Emory committee and much congratulations from me to them. </p>