Emory is a great school! The grading is fine. (One of my kids is a junior there now. (And, he’s taken Farsi, which I agree is rarely offered)). Plus they drop 9th grade grades and recalculate your gpa.
I will let the experts weigh in on your chances.
Emory may be the best ED option based on your interests & depending upon your standardized test score results.
I have not read the whole thread and come in peace… But back to Beloit. My daughter graduated there during the pandemic. Nationally recognized Anthropology department. Forget rankings. These kids get jobs. Plus look up their ability to get into PhD programs. My daughter had schools emailing her… She decided not to go that path. There is LOTS of diversity on campus which was a pleasant surprise. Not sure the percentage but a good amount of Asians that I could tell. Her current girlfriend is Asian and from there if that counts… Lol…
You might get a full ride that also but the academics are better then you probably would assume. My daughter was on a program in Indonesia with kids from Master programs (she was an undergrad), from Stanford, Harvard etc and their their knowledge base was the same.
It’s a small underrated school but for the correct kid can make all the difference…
Good Luck.
Your looking at percentages of Asians. Silly. How many people will you become friends with. Even at a large University with thousands how many will you become close to? 200?50??10?? Even at small Lacs there will be plenty. Maybe look at clubs and such and how active they are in the community you wish to be part of. Think you will be happier that way.
Also… Your getting great advice on here. Heed the advice.
I agree with the advice to be vague about your illness. AOs don’t need to know the details. Don’t give them any pause to not admit you.
I also like the “Despite an illness which affected my academic performance during my sophomore year resulting in two withdrawals and three Ps, I still earned GPA s of 3.7 and 4.0 during the year prior to my full recovery.”
I suspect you will have plenty of good acceptances to choose from! Please circle back next spring and let us know.
That makes you URM for schools like Tulane though 
Thanks! That’s so cool that your son has taken some Farsi courses! I got so bummed out when I went to a Georgetown info meeting, and Farsi wasn’t on the list. I’ll definitely PM you about any questions I have 
It’s not silly to not want to feel like a minority. I don’t know if you’ve ever felt that way, but it’s not a great feeling to stick out like a sore thumb. Race is not the end all be all, but I still want to feel connected to my cultural heritage and not just be some “token Asian” in college.
FYI: My best friend is white.
I am looking at clubs. But I am also paying attention to location, curriculum, majors, weather, class size, culture, demographics, etc and all the other aspects that form my feeling of a good “fit”.
I am agreeing with you and maybe my statement wasn’t the best. My point is there will be plenty of people that you will become friends with that are Asian at just about any school. Limiting it to a percentage might take you away from a college that you might like. My son went to Michigan and their Asian percentage is pretty low for such a large school but I swear you wouldn’t think that just walking around campus. Same for Beloit. It’s a lot more diverse then many people seem to know. Plus the students are just plain nice… Illinois Wesleyan… Lol… Not diverse at all…
Emory is a better choice. Still a challenging admit but closer to within your range. I hope you get what you want.
Michigan latest class was 19% Asian. and it’s a growing percentage.
Only 8% of undergrads are international but over 25% of grad students.
I agree that you’d ideally want at least 5% of your ethnicity to not be token. Many are ok with small numbers while others aren’t.
I agree that a 5% minimum is reasonable. Just want to make the point again that the published demographics only include domestic students. So, many campuses that have high numbers of international students will have far more Asian students in the undergrad population than those numbers reflect. I’m pretty sure a school like Beloit is really comfortably above 5% Asian when you take the international students into account. URochester’s student body is 13% Asian-American but also 23% international, with many of those students ethnically Asian as well. So the domestic numbers may not predict the optics.
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