<p>Does anyone have stats on the amount of applicants that get waitlisted and how many actually end up getting in?</p>
<p>Seems to me like a lot of people got waitlisted.</p>
<p>i deffinetly think this year has been really tough for admission..a lot of waitlisting to ensure that they do not over-accept</p>
<p>I think Emory is still considered one of the easiest top 20 school to get into. So while Emory waitlists some, other schools waitlist A BUNCH more.</p>
<p>Last year, no one was accepted off of the waitlist. Our class is a bit bigger than normal...with about 100 more students. Sooo either they waitlisted more people this year and you still have a chance...OR they still waitlisted more but even more accepted students will decide to attend. Good Luck! </p>
<p>And this might be helpful: <a href="http://www.emory.edu/ADMISSIONS/Decisions/waitlist-students/waitlist-student-info.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.emory.edu/ADMISSIONS/Decisions/waitlist-students/waitlist-student-info.htm</a></p>
<p>It seems that at MOST, 1/6 of students who accepted the waitlist spot were admitted.</p>
<p>I was waitlisted</p>
<p>Do you think that if I showed more interest now (college visit/letter), they would consider taking me off the waitlist if they end up using it?</p>
<p>No. They already have all they need to consider your acceptance off of the waitlist. I've had the conversation several times with the admission staff, and they say it has no bearing. They look for specific types of people when they go back to the waitlist. For example, maybe there were very few people from the northwest who decided to accept admission. They will look specifically for people from that area to fill up the class. Just by saying please consider me, it means that they know you want to be here. </p>
<p>Sending a letter stating your desire to be accepted would be the very most that I would do. Explain again why Emory is right for you, etc. Calling every day and sending 10 more teacher recs will have no positive effect.</p>
<p>specific types of people</p>
<p>so this could mean geographic distribution or race?</p>
<p>anyway from looking thorough the emory forum, i'm seeing a lot of waitlist and a lot of people who are going somewhere else. i don't want to jinx it (i probably already have) but is it looking good for the waitlist?</p>
<p>i am waitlist :(</p>
<p>so seems like alot of us are on the waitlist. My D is one of them too. Very disappointing day for her. Rejected NYU and USC.</p>
<p>can writing a really good letter on why emory should except me give me any advantage or edge on getting off the wait list?</p>
<p>i got waitlisted too</p>
<p>as someone just stated...he spoke with them and they already have determined everything about you and why youre on the waitlist. they dont need another letter since it does not help them.
the only way they offer you admission is by someone not taking their spot which results in them missing a criteria. it is not based upon which waitlister can convince us the most. </p>
<p>also please remember. if you were waitlisted and got into duke, ivy league, NU, etc... that emory may have this in mind. they may have considered that you would have gotten into schools like these. therefore they try to give someone a chance who didint get into those schools to go to their university.</p>
<p>with that in mind...if this is your TOP school and you were waitlisted then yes i would write them a letter explaning that. but i would only do it if you WANT TO GO THERE. dont do that and then have them make a decision that you reject in the end....it is just a waste of their time.</p>
<p>to the person who stated emory is the easiset of the top 20 to get into. i dont know how you judge something as easy. they dont accept more students or let people in automattically who have a certian SAT score like a small community college would.</p>
<p>Waitlisted. I have alot of hope though because i'm from Northern California, and not many Norcal students go to Emory.</p>
<p>do all the people on the waitlist have an equal opportunity to get accepted? In other words, do they rank among the people on the wait list?</p>
<p>No...there is no ranking done. It says so in the link that I posted earlier. :)</p>
<p>my bad DayDreamBeliever</p>
<p>However, that doesn't necessarily mean everyone has an equal opportunity. Say, if alot of people from Maine decide not to attend, Emory will favor someone from Maine from the wait list.</p>
<p>they have ranks, they are just kept secret. they dont have time to re-review 1000 apps over again if 5 spots open up. they just dont want kids calling up there every other day checking on their latest rank. that whole "we dont have a rank system" is bs. it is more economical and efficient for them to have a rank.</p>
<p>just wondering, how do you know that? if there are kids who show significant interest in getting off of the waitlist, wouldnt they be more interested in admitting those kids over kids who won't accept the offer?</p>
<p>I really don't think they have a rank - it's not even necessary.</p>
<p>They don't really re-review the 1000 applications, they just review those of the students who fit the ones they need to complete their freshman class. If they don't get enough people from State X or from ethnicity Y, then they go back to the applications from students from state x or ethnicity y and then chose from among those.</p>
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