***OFFICIAL Emory '11 RD Decisions***

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<p>I'll start off since theres too much pollution on the old one:</p>

<p>Decision:ACCEPTED</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT: 800 CR/ 710 M/ 800 WR
* SAT Iis: 790 Bio, 790 US History, 780 Literature, 710 Math IC
* ACT: N/A
* GPA: 3.8
* Rank: Doesn't Rank. Second decile
* Other stats: 9 AP's (Independent Study of Comparative politics)
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: I think outstanding- I spent 4 months working on them, and my guidance counselor concurs
* Teacher Recs: Should be truly excellent- My history teacher and my computer science teacher (I assistant taught a class for the computer science teacher and will be working with him this summer).
* Counselor Rec: Should have been very good, particularly talking about my honesty and character.
* Hook (if any): Double Legacy
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<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: Westchester, NY
* School Type: Outstanding Public
* Ethnicity: White
* Gender: Male
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<p>Other Factors:[ul][<em>] Extracurriculars: Model UN for 4 years with various awards, VP jr, President sr. Started a fencing club (have been fencing for 8 years), helped start and now am president of Film club, On academic challenge team (which has gone to nationals for the past 6 or more years, won a couple years back), Staff writer for a political journal at school, computer science club for 3 years, Internship with a leading web consulting firm over the summer, some other stuff, nothing else notable though.[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: No idea[*] [/ul]</p>

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<p>now we can fence together. I have never fenced before though..ha</p>

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<p>wait, were you accepted? the top says yes but the bottom seems like you were rejected because you talk about your low gpa and "this sucks pretty bad"</p>

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<p>Woops, copied from my own post in the Georgetown forum :/</p>

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<p>Decision:waitlisted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 710 CR/ 650 M/ 700 WR</li>
<li>SAT na</li>
<li>ACT: N/A</li>
<li>GPA: 3.6 uw 3.8 w</li>
<li>Rank: 35/350</li>
<li>Other stats:)</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: they were okay...</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Never read them</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: umm not that well written but it was nice</li>
<li>Hook (if any): none</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: Pittsburgh, PA </li>
<li>School Type: Public (no idea how good it is...we get a few ivys every year)</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: female</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors:
Extracurriculars: Secretary for Key Club, Varsity track and cross country (went to 3 state championships), math mentoring...
Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I didn't have amazing stats? I am actaully really happy that i wasn't flat out rejected...i couldn't afford to go anyway</p>

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<p>DECISION: WAITLISTED</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): 1870 don't really remember this by sections, but everthing was in the 600s
SAT IIs: 550 Math II 630 Bio Molecular
GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 4.1 GPA Weighted
Rank: 30/180
APs (including this year's): Bio AP, Eco AP, Gov AP, Calculus AP, English 4 AP, English 3 AP, Physics AP, Statistics AP
IBs (including this year's: We don't have these.
Senior Yr Courseload:Bio AP, Eco AP, Gov AP, Calculus AP, English 4 AP, Latin 3 Honors Dual Credit, Varsity Choir, Required Lab Course
Number of Apps from Your School: 1
Other stats (Awards, etc.): National Latin Exam Gold Medalist, 4th at State Latin Grammar, 6th at state English oratory, Dental Terminology state qualifier..state is coming up, Latin club area awards, Pentathalon Latin Awards, RESEARCH RESEARCH RESEARCH, Science fair state awards, 2nd Grand Prize Sci Fair Award, Intel Talent SEarch Participant, HOSA President, Varsity Choir, Student Council, Math Honor Society, NHS, Cultural Indian Dance</p>

<p>Subjective:
ECs listed on app: The ones listed above
Job/Work Experience: Six Flags / Research
Essays (subject and responses): about passion for my research...what it has taught me, how it has been a lifesaver to me. Why emory essay mentioned how i'd contribute my research to class discussion. short essay- cultural dance
Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): Research on C. elegans, Numerous science awards, Latin Competition awards, NLE</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: TEXAS
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): top 500 schools according to newsweek, Medical Careers Magnet School
Ethnicity:Filipino/White
Gender: Female
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Research
Strengths: Extracurriculars, ec's are focused on science, has a passion
Weaknesses: SAT scores </p>

<p>Other:
Wrote in Family circumstances box how my dad cheated on my mom with someone in Japan and spent my college money on his trip. Wrote about how this affected me.
Qualifies for the Pell Grant</p>

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<p>GOT IN :)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Will post stats later. Congrats to the accepted. My deepest sympathies to the others and I wish you all good luck. Arbiter213,where in Westchester. I'm from Westchester,NY too.</p>

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<p>*Decision: Accepted *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2130 (V 690 M 770 W 670)
[</em>] SAT IIs: MathIC 800 Korean w/ listening 800 MathIIC 730
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] GPA: We don't have one
[<em>] Rank: We don't have one
[</em>] Other stats: IB Prediced Score 38/42
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Superb
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Excellent
[</em>] Hook (if any): Lived abroad for more than 10 years, founder of a club, well-rounded characteristic, etc.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Russian but I'm Korean
[</em>] School Type: International School
[<em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: math team, soccer team, swimming team, MUN, etc. (too lazy to write everything)
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: because they love me ;)
[*] Other thoughts: I wish the ivies and Stanford loved me instead.</p>

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<p>decision: waitlisted</p>

<p>ACT: 31
SAT IIs: 800 US History, 730 Lit, and 600 Math I
GPA: 4.25(ish)
Rank: n/a</p>

<p>subjective:
Essays: i thought they were good
Teacher Recs: never saw them, but chose good teachers
Counselor Rec: assuming good
Hook (if any):
Location/Person:
State or Country: Alabama
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: Asian American
Gender: Female</p>

<p>Other Factors:[list][li] Extracurriculars: bleh i don't want to go into this</p>[/li]
<p>Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: a lot of people at my school apply to emory, especially math team kids for kind of a back up to the ivys. and one of my classmates already got a full ride, so i'm fine with it.
COMMENTS: well this worries me about my last decision which is coming out in six hours. but i really didn't want my dad to make me go to emory if i got in because it was closer to home.</p>

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<p>waitlisted...too dissappointed to put down details =(</p>

<p>But..CONGRATS to everyone! Hope you guys have a great time at Emory!</p>

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<p>Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2070
[</em>] SAT IIs: 760 (Math 1), 640 (spanish)</p>

<p>[<em>] ACT:N/A
[</em>] GPA:3.8ish (Weighted)
[<em>] Rank:20%
[</em>] Other stats: I weigh 75 kilograms???
[/ul]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] Essays: okay okay....but about my obesity and losing 25 kilograms
[</em>] Teacher Recs:great
[<em>] Counselor Rec:great
[</em>] Hook (if any):Korean in Thailand (lived in Thailand for 13 yrs, Bangladesh 3 yrs, Korea 2 yrs), speak 4 languages, learning 5 languages
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Thailand but Korean
[</em>] School Type:Private International (Best in Thailand)
[<em>] Ethnicity:Korean, I guess its East Asian
[</em>] Gender:Male</p>

<p>[/ul]Other Factors:</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:A lot of community service (reducing street dog populations, helping children affected by tsunami, doing beach clean ups, helping north korean refugees in Thailand (more than 200 currently), helping disabled children ride horses, visiting orphanages for disabled, abused and HIV-AIDS infected orphans, Habitat for Humanity), Internships at Hotel and a ticketing company.</p>

<p>Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: International with SAT score over 2000, teacher recs and counselor rec</p>

<p>Other thoughts:Hope everybody knows where they'll be going to. Hope that people will see that Universitites dont determine our lives but that we as students determine the university's reputation and they are at our service....hahaha</p>

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<p>ACCEPTED
SAT: 600V/770M/590W
SAT 2s: 700 Math 1, 770 Math 2
Straight A's at O and AS Level = 4.0 uw
few EC's -- president of a club/volunteer work/photography
Bad Recommendations
ESSAYS: common app good. Why emory was excellent.
Asian (Pakistan)</p>

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<p>*Decision: ACCEPTED *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2110 780 M 690 V 640 W
[</em>] SAT IIs: 780 Bio 780 Chem 750 Math II
[<em>] ACT: 34 composite
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW 4.632 W
[<em>] Rank: 1/134
[</em>] Other stats: Student Body Pres, Community Service Pres, In charge of school tutoring program
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: Not great.... did in an hour
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Really great..
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Who knows?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: North Carolina
[<em>] School Type: Rural Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasion
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: Choral Program, Soccer, Cross Country
[<em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: The multiple tours I took probably helped
[</em>] Other thoughts: WHY DOES IT COST SO MUCH!! [/ul]</p>

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<p>Which one is the OFFICIAL thread?</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted </p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 760 Chem
[</em>] GPA, Weighted and Unweighted: 3.6 UW, 4.4 W
[<em>] Rank: n/a
[</em>] ACT: 35 Composite
[<em>] APs (including this year's): 5 and 4 on Chem and Euro, and five aps this year.
[</em>] Number of Apps from Your School: 2
[<em>] Other stats (Awards, etc.): Princeton University Math Contest Winner, South Carolina ARML A Team, South Carolina All State Math Team, AHSIMC winner, and placed in many state math contests. No USAMO this year though :(
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] ECs listed on app: 400 hours of volunteering at hospitals and nursing home, EMT certified, and 240 hours of colorectal cancer research at USC.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: none
[</em>] Essays (subject and responses): common app essay was very unique, emory essay was ok
[<em>] Teacher Recs: didn't read
[</em>] Counselor Rec: didn't read
[<em>] Hook (TASP, RSI, Research, etc.): biomedical research, submitted my abstract
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: South Carolina
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: East Indian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: affluent
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[</em>] Strengths: test scores, extracurriculars, essay
[<em>] Weaknesses: gpa
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: i dunno?
[/ul]Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>

<p>Congratulations to everyone! Although I have decided I'm going to Washington University in St. Louis, I still love emory!</p>

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<p>I got waitlisted... Too lazy to post stats.</p>

<p>Congrats to all who got in.</p>

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<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<pre><code>* SAT I:
* SAT IIs: 700 Bio, 690 Math IIc, 700 Chinese /w Listening (give me a break, I'm an ABC)
* ACT: 32 (33 super-scored)
* GPA: 3.65 UW (4.1 W I think)
* Rank: N/A
* Other stats:
• Varsity Tennis (9-12) - Captain
• Science Olympiad (11-12)
• Quiz Bowl (9-10)
• FIRST Robotics (9-12) - Captain
• Model UN (11-12) – Cofounder, Vice President

Honors/Awards:

• Science Olympiad Regionals – 2nd Place
• Science Olympiad States – 4th Place
• U of M German Day Winner
• FIRST Robotics Judges Award
• WLAA Tennis Conference Champs
• WLAA Tennis Division Champs
• 2003 USATT Michigan Closed Table Tennis 17 & under doubles – 1st Place
• 2004 USATT Michigan Closed Table Tennis 17 & under doubles – 2nd Place
• FIRST Robotics Judges Award
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<p>Subjective:</p>

<pre><code>* Essays: Avg
* Teacher Recs: Avg
* Counselor Rec: Avg
* Hook (if any): Good ECs? Clearly not good enough
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<p>Location/Person:</p>

<pre><code>* State or Country: MI
* School Type: Public
* Ethnicity: Asian
* Gender: Male
* Perceived Strengths/Weaknesses: Bad GPA, avg ACT, avg essays/recs, good ECs?...?
* Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Read above :P
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<p>Other Factors:
General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Congrats to acceptances, good luck to waitlistee's, sorry to rejections</p>

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<p>i got waitlisted...also too lazy to post stats...but im not upset at all because i GOT INTO VANDERBILT =0</p>

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<p>My son was waitlisted. We are so disappointed.</p>

<p>2270 SAT I, 750, 740 and 680 SAT II's, lower GPA in freshman and soph year but A- average jr and sr year, good extracurriculars, essays and reccs</p>

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<p>Decision: WAITLISTED
SAT I: 2200
SAT II: Spanish 770, US History 710
AP/IB taken/scores: US History 5
GPA weighted: 4.10
Rank or % estimate: top 20%
School Type: private
Gender: female
General Comments/Congratulations/etc: Oh well, I guess this makes my decision a little easier? Congrats everyone, and good luck!</p>

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<p>Decision: Rejected - not a surprise. It was a big reach for me.</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: N/A</li>
<li>SATII: N/A</li>
<li>ACT: 33</li>
<li>GPA: 3.3 uw 3.4 w</li>
<li>Rank: 165/450</li>
<li>Other stats</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Excellent</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Very strong</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Never read it, but we didn't get along :(</li>
<li>Hook (if any): none</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: Illinois</li>
<li>School Type: Public (fairly highly rated within state)</li>
<li>Ethnicity: White</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors:
Extracurriculars: 'Outstanding Attorney' in state and county mock trial contests; Division 1 rating, soloist and ensemble, in state concert choir contest; edit staff, literary journal; Amer Red Cross volunteer; work at Abercrombie company; wrote novel (but wasn't published, so prob meaningless)
Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: GPA/rank killed simply me, even with upward trend. Don't think the best of essays and recs could overcome that.</p>

<p>Congrats to all accepted; good luck to the waitlisted; I feel your pain to those denied.</p>