<p>Anyone here a current Emory Scholar or applied to be one? Who is going to apply this year?? Any thoughts???</p>
<p>i applied to be one last year. i didn't get the scholarship but i think that i could answer questions about it if anyone has any.</p>
<p>I plan on applying. I know someone who just graduated from my school who got 2/3 tuition. He thought that the scholarship was becoming much more of a crapshoot. After being at Emory for 2 weeks, he felt that there were lots of extremely smart kids who got rejected for it and felt lucky to have received the 2/3 scholarship. My counselor says that it's more academically oriented than scholarships such as the Morehead and Jefferson. FWIT, last year we had a student who won the Morehead who wasn't even a Semifinalist in the Emory Scholars Competition.</p>
<p>Lights_out,</p>
<p>Not much to think about... as you may, the ESP is highly competitive. It is the vehicle to receiving any merit scholarship award from Emory. The ESP requires a nomination from your high school (be sure to see your Guidance Counselor early about this, as each H.S. is limited to a max of 4 nominations). Also, submission of both the ESP nomination form AND the Emory admissions application materials has a November 1 deadline. </p>
<p>You probably have already seen this link to the Emory Scholars Program:
<a href="http://www.college.emory.edu/current/achievement/scholars/prospective.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.college.emory.edu/current/achievement/scholars/prospective.html</a></p>
<p>My daughter applied to the Emory Scholars Program last year and was named a Semifinalist (approx. 350 out of 2000 applicants), but she was not named a Finalist. She was, however, offered a very generous 4-year renewable merit scholarship. Her current roommate at Emory is a full-ride Emory Scholar, and a friend from her high school here in California is also a full-ride Emory Scholar (now a junior). Incidentally, this friend was a co-Valedictorian of his graduating class and was accepted everywhere he applied. He turned down all his other options, including Yale, and he remains very happy about his choice. </p>
<p>The process of applying for the ESP was relatively painless, but I recall that my daughter could not have her Guidance Counselor recommend her for some reason, so my daughter wound up having one of her former AP teachers do the recommendation, and it worked out fine. The anxiety, of course, is in the wait for the postal carrier.</p>
<p>What kind of stats did the students have who are being referred to in the posts? I'm wondering if my S even has a chance? Am I understanding you to say that you should apply, anyway, however, as it is the route to being considered for any type of merit award?</p>
<p>Here are the approximate stats of the person I referred to who recieved 2/3 tuition (the minimum award)
4.0 GPA UW
Top 5% of class
SAT probably around 2200
Part of Senior Leadership Group (Highly Selective at my school)
Editor in Chief of School Lit Mag
Extensive Community Service
Around 8 AP's with most if not all 5's
Very strong writer so I'm sure this person's essays were excellent.</p>
<p>thanks, yea, i am just trying to get an idea of stats as well, to gauge if i have a chance.</p>
<p>NorCalDad- did your daughter get that scholarhsip from emory?</p>
<p>oh and amadani is it a safe guess by your location that your at emory now?</p>
<p>It's definitely more academically weighted. Perfect grades are much more important than extracurriculars or community service. </p>
<p>Also, if you're not admitted as a scholar, don't despair. Even though I was a semifinalist and my roommate is a scholar, I got a bigger scholarship than she did.</p>
<p>You mean you got a nice financial aid package?</p>
<p>Lights-out,</p>
<p>Honestly, there's not much good in trying to figure out more than what is there on the surface... ESP is very competitive, and without knowing how all factors are clearly weighted, it's difficult to know what one's "chances" are to be made a finalist and offered awards ranging from 2/3's tuition to full ride scholarships. By and large, the most important factors from what I can see are academic measurements, e.g., GPA and test scores. On the other hand, other leadership factors and outward contributions to community, etc. are considered. One factor may offset other factors, which is why somebody named a finalist may have a lesser SAT score, for instance, than somebody who wasn't named a finalist. I think that most students named finalists, and many semifinalists, could have competed for admission to any college in the country, and as I mentioned, some turned down admission to the Ivies and other top schools for the ESP. ESP seeks to entice these top students to Emory by offering compelling scholarships, along with the many enrichment perks of the program. At this juncture, all you can do is apply when nomination forms become available through your h.s. and wait for the decisions.</p>
<p>Regarding my daughter, yes, she was offered and accepted a "liberal arts scholarship". From what information I know, these are entirely discretionary scholarships that I suspect are offered to the best of the semifinalists who weren't named finalists. It's a generous consolation award on the part of Emory that acknowledges how competitive it is to be named an Emory Scholar. I've seen the range of these limited merit-based "liberal arts scholarships" to be $10-15K per year, renewable for 4 years based on maintaining a minimum 3.2 GPA.</p>
<p>I know the deadline is nov. 1, and applying means applying to emory as well (duh). but is it regular decision just with an early deadline? basically, I can apply early to another school and still apply to this, correct?</p>
<p>Yes you can. The Emory Scholars Program is not binding.</p>
<p>thanks. i know it's all unpredictable and a bunch of things are involved. i just didn't want to get my hopes up too much...</p>
<p>and freddieisurhero, i'm not sure. i know u can aply and still apply nonbinding early, not too sure about binding tho...</p>
<p>lights_out, do you mean you could only apply to another school EA and not ED?</p>
<p>Freddie,</p>
<p>Just for clarification... yes you can apply early to another school, but if it is Early Decision (ED), and you are admitted, you will have wasted time, energy and money in applying to Emory and the Emory Scholars Program. </p>
<p>The naming of semifinalists (and hence finalists, as well) for the Emory Scholars Program will come well after the deadline for you to send in your deposit to an ED school. There are no consequences applying EA to other schools, though.</p>
<p>"oh and amadani is it a safe guess by your location that your at emory now?"</p>
<p>yeah, i'm at emory now.</p>
<p>What is the topic of the Emory Scholars essay, and do you get this essay when your school nominates you?</p>
<p>^^</p>
<h1>18, the essay topic for the Emory Scholars Program is found in the application material that is sent to each high school (usually to the counseling office). Each secondary school is allowed to nominate a maximum of 4 students for ESP, and the application materials are then provided to each student directy by the high school. This material usually arrives in late September to early October -- right about now. Check with your Guidance Counselor for more information. Keep in mind that applying to ESP also requires applying for admission to Emory concurrently, with the deadline being Nov. 1st.</h1>
<p>You have to write a 750 word essay about your personal interests, ambitions, goals, etc. Basically a longer version of the National Merit Semifinalist essay.</p>
<p>My daughter was selected to be an Emory Scholar. Shortly after receiving her semifinalist notification, she was notified that she was a finalist. Emory paid for all the scholars to fly down to the campus for a few days in April. During their time at Emory, the finalists were interviewed several times, always in groups which differed every time.</p>
<p>My daughter had a terrific visit and thought that Emory went out of its way to show the finalists the appeal of the school. The day after she returned home, she received a phone call, telling her that she was awarded full tuition. After careful consideration, she decided to decline and accept her SCEA offer elsewhere instead.</p>
<p>Many of the lovely people she met during the scholarship weekend accepted Emory's generous offer. My daughter has run into about six people at her own school who she recognized from the scholarship weekend and declined Emory's offer. It goes both ways and Emory knows that.</p>