<p>@waitinforapril: I have to worry that the Oxford Scholars is a “snub” of sorts. Because, based upon what I’ve seen from the other 2-3 candidates in this thread who became a finalist, these students will be admitted to the College AND Oxford in April. I’m not sure what they are thinking here. Maybe they had a few students in the past who would follow the money to Oxford even if admitted to ECAS. As for not announcing, my guess is that they are basically overhauling the admissions process in the least public way possible and that the current plan deals a lot with the scholars program. Also, since the College controls the scholarship endowment, it’s also possible they were sent directives at a later time than anticipated. For all we know, they may have at one point have been surprised that they were no longer doing semi-finalists or were dramatically cutting the pool of applicants who would receive something. If they are essentially overhauling the previous admissions and scholarship scheme we had in previous years (which obviously wasn’t working), then they do need to be much more transparent and clear next cycle to make sure applicants know what they are getting into.</p>
<p>Hey guys. I got named as a finalist for the Emory Scholar as well.
Got deferred SCEA from Yale earlier this year.
34 ACT with a 35 superscore. 780/760 SAT II. 5s on 4 APs.
Varsity lacrosse player, Artistic awards and ECs, community service, Cum Laude, School awards etc.
Kind of surprised because my good friend at my school who got in early to Harvard didn’t get it.
Really grateful I get to go to the weekend though!! Does anyone know what percentage of the finalists get full-rides or other tuition grants?? Does everyone get some kind of money? thanks! </p>
<p>I see a pattern emerge… I am sensing that the deferral gods are sensing our pain, and rewarded us with the Emory and Oxford Scholars Finalist status… 
Just kidding, but it makes me wonder whether or not they picked us with yield in mind, thus why some other highly qualified (perhaps more qualified) applicants were not chosen. ?? Of course, we all deserve it for our hard work! For those not chosen, everything happens for a reason, and I am sure that all of you will have successful application seasons despite this minor hurdle!</p>
<p>I just called the Oxford office to ask about how many/how much scholarship will be awarded, no answer. I emailed a Nicholas Missler to ask the same question, we’ll see when and what he responds with. Any of you joined the FB page for admitted students? Is the page only for admitted Finalists at this point? The Oxford page has 77 members already!</p>
<p>I think they have yield in mind, but I’m beginning to wonder about my first theory. Though CC provides a poor sample, if the rest of the finalists are similar in caliber to the few that reported their stats. here, then they essentially chose perfect students. If you’re Emory, you don’t choose near perfect students for yield protection (you let up some). However, they may be choosing the perfect students that they view as being possible to “win over” with a scholarship offer and a campus visit/more familiarity with the institution. In addition, if it is very uniform, then the finalist pool is probably statistically more selective than previous years (beginning to look more like the selectivity of top scholarship and fellows programs at highly and moderately selective public schools. Those places are very picky with the stats and many will flat out auto-admit high stats students to the normal honors program without the student applying or displaying interest in that particuar program). I think usually the mean/median of scholars finalists are at the 75% of admitted students, but this time it appears it may be well above it (maybe 30-50 points on the SAT and 1-2 on the ACT). Then again, we dont know how the RD pool will work out. They may become more selective with it as well (as in, even if you exclude the effect of the denied scholars applicants who will no doubt, for the most part, be admitted). </p>
<p>They attracted and chose pretty much high stat kids. D is from competitive magnet school, 3.94 GPA (unweighted – all courses offered are honors level so gpa’s are unweighted), 2270 SATs (1 sitting), 800/790 SAT 2s, APs taken so far are 5’s with 3 more to go and an IB, good ECs and community service, currently interning at a research institute. Expressed strong interest in Emory but invited to Oxford. </p>
<p>@waitinforapril, not sure about that. S is from nationally top ranked HS, 4.0 u/w, 4.85 weighted GPA, 2370 SAT (1 sitting), 3 SAT IIs with 800, 13 AP all with 5s as of jr year and 3 more in sr year, credits from state flagship U (all A+s), US science olympiad semifinalists, internationally level performing art EC, summer intern… Not selected. Thinking back though, he showed little interest, didn’t visit, didn’t send supplement materials, didn’t want to add Oxford on this app when asked at a later date …Lessons learned, if you choose to do something, do it whole-heartedly.</p>
<p>Congrats to all the finalists! </p>
<p>“Usually, students are awarded $10,000, half tuition, full tuition, and full ride after attending scholars weekend. Typically, almost all of our Finalist receive some merit award unless otherwise decided by the committee post-interview.”</p>
<p>Email from coordinator about the scholarships available. Nice to know!</p>
<p>I called admissions today to see if there are other scholarships/merrit money offered to applicants other than Emory Scholars and was happy when the admissions officer told me yes. I asked when the applicants will be notified and I was told as soon as two weeks. It is a bit confusing since the Regular Decision pool will not be notified of acceptance until April. The admissions officer said that even applicants in the Regular Decision pool would be notified if a scholarship was awarded to them. This does not make sense to me, and I called twice to verify, does anyone have any insight?</p>
<p>I figured that out. There are smaller scholarships that target students with very specific talents (music and debate in Emory’s case), who are from specific areas in the U.S (Jenkins, okay that one is a full scholarship. And also, students eligible for that one had to have submitted a separate or additional essay), or are NM finalists that chose Emory as a top choice (don’t think we have many to be honest, but not sure. Don’t know why schools are obsessed over students who were able to take a multiple choice test really well early as opposed to when they were ready to go off to college. I’m sure many of these folks got the same SATs or slightly lower as denied and accepted scholars applicants, but they are more valued because they did well on the PSAT. No wonder why some parents make their child study for it). Here they are. I think students qualifying for these are notified a little later:<a href=“Types of Financial Aid | Emory University | Atlanta GA”>http://apply.emory.edu/apply/meritbased.php</a>
It’s all the scholarships below the big 2 (or 3 counting the Mays Scholarship). Just like schools like MIT and Harvard recruit math olympiad winners actively, Emory uses its money to attract strong musicians and debaters (because we have Barkley Forum which is amazing. Need to keep the caliber of that program alive, so will recruit students to do so). We also have a very strong performing arts and music scene, especially considering the fact that we do not contain a music school or conservatory. Not really surprised that they’d want to throw money at extremely talented young musicians that aren’t necessarily interested in a conservatory environment who may want to come to a place like Emory and perhaps double major in music with something else. </p>
<p>In addition, to maybe get an idea of how they could have selected finalists, take a look at this exhaustive lists of names and descriptions they gave to the scholarships in the days of the semifinalists (just last year) that is available on the Emory College website but not the admissions website: <a href=“Welcome to Emory College.”>Welcome to Emory College.;
<p>My guess is that they wanted to select less students, but within the scope of these descriptions, thus resulting in a very diverse pool of finalists. For example, many seem to target those with liberal arts oriented interests or who have a aridiculous track record of research/inquiry already (thus the new Woodruff Research Scholarship which also gives stundents a research grant as soon as they get here). The selection of finalists is a smattering of selecting students who would be in the 75%, but is also a cherrypicking of different interests and talents according to this breakdown. I mean the latter in a good way because it would not make much sense to just select every high caiber student and they all be pre-med or pre-business. Amazing things have come out of students who don’t fall into those two categories. Many of our McMullan and Britain award winners chosen before graduation are humanities and social science majors, so it’s clear Emory has a track record of admitting great students with those interests. Plus these students tend to shape the intellectual vitality of the campus more to be frank (based upon my experience). I don’t blame them for targeting more these folks than normal. I wouldn’t mind having more pure (as opposed to joint) math and CS (or just those interested in quantitative issues) though. They and the chemistry majors are among the more interesting of those doing STEM at Emory. However, the CS and math dept. have severe limitations that won’t attract hordes or ridiculous (as in extraordinarily good, even within the context of an elite student body) math students. </p>
<p>Has anyone heard of travel arrangements for those travelling to Atlanta on Thursday, a day early? I received an email giving me the go-ahead to book the flight on Thursday, but I haven’t received any follow-up. (Oxford Scholar here)</p>
Emory communicated they had 3500 applicants 2014, and this year 6700 (2015). How many were selected to attend the weekend?
my son has almost the exact same stats as @waitinforapril – one sitting SAT, same score, same GPA, more APs all 5s, loads of EC, started a business, etc. – was accepted early action to a top Ivy…. and Emory Scholars passed on him. I say CONGRATULATIONS to those invited, embrace the opportunity, and feel great that you are a fit! After all, ultimately, you want to attend a place that wants you as much as you want them – fit is everything
they invited 100 students to finalist weekend. not everyone is going to be part of the Emory Scholars program though. It’s going to be more competitive during interviews