<p>Anyone know, in total, how many prospective students applied to Emory this year? Curious to know whether the number is up, down or about the same.</p>
<p>Emory would probably put that up on the website if it’s groundbreaking. I would venture to bet that it is about the same as before. I seriously doubt it’ll seriously increase like many of the peers. I have no specific reason why other than the fact that it seems as if we were the only among the southern Ivies to see a decrease in applications last year. Not to mention, many of the normal Ga. college applicants may just end up applying to Tech and UGA. because of the price. That’s what happened with the class of 2013. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see.</p>
<p>You think Emory not having a football team/school-wide apathy for sports have anything to do with decrease in applicants?</p>
<p>No, because that would not explain why my class had so many applicants. Also, what about schools like WashU (isn’t that D-3)? It seems to be doing pretty well. Eventually, Emory’s time will come.</p>
<p>To Alam: Here’s a New York Time’s article discussing the rise and fall of this year’s Early Decision applicants.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/education/17decision.html[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/17/education/17decision.html</a></p>
<p>Emory’s ED 1 was about the same as last year. (750ish for EDI, I believe.) *Sigh… Notice the colleges with the increase in applicants: “Duke, Northwestern, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Johns Hopkins and Dartmouth.” Does this list seem familiar? Indeed they do… They are the U.S. News and world reports #8-16, leaving out only University of Chicago and WUSTL.
I know by talking with some Washington University admissions officers that they do not release ANY admissions information other than their acceptance rate…So basically all of the “Bottom Ivies/ Ivy League reject schools” that gave their information to the NY Times saw a rise in applicants…</p>
<pre><code> “Wesleyan, Emory, Pomona and Grinnell,” however, saw no real increase in Early Decision applicants. I find this funny, because I have not seen any instances of these schools advertising. I doubt that’s a coincidence… and I don’t really care. Those who Early Decide to Emory, as far as I am concerned, are applying becuase they truly love it, and not because they couldn’t get into the Ivies. Next year I’ll be studying with a community who love Emory, not a community who couldn’t get into Princeton (*cough WASH U *cough.)
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<p>To bernie: *Sorry, I absolutely fell in love with both Emory and WASH U, so I slept over at WASH U to find out as much as I could, and I am NOT content with what I heard… I don’t feel comfortable explaining all that I found on a public forum, but I’ll happily explain it in a PM. Let’s just say there’s an immoral reason why there are so many yellow dots on </p>
<p><a href=“https://www.collegedata.com/cs/admissions/admissions_tracker_result.jhtml?method=selectCollegeWithDefaultYear&schoolId=1720&classYear=2014&profilesCount=193[/url]”>https://www.collegedata.com/cs/admissions/admissions_tracker_result.jhtml?method=selectCollegeWithDefaultYear&schoolId=1720&classYear=2014&profilesCount=193</a></p>
<p>To melin: I have often wondered why 67% of those who get accepted to both Emory and Vanderbilt choose Vanderbilt (according to my_chances.net… I don’t know how reliable this source is.) …</p>
<p>Yes, Vanderbilt is more “southern” and therefore more greek. Yes, Emory is 33% Jewish and rolling in money (and many people deduce this to a sense of materialism. Whatever.) But I am convinced it’s that most people can’t wrap their heads around going to a college that doesn’t put much emphasis on sports. (Yeah, Emory won NCAA III Volleyball last year… I am talking more about the “Emory Football: Undefeated since 1836” philosophy. ) Seriously, if they fear a lack of athletic opportunities, they should just step into the WoodPEC… That should change their mind.</p>
<p>What am I trying to say? Although I do not know how many people applied to Emory this year, I wouldn’t be surprised if the number didn’t increase all that much. In my opinion, Emory doesn’t advertise itself as an “Ivy League Reject school,” and therefore won’t attract the applications of the increasing number of applicants who shoot for the stars and come up short. I found a jewel of a school, and I am looking forward to the next 4 years, studying with people who appreciate Emory as much as I do.</p>