Is it worth for me to apply? NEED HELP! DESPERATE :(

Colleges and Universities A-Z Emory University
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<p>I haven't started my application yet. I have not sent in my SAT scores yet (should I rush them?). I am a Canadian citizen but I have lived in US for 7 years. My permanent resident application is almost processed so I am not sure if I will qualify for FAFSA by their financial aid deadline, so until then, I am classified as international student.</p>

<p>SAT: 1900
Rank:8/631
ECs: TONS
Leadership: has leadership in around 6 clubs
volunteer: 300 hours +
GPA:4.0 UW/W</p>

<p>Is it worth it to rush the scores by Jan 15 and pay the application fee?</p>

<p>PLEASE! I need help!</p>

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<p>i think you have a decent shot at emory
but it all depends on your financial situation. why dont you give them a call?</p>

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<p>well income bracket is 96k… not enough to pay for school</p>

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<p>The SAT scores have to arrive by the deadline?</p>

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<p>see thats the thing… I have no idea.
Some people say that their SAT scores have arrived after the deadline and they were still accepted.</p>

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<p>Emory will try as hard as possible to not give you financial aid. First of all, your SAT scores aren’t that great. Emory will probably have to cut back on financial aid because a lot of professors believe that EmoryAdvantage is draining the school’s budget and are very unhappy. Currently, Emory over promises and under delivers on financial aid. They will probably deny you aid because of any technicality or little mistake you make on the application form.
<a href=“Poor Students Struggle as Class Plays a Greater Role in Success - The New York Times”>Poor Students Struggle as Class Plays a Greater Role in Success - The New York Times;

<p>"The answer is buried in the aid archives: Emory repeatedly inflated her family’s income without telling her.</p>

<p>Angelica reported that her mother made $35,000 a year and paid about half of that in rent. With her housing costs so high, Emory assumed the family had extra money and assigned Mrs. Lady an income of $51,000. But Mrs. Lady was not hiding money. She was paying inflated post-hurricane rent with the help of Federal disaster aid.</p>

<p>By counting money the family did not have, Emory not only increased the amount it expected Angelica to pay in addition to her financial aid. It also disqualified her from most of the school’s touted program of debt relief. Under the Emory Advantage plan the school replaces loans with grants for families making less than $50,000 a year. Moving Angelica just over the threshold placed her in a less-generous tier and forced her to borrow an additional $15,000 before she could qualify. The mistake will add years to her repayment plan.</p>

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<p>Another missed deadline cost her several thousand dollars in aid in her senior year, and Emory mistakenly concluded that Mrs. Lady had made a $70,000 down payment on a house. (In describing the complicated transaction with a nonprofit group, Angelica failed to note that most of the money came from a program for first-time home buyers.) Emory officials said the mistake did not affect her aid, but the difference between the school’s costs and her package of loans and grants swelled to $12,000 — a sum she could not possibly meet.</p>

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<p>SAT scores only matter for students applying to the Emory Scholars program. After a student has been admitted, Emory stops caring about incoming stats when doling out financial aid. Additionally the NYT article was sensationalist with respect to Gonzales’ financial struggles. The reality is, Emory is far more generous with financial aid, and much more sensitive to the needs of low income students, than most of its peers (look at average debt upon graduation and the percent of Pell Grant recipients). As of now, Emory Advantage is still in place, so the OP should apply to Emory, but also apply to some schools where his stats put him in the top 75% of all students. Generally speaking those will give him the most aid, since most non need blind full need schools give the most money, merit and financial, to their best qualified applicants.</p>

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<p>So I called them and they said if I don’t file for FAFSA by April I will only be allowed loans as an international.</p>

<p>And they said SAT scores can arrive after the deadline.</p>

<p>Is it still worth it with my stats to apply however? I am more concerned about acceptance. I don’t have “THAT” much interest in the school so my supplement might be weak.</p>

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<p>If you don’t have interest in Emory, visit. It will change your mind.</p>

<p>If that’s not feasible, I reccomend not applying. If you get in, you’re taking a valuable seat for someone who very well may have Emory as his or her top choice. You also save the application fee, and SAT score cost. </p>

<p>I don’t mean to say that to elimante my competition (I applied ED II Oxford), but I say that out of curtosy to the next person.</p>

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<p>I have pretty low SAT scores too and I applied to Emory College. I really wanna go there but I also know that it is a reach. Do you think that I have a chance at all? I am an international student…
sat 1- 2060/2400
sat 2: Math 2 730, Chemistry 690
Act- 30 Composite
Lots of ECs, executive board for Student Council,leadership in a few others
Varsity Sport for 4 years
200+ Service hours
Pretty strong essays
I would assume pretty normal rec letters, I am not too sure</p>