Also, recommendation letters should be pretty good and I think my essay was pretty good too.
I also forgot to mention but I have SAT Subject tests of:
Math II: 790
Chemistry: 730
Physics: 660
And a 3.5 UW sorry for the confusion
@curiousa3 : May I ask what attracts you to Emory’s dual degree program for engineering versus going for a school where you can immediately begin your engineering education? Is there a certain Emory major that you are interested in pursuing before doing your engineering degree?
@bernie12 I wanted to do the Emory dual degree for many reasons. I know Emory is well known for their science classes and the community that they have and I want to be a part of that community while also getting a good education. I want to major in physics and astronomy before going to Georgia Tech because I want to major in mechanical engineering in the aerospace field. So going to Emory first and learning about the basics of physics and aerospace will help me for my future as I major in mechanical engineering in Georgia Tech. Also, financially it is more comfortable for me to attend Emory first even though I will be paying for 5 years instead of 4 since I am out of state. But the fact that I am getting a degree from both is also very intriguing.
@bernie12
@curiousa3
Some freshman hipped me to the game. Getting into Emory for engineering is easier than trying to go straight to Tech as its a low impacted major at Emory.
Smart imho.
On topic: I think it’s a High Match/low Reach simply because u want the dual program which isn’t popular and ED1. However you GPA may be your Achilles heel.
@romns116
Do you or anyone know how to post pics to the site? I took pics of CLC.
@emorynavy: I’m not sure you are allowed to post pics, as the moderators would need to be able to view it and
clear it - determining there aren’t any potentially offensive characteristics or aspects to it.
@emorynavy
I’ll pm you my email. Thanks for doing that.
Anyone applying through Questbridge? S19 will be applying via QB RD. Emory matches and admits more QB applicants than most partner schools.
I don’t wanna hijack, but I didn’t realize this was a chance me thread. If that’s the case, maybe I should post this in another thread.
@romns116
It’s an everything thread about the upcoming admissions cycle. I thought it would be best to have everything in one thread.
“Getting into Emory for engineering is easier than trying to go straight to Tech as its a low impacted major at Emory.”
I wasn’t aware that Emory admitted by major and that there were backdoor ways of getting admitted. How would freshmen know about how to game the admissions committee? This doesn’t seem right.
@emorynavy : Do not encourage that logic, it is a horrible idea. Also, Tech has so many engineering majors, so that makes no sense. Depends on which one and how many spots. Unless Emory truly offers one something they really really want to major in, do not promote the 3-2 pathway as the attrition is super high. Forget admissions. Unless they see a special major at Emory calling them, they should apply to real engineering programs first and so many of them are excellent such that there is plenty of choice at all selectivity levels. Let us get with it please.
@curiousa3 : Eh, please do not let the prestige of “having both degrees” entice you. There is nothing special about physics majors at Emory. Maybe math, chem, biology, NBB, QTM, something, but not that, though arguably the astronomy track gets better teaching in some classes than the others. I would be worried about the quality of key physics courses versus Georgia Tech’s that are supposed to prep you for something like mechanical engineering. At Emory, the calculus based physics foundation course usually falls way short in the right type of rigor. If I were you and went this route, I would take the best STEM courses OUTSIDE of physics that you could if admitted and matriculated. This includes your chemistry and especially math. You will need to take the best instructors to ensure your preparation and a smooth transition to tech. Simply “learning about stuff” ain’t enough, as you need to take those who help you learn true problem solving skills that may translate to engineering courses that apply the basic sciences foundation immediately. Look to classes and teachers that stress application and not plug and chug or memorization. In this case, a degree is not just a degree and learning content
at a basic level shouldn’t be some major goal.
College of Choice: Emory College
Decision Plan : RD
Major(s) of Interest: Business - Marketing Major + Computer Science Minor
Location: (State and or Country) NY
Gender: Female
Race/Ethnicity: White (Middle Eastern)
Recruited Athlete, or Legacy: Both older cousins went to Emory for Computer Science and Business
GPA: (UW and Weighted) UW: 3.8 W:4.0
AP or IB: AP United States History, AP Biology, AP Psychology (my school doesn’t offer IB courses and has limited AP options)
Class Rank: School does not rank - 200 students
Test Scores: (SAT, ACT, or SAT 2’s) 1370 superscore
Extra Curricular, Community Service, or Co-Curricular(s): Marketing Internship at Red Fuse Communications in NYC, JV Volleyball Captain, Varsity Volleyball 2 years, Soprano 1 all-county singer, member of school accapella group + school musical, Volunteer at Church, Midnight Run, fundraising, counselor for church summer camp, member of Greek Youth Association
Any other interesting Info: I built my own computer my junior year of high school which I brought up in a supplement and mentioned in my Common App essay
@yolo11899
As of right now, it’s a Reach to High Reach. Being CS may help a little, but the other parts of your application from what I can see either doesn’t help you or it hurts you, unfortunately.
@emorynavy : Or “hurts”? Uh no. There may be nothing that truly stands out but to say that anything “hurts” is a stretch. Depends on how she sells stuff. Perhaps folks should stop chancing these people, just sayin’. Unless they stand out as particularly below a normal applicant or admit, it may not be useful to chance them. Just tell them what they may want to write about, try to sell, or ask them questions. I know we like to feel so powerful by “chancing” people, but we aren’t damned adcoms. All we could say is that raising the SAT could definitely help for RD. Whether or not other stuff does anything depends a lot and we can’t predict that.
@yolo11899 : It will be as hard for you as anyone else (your SAT is on the cusp of the middle-50 which is alright since Emory cares less about the SAT as long as it is remotely competitive). Please sell yourself and your passions as well as you can in the supplement and personal statement. If Emory is a serious consideration of yours, find ways to demonstrate that you know what it is about and how you would fit (simply reiterating that it has a great business program will likely not help, more specifics, the better).
@bernie12
Chancing is what they want to know; I’m just giving the people what they want. And frankly, a professional admissions counselor(which cost thousands) would tell her the same thing.
As someone who posted stats, I wasn’t looking for a chance me (I don’t event know why those discussions exist, but that’s another topic). I think more people would post if this wasn’t that type of thread.
@romn116
Every school has this type of thread, and It’s not only “chance-me”. Not many posts on the Emory page this early in the cycle anyway.
Not a fan of “chance me” threads. Emory is too hard to predict based on statistics and the application is holistic. Applicants are well aware of the 25th and 75th percentiles as well and don’t need chancing to define how they fit on some scattergram, which is available on many websites.
@ljberkow : Thank you, I feel as if many are here to either humble brag or to hear an opinion opposing what the admissions site suggests itself. You can use the admissions website or collegeboard to get an idea of where you stand statistically. EC wise…how the hell are we supposed to know how the adcoms may feel about an individual applicant’s ECs if they have demonstrated academic excellence (even if borderline IQR, that is still excellent and more than capable of thriving at Emory)? These only serve to mainly get pats on the backs from strangers (I assure some are trying to achieve this). It may just be better to let a bunch of folks just post their credentials ahead of application, so that they can compare among themselves in what may end up being an almost okay sample size from this venue. If we have any questions or helpful ideas, we can reach out and tell them using the @, but I just don’t feel like casting much judgement, especially when most will be wrong, or right for reasons likely beyond any of our understanding. It is a waste when you can go back to old and new results threads as well as data provided by the school itself to get a start gauge.
I just get the feeling it is mainly a form of entertainment for the posters as well as those provided the “chance” (playing off either the arrogance or anxiety of applicants. This process has gotten more and more annoying, why add to it by pretending to have enough insight to provide definitive likelihoods).
That’s well written Bernie. Emory could easily fill a class 3.8 to 4.0 GPA / 1500+ SAT applicants with lots of AP courses, 2,000 volunteer hours at a hospital, etc. They don’t though and that’s what makes internet chancing, while entertaining for some, discouraging for others. ECs are important, but so are part-time after school jobs, team sports, and music, and drama. They want to see strong essays which articulate to the committee what each candidate would contribute to the Emory community with a baseline that they can do Emory work (which, of course, is not easy).
There is nothing wrong with applicants going to the sites that have the scattergrams which show intersections of GPAs and test scores. I suppose that’s a decent starting point or baseline.