OFFICIAL EMORY CLASS of 2010 THREAD!

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1360 (M+CR)
[</em>] SAT IIs: Avoided/Forgot about
[<em>] ACT: 29 (E: 34, R: 32, M: 28, S: 22 [Love it])
[</em>] GPA: 3.9 UW
[<em>] Rank: 5 of 165
[</em>] Other stats: Typical amounts of AP and honors, National Hispanic Scholar, National Honors Society, you know.....all that ****
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: As funny as I could make them under 500 words.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Beats the Hell out of me.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Beats the Hades out of me.
[</em>] Hook (if any): I can make acronyms out of anything.
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Houston, TX
[</em>] School Type: Catholic private school
[<em>] Ethnicity: White with some Colombian, or the other way around...which ever you prefer.
[</em>] Gender: Man.
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: Varsity Soccer, staff writer....Oh, I once killed a bear with my bare hands.
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I'm Irresistible.
[li] Other thoughts: I wonder if we have any Coke left.[/li][/ul]</p>

<p>i got in!!!!</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2080 - 700V, 670M, 710V
[</em>] SAT IIs: 680 US History, 650 Math
[<em>] ACT: 29 but I didn't send it in
[</em>] GPA:4.5w, 3.71unw
[<em>] Rank:school doesn't rank
[</em>] Other stats: 8 APs (currently taking 4 of them, got 4s on all the rest)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays:I thought they were good
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read them, they should be good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read them, should have been good
[</em>] Hook (if any): HS blackjack dealer for casino parties
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country:CA
[</em>] School Type: private, very competitive
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[<em>] Extracurriculars: women's varsity crew, Prom Director, acapella
summer program at Oxford University, summer tour of Australia with HS band playing flute, summer as a counselor/ropes specialist in Canada
[</em>] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: don't know?
[*] Other thoughts: I'm just glad I was accepted.</p>

<p>^ O yay Congrats, SNeilson! :) I hope to see you in the fall!</p>

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED!!! AHHH!!!</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2050 (660 M, 630 V, 760 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 690 US History, 670 Math IC
[<em>] ACT:
[</em>] GPA: school doesn't do GPA, probably around an A-
[<em>] Rank: school doesn't rank
[</em>] Other stats: 4 on AP US History
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Essays: I worked really hard on them
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Didn't read them
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn't read it
[</em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: NYC
[</em>] School Type: Private
[<em>] Ethnicity: White (Jewish)
[</em>] Gender: Female
[/ul]Other Factors:[list]
[li] Extracurriculars: president and founder of girls learn international, senior editor of school newspaper, vice president of environmental club, captain/member of cross country and track, member of model un, homework helper, tour guide...</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I honestly haven't the slightest clue... 3 guys got in early from my school and I really didn't think I had any chance, so I'm really sooo happy right now :)</p>[/li]
<p>[*] Other thoughts: I LOVE YOU EMORY. I think I am going!</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 650M/640CV/680W (Essay 9)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: REALLY BAD</li>
<li>ACT: 29</li>
<li>GPA: 3.66 uw</li>
<li>Rank: no idea...probably top 15% in class of 40</li>
<li>Other stats: 4 AP Bio, 3 AP US (currently in Calc AB / Chem)</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: really good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: not sure, I assume they were really good though.</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: not sure again, probably not as good as the teacher recs</li>
<li>Hook (if any):</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: OH</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Filipino</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars: Student Council President, Youth Advisory Committee President (VP junior year), NHS, bunch of varsity sports (Co-captain of Varisty Tennis team), etc.</li>
<li>Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: Not entirely sure...as you can see from my test scores, they're not amazing, nor is my GPA when compared to everyone on these boards. I think what may have helped is that I have a couple major leadership roles. I didn't visit, but when checking the whole interest in Emory section, I listed last years Student Union President of Emory (David Ader) and his brother. They both went to my high school and knew them b/c of my sister. Maybe that helped a little? </li>
<li>Other thoughts: I had only taken the ACT once, and was going to toss my test scores out right after i had taken the English (first section) because I didn't know what to expect and paced myself very badly. But after the other sections, I did well. So I ended up with a 22 English (ouch, essay bumped it to a 23 though), 30 Math, 32 Reading, 32 Science. </li>
</ul>

<p>Congrats to all that made it, especially SNeilson. I was rootin for you in the home stretch!</p>

<p>[ size=+1][ color=blue][ b]Decision: Accepted[ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>

<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT:2200
[ *] SAT IIs:750, 700
[ *] ACT:n/a
[ *] GPA:3.63 uw
[ *] Rank:11/300
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Essays:I forget.
[ *] Teacher Recs:Pretty good.
[ *] Counselor Rec:Pretty good.
[ *] Hook (if any):I visited.
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country:Boston, MA
[ *] School Type:Public
[ *] Ethnicity:White
[ *] Gender:Male
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars:Good
[ *] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted:I visited.
[ *] Other thoughts:It was a good acceptance packet, but I'm going to USC with half tuition.</p>

<p>Any RD rejections?</p>

<p>EDIT: oh whoops, i thought this was a general decisions thread</p>

<p>ACCEPTED SONNNNNNNNNNN</p>

<p>SAT: 740M, 680V, 640W
SAT II's: 740, 680, 580 (youch)
Rank: 2/128
GPA: 99.28
I thought good essays, good recs...</p>

<p>So let's see, i dont know what else to put. Unless something unexpected comes off the waitlist i think im gonna end up here...
EMORY2010!</p>

<p>some one want to explain to me how jewish is an ethnicity? like can i change my ethnicity by converting to judaism? doesnt make sense</p>

<p>Do colleges consider Judaism an ethnicity?</p>

<p>no...its certainly not an ethnicity...people are just putting it there to say that they are Jewish, since there's no religion slot.</p>

<p>and because some people don;t consider Jewish white (though I not sure why these people give it so much thought)</p>

<p>SAT: 680 M 700 CR 650 Wr.
SATII: Didn't send them in, but they weren't great anyway.
GPA: weighted 5.1 Unweighted 4.0
rank: 5/250</p>

<p>Congrats to everyone that was accepted.</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT: 2170
SAT IIs: umm 680 lit, 730 bio, 800 chinese. hahah not so great.
ACT: didn't takeee it
GPA: 3.7 uw.
Rank: no ranking at school
Other stats: IB full diploma, required 150 community service, work experience, </p>

<p>Subjective:
Essays: really good.
Teacher Recs: one was good the other was mediocre.
Counselor Rec: he uses a template, so it can't be that great.
Hook (if any): my essay was about how i loved the south etc. never visited emory though.</p>

<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Beijing, CHINA
School Type: private international school
Ethnicity: mix. asian/caucasian.
Gender: female.
Other Factors:
Extracurriculars: Model United Nations (europe etc), umm LOTS of community service, worked at multinational company, interned at US embassy. travelled to south africa, pakistan, tibet etc did humanitarian stuff.
Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: no idea
Other thoughts: dillemma. i probably won't end up going. don't know.</p>

<p>Hey shirley! I'm doing the IB full diploma too! Cool that you're all the way on the other side of the world doing the same thing. =)</p>

<p>oh yeah? hahaha i'm nervous about IB exams, I would really like to get some college credit if i can.</p>

<p>to the ppl talking about ethnicity:</p>

<p>my friend is Afghan and he had to put that he was white because it says white(including middle eastern) so he got rejected from UCLA....i feel for him lol</p>

<p>Decision: Accepted</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 790M/590CV/620W (Essay 8)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: dont want to mention it</li>
<li>ACT: n/a</li>
<li>GPA: 3.86 uw</li>
<li>Rank:1/41 or 42</li>
<li>Other stats: currently in AP chem. no AP exam results so far</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: really good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: excellent. my chem teacher who wrote me rec went to Emory</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: very good. </li>
<li>Hook (if any): campus visit, info session, alumni rec, etc.</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: TN / Seoul, South Korea
I lived TN when I applied Emory but I am currently in Seoul</li>
<li>School Type: Public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Korean</li>
<li>Gender: F</li>
</ul>

<p>Other Factors:</p>

<ul>
<li>Extracurriculars: various, unique, etc.</li>
<li>Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted:
I visited there, met many professors, bought a 'key chain' there :) just kiddin' </li>
<li>Other thoughts: The only thing that makes me hesitate to attend Emory is the extremely expensive tuition. Unfortunately, there's NO scholarship for intels at Emory. So I will see how other colleges do and then decide whether I will attend or not.</li>
</ul>

<p>Congrats everybody :D</p>

<p>ACCEPTED!</p>

<p>[ *] SAT: 690W/610M/690V
[ *] SAT IIs: honestly don't remember
[ *] ACT:N/A
[ *] GPA: 3.85 UW 4.3 W
[ *] Rank: 32/564
[ *] Other stats: 6 APs and 2 Internships
[ *] Essays: Good
[ *] Teacher Recs: Great
[ *] Counselor Rec: Great
[ *] Hook (if any): I'm very politically active
[ *] State or Country: MD
[ *] School Type: Competitive public
[ *] Ethnicity: White
[ *] Gender: Female
[ /list][ b]Other Factors:[ /b][ list]
[ *] Extracurriculars: President and founder of school's Young Democrats Club, Mock Trial, Girls State, President of JSA, community service, Internship with Speaker Michael E. Busch of the Maryland House of Delegates for the 2006 session
[ *] Why I think I was accepted/rejected/waitlisted: I don't know, my SATs are lower than their average</p>

<p>Don't know if I'll be going, I've been accepted to Richmond, Wake, Gettysburg and waitlisted at Macalester. Right now it's between Wake and Emory, it depends on financial aid and if I am accepted off the waitlist to Macalester.</p>