<p>So happy right now. Anyone else get in?</p>
<p>I also got got one! I thought it was a joke at first. I hope its not those “mistake decisions” some colleges send out…</p>
<p>Doesn’t seem like it at all (mistake decision). Saw the .pdf on OPUS after seeing the email with “good news” in the subject line. Anyone know how many of these are sent out? </p>
<p>Congrats @juliahan! </p>
<p>@SigmunFloyd you too!!</p>
<p>I am SO so happy! Emory is one of my top choices :)</p>
<p>Whoa, wait… you guys already got acceptances for RD?</p>
<p><a href=“http://blog.emoryadmission.com/blog/2014/02/28/likely-letters/”>http://blog.emoryadmission.com/blog/2014/02/28/likely-letters/</a></p>
<p>My kid got, too. But w/o scholarship, no reason to go.</p>
<p>Uhhhh…I see what they are getting at (it’s a yield helping move), but wouldn’t it help to surprise these students with some money? “Love” or “interest” is not enough if some students can’t afford it or will receive better financial aid from elsewhere. I guess it will help get some of the higher caliber students, however they better at least try to tell them what we offer if they come here. </p>
<p>My S got one too. Ditto on the “show me the money” sentiment. Emory was his second choice until he found out he did not get Emory Scholars. Unfortunately, without the money, it drops down from it’s top choice position.</p>
<p>@jrmama496: Appears Emory is moving in the direction of “showing interested in the student” as opposed to the other way around. I suppose they figure that some of the more well off students whose parents will pay anything may get excited if they were interested in Emory. However, what Vanderbilt shows is that even top caliber students “follow the money” even if they have to sacrifice an environment that for sure has higher caliber academics (like some may choose it over Yale, Duke, or Princeton, something). Part of it is because the students want “balance” (they don’t want the academic intensity of those other places) and part is simply because they received more money. Who blames them. If you’re a stereotypical prospective student who happens to test well and is indeed somewhat bright, but doesn’t necessarily want high intensity, why go to a school, perhaps struggle a little, and then also pay extra money to struggle/be challenged to the point of discomfort? And Emory’s situation or perception is: “I’ll be challenged just as much as some of these institutions, but I’ll also have to pay more”. To win such students over, it would have to actively convince them that the academic opps. at Emory may be better than the other place(s), which is something Emory isn’t even trying to do right now (I don’t mean like marketing that flat out says: “we are better than x” but marketing that highlights some of our more unique opps. and depts and why they are known to be excellent, perhaps in a way that differentiates it from other programs). Right now, it appears that on paper, “Emory is the same as that other place, except less “fun” and more expensive”. So it’s either throw more money at people (as most non-Ivies do), convince them that the other 2 portions of the quote is not true (and on the “fun” front, that’s almost impossible with respect to a place like Duke, ND, Vandy, or Georgetown. We can maybe beat 1-2 of them on academics depending on the interests of the student. Mainly we can’t beat Duke), or both. </p>