is there still hope at all??

Colleges and Universities A-Z Emory University
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<p>thinking about applying ED, should help my chances expontially... (since RD chances are basically 0)</p>

<p>Chinese, 17 years old, CA resident</p>

<p>Acedemic:
SAT New: 560CR, 690W, 800M = 2050
SATII: projected 750 Physics and 750 for 2C</p>

<p>Senior (this year) schedule: (most rigorous courseload, except no AP language)
Biology AP
English 4 AP
Govt/Econ AP
Calculus AB AP </p>

<p>Got a 3 on the AP US History AP exam... sick</p>

<p>GPA: 3.4 UW 3.91 W (SO SO SO SO SO DISGUSTING, I KNOW!)</p>

<p>OK, extra curriculars:
Went to rural China for 3 weeks to teach oral English to English teachers there. It's one of Intel China's biggest community service things.. worked there for about 9 hours a day. I lived in the school and ate at the cafeteria, which is some kind of payment I guess. I had 24 students. Uh... I guess its only special because absolutely nobody else has it, otherwise its nothing worth mentioning. </p>

<p>Taught English in Shanghai for 3 weeks, not that its something in particular, either. Worked at an office. Primary duty was improve the workers' oral English, secondary duty was help out in the office doing clerical stuff. Got a really good review by the supervisor and that's about it. 8 hours a day. Was volunteer work but they gave me 1000yuan ($120) (and a Tshirt) at the end as a gift. </p>

<p>Went to school in Shanghai for 02-03 (freshman). Editor in Chief for newspaper and yearbook there. </p>

<p>Parents seperated. live with mom and she gets crap pay. (<60K)</p>

<p>JSA for 2 years, about 75 credit hours. no position held</p>

<p>Chinese National Honor Society 2 years, 50something credit hours, no position</p>

<p>Football Team 10th grade.</p>

<p>private tutor for half a year, got paid</p>

<p>scorekeeper for basketball games, got paid</p>

<p>What more can i say? (i'm flippin doomed)</p>

<p>My essays should be pretty good since i got a lot of teachers from China who will read them (they are mostly HYPS grads,dunno what they're doing in China). My teacher recs should be mediocre since im planning on asking my senior year teachers. ALso, one more thing, my essays are gonna be flippin crazy as in the topics will be crazy. They're all gonna be toss-up, out of the box crap-shoot ones (appropriate for UChi, dunno about others).</p>

<p>ps, what major should i choose in order to have better chances?</p>

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<p>If you can raise your CR score, then I think that you have a fair chance of getting in. Are you applying to chicago?</p>

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<p>im planning on applying there, but im debating whether to ED or not... sigh...</p>

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<p>There's no advantage to ED. I actually know someone with excellent grades/test scores who applied there ED, but was rejected. However, I only had like a 3.5-3.6 GPA and a 1320/1600 SAT. I got in to Chicago. Chicago puts a great emphasis on essays, and I worked really hard on my essays.</p>

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<p>so do you think im a match for chicago? or at least have a pretty good chance i mean...</p>

<p>im pretty sure my essays will be qualified for chicago, but the rest of my stats are ehhhh...</p>

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<p>I don't think that you're a match for chicago. I think that Chicago's a bit of a reach for you. But I do think that if you write terrific essays and get great recs, like I did, then you can possibly get in.</p>

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<p>great tips</p>

<p>anything more on emory?</p>

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<p>come on.....</p>

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<p>show interest. If you really want to go to Emory, then let the admissions committee know that.</p>

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<p>what does that mean?</p>

<p>chat with them or somethin?</p>

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<p>Attend the local information session or better yet visit Emory.</p>

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<p>man....dont be so hard on yourself, doctors down here just determined that I'm actually legally retarded.....and i am a proud student of this university....so keep on keepin on</p>