<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 690 CR, 680 M, 750 W
[</em>] ACT: didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: none
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.86
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S History(3), Lang(3), Physics(4), Environmental Science(4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB, AP Biology, AP American Government, AP Literature, AP Psychology, Honors Spanish IV
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none, just AP Scholar with Honor, Academic Letter, honor roll, ect.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Indian Cultural Exchange(President and founder), Spanish Club(President), Environmental Club(Vice President), Ultimate Frisbee Team, Travel Baseball Team
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: 75 hours at Emory University Hospital and Grady Hospital
[<em>] Summer Activities:
[</em>] Essays: very good common app personal statement and EC essay, decent/good Why Emory? essay, pretty good Emory optional essay
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I think both were very good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: should be quite good
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: competitive public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: Bengali
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: low income
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: essays, demonstrated interest, good enough grades and SAT score
[<em>] Weaknesses: no SAT IIs, class rank,
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I really showed a lot of interest in the school and had good enough GPA and SAT score
[/ul]General Comments: Excited and truly honored to be an Emory Eagle!! LET’S CHANGE THE WORLD FOR THE BETTER!!!</p>
<p>Decision: Deferred at Oxford Decision: Rejected at Emory</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2000 (580 M, 760 CR, 660 W with 8 essay)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take, but will now.
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t take.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.43
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Around 75 out of 305. 24th percentile.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (3), AP US Gov (4), APUSH (4), AP Lang (5), AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Micro, AP Macro
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Band 2, Basic Programming, Math 4, AP Macro/Micro, AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Lit.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (Senior Patrol Leader), marching band, concert band, NHS, Order of the Arrow – Scouting’s national honor society.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Job shadowed Clerk of Court for a day.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: None.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer@Brown
[</em>] Essays: Not great, not bad.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: Great, I’m sure.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Most likely generic, possibly condescending.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A.
[</em>] Interview: N/A.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[</em>] Intended Major: Prelaw – English/Political Science.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A.
[<em>] School Type: Public, sends 1-2 kids to top schools.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White.
[<em>] Gender: Male.
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$45,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: CR score, recommendations, legacy.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Failing grades and Cs, math score.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: See weaknesses.
[/ul]General Comments: Would’ve given anything to go to Oxford…</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2070 (CR- 660 Math- 720 Writing- 690
[</em>] ACT: 32
[<em>] SAT II: Bio- 750 US History- 700
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW (5.081 Weighted)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/616
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Biology- 5, APUSH- 4, AP Lang- 4, Human Geo- 5, AP Gov- 4
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc AB (first semester), AP Calc AB (second semester), AP Physics B, AP Microeconomics, AP Literature, and other honors classes/electives
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Distinction, Georgia Certificate of Merit, and Finalist of the Georgia Governors Honors Program (Mathematics), Junior Marshal/Graduation Usher (Top 10 in graduating class)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout
National Honor Society (President-12)
Mu Alpha Theta (President and Chapter Founder- 12)
Science Bowl (Team Captain)
Senior Beta Club (Treasurer- 12)
Rotary Interact Club (Treasurer- 10, 11, 12)
National Hispanic Honors Society
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
Volunteer for local humane society (over 50 hours)
Volunteer at local hospital for over 50 hours
Shadowed a top neurologist for some time during last summer (never put on application)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Attended GHP for math during last summer, shadowed a neurologist, and attended numerous scout camps in the past including Philmont Scout Ranch.
[</em>] Essays: Very good I thought. Ensured that my “Why Emory” essay shone through along with my personality in the optional essay. Wrote about my struggle with being acccepted by my peers in spite of endless torment from a specific person since elementary school (Common App Influence essay)
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: My admissions counselor said they were wonderful!
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Pretty good. My guidance counselor probably knows me the best out of most students in the school.
[<em>] Additional Rec: Had an additional rec. from my math teacher who recommended me for GHP and is sponsoring me for Mu Alpha Theta.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] Intended Major: Either Chemistry or NBB
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[<em>] School Type: Large public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: $90k to 110k
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Showed as much interest as possible in Emory (toured the campus, contacted my admissions counselor numerous times, and attended some classes with my colleague that attends Emory)
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: GPA, Class rank, recommendations, essays, ECs, and ACT score
[<em>] Weaknesses: SAT score
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I knew that I wanted to attend Emory ever since I was very young and made it a point to get there, despite my severe ADD. To all of you future applicants and hopefuls for Emory: Never EVER give up! There is always hope. Even though things may look dim now, they usually get better, especially if you put your mind toward your goals!
[/ul]General Comments:
Congratulations everybody! Emory Class of 2017 :D</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take it
[</em>] ACT: 30 with 10 on essay
[<em>] SAT II: 800 Math II 760 Chemistry
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.886
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): My school does not rank
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5) English Lang & Comp. (5) AB/BC Calculus (5) Chemistry (5)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Physics C, AP Biology, AP Statistics, British Literature, Symphony Band, Latin III/IV Poetry
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
AP Scholars with Honor,
Distinguished Scholars for Michigan Youth Arts,
Summa Cum Laude in National Latin Exam for 2 years,
Coauthor of science journal that was published and two poster presentations at American Association for Cancer Research and American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Colorguard (captain 2 years),
Varsity Synchronized Swimming (Captain),
NHS,
Kids for the Future,
Green Team,
Principal Oboe/English Horn in Musicals’ pit orchestra
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:
Research assistant at UMich for 2 years
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service:
UMich Hospital (over 400 hours),
tutor and mentor at local middle schools (2 years),
free breakfast for homeless at local church (3 years)
[<em>] Summer Activities: as mentioned above, hospital volunteer an research assistant at UMich
[</em>] Essays: Good I guess? My two AP English teachers really like them.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Got them from Calc BC teacher and Latin teacher and they both think me as “stellar student” so really good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good I’m assuming
[<em>] Additional Rec: None
[</em>] Interview: did not do it.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: pre-med; biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Michigan
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Really competitive public school about 10% of our students goes to Ivies or top schools
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 75,000~99,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Good Essays, recommendation letters, ECs
[<em>] Weaknesses: Test scores and GPA maybe?
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I have no clue…
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2190 CR:640 M:780 W:770 Essay:10
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: Math2C:780 BioE:710 Chem:730
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.67
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IBHChemistry IBHBiology IBHPsychology IBSLang.&Lit. IBSMath, Ab Initio SL Spanish, Theory of Knowledge, Web Design, Modern Religious Experience
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): MVP for my Swim Team, Honor Roll
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NationalHonorSociety(Secretary), VarsitySwimTeam(Captain+Co-captain), RoomtoReadClub(President)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding since sophomore year, Coaching since freshman year, Short internships at a college research lab, Summer(2012) internship at women’s clinic
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: WorldVisionSponsor, TA at Sundayschool, Group leader at annual 30HourFamine, Cambodia Service Trip (2011)
[<em>] Summer Activities: Emory Pre-college (summer 2012)
[</em>] Essays: Pretty good…worked on them for months
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Never saw them but I’m pretty sure they were good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: ^same as the teacher recs
[<em>] Additional Rec: Swim team coach’s rec. Short but presented me well.
[</em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Biology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): N/A
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): S. Korea
[<em>] School Type: Religious, International
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean (but a US citizen)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Good extracurriculars and leadership
[<em>] Weaknesses: My GPA dropped every semester since first semester of sophomore year
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I showed a lot of interest in the school and I had a good SAT score and resume of activities.
[/ul]General Comments:
I’m so excited for next year!!!</p>
<p>Posting from my phone so sorry for not keeping with format.</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted to Emory</p>
<p>Weighted GPA: 4.58
SAT I: 2040 CR:740 M:580 W:720
SAT II: US History:770 BioE:650 English Lit:720
ACT: Didn’t take it.
AP: APUSH (5), AP Euro (5), AP Bio (5), AP English Lit (4)
Extracurricular: A handful of clubs and some community service that I’m proud of, but probably wouldn’t be considered impressive by some people’s standards.
Awards: Nothing notable.
Essays: Been told they’re good by people who’ve read them.
Recommendations: Didn’t read them.
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Asian
Hooks: None.</p>
<p>Looking at the stats of the people that got accepted, I have no idea how I got in… But I’m really glad.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t take
[</em>] ACT: 33 Composite: 34 Reading, 33 Writing, 33 Science, 32 Math and 10 on Essay
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t take
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): School doesn’t offer
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): School doesn’t offer
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Physics 1 Adv, Modern European History Adv, Calculus AB, International Relations, Western World Literature and Sexuality and Society (was written up in the NYT)</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Mock Trial, Debate, Model UN, Gay-Straight Alliance, Writing Lab Tutor, Stage Crew, Latin Club, Blood Drive Committee, JV Softball (Captain for 2 years, MVP for 1)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Tutor children 20 hours per week. Intern at local government summer of 2012
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Breastcancer.org Junior Committee Member for Annual Fundraiser since 2007. (Chair of Junior Committee 2012). Started up an after-school tutoring program for underprivileged kids from Philadelphia.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Johns Hopkins CTY 2009-2011, Intern for local government 2012
[<em>] Essays: Pretty good, worked on them for a while, wrote my major essay as a letter (message me if you want to see it for some reason)
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see them but I had the Dean of Students and my Bio Adv teacher to say I was a great writer and worked hard at a class I wasn’t great in.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t see it but he finished it before my school year even started
[</em>] Additional Rec: Nope
[<em>] Interview: Wasn’t offered.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[<em>] Intended Major: Double: Political Science and International Affairs
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): PA
[<em>] School Type: Private, Friends School
[</em>] Ethnicity: White (Jewish if that counts for anything?)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Upper Class
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Community Service Speaker for the Senior Class, Regional finalist for Mock Trial
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: Go to an incredibly difficult school, great at humanities, have demonstrated interest in learning/potential career
[<em>] Weaknesses: Terrible at math, almost everyone from my area goes to college, not many academic honors
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: Not totally sure but probably for my scores, community service involvement (I mentioned it in my supplemental essays), had a lot of demonstrated interest.</p>
<p>Hey, sorry to butt in without any useful information, but I can’t seem to log into OPUS and I just cannot find the official Facebook page for the Class of 2017 that was linked in the letter. Could anyone help a brother out?</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 580R 800M 720W 12E
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take
[<em>] SAT II: 690 Math IIC
[</em>] weighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.06
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top quarter
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Only sent APUSH (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): None
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Lit, AP Calc BC, AP Economics (macro/micro), Regular Physics
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar, NSE, Honor Roll
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Class Council 4 years, Church Praise Team 6 years (Leader), SADD 2 years (secretary), Math Team 2 years (Vice President), and 10 other community services.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: 7 Months at a clothing store
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: N/A
[<em>] Summer Activities: None
[</em>] Essays: Wrote it in 2 days.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Teachers submitted it on 11/30, pretty good recs over all though.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[</em>] Interview:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Psychology
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: >50000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths:
[<em>] Weaknesses:
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: upward trend of my grade.
[/ul]General Comments: Good luck to upcoming seniors!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted @ Emory CAS Decision: Rejected @ Oxford College</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2280 (800W, 770M, 710CR)
[</em>] SAT II: 770USH, 760Chinese
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.8
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 37/531
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5: HG; WH; Lang; USH / 4: Chinese; Physics B
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, AP Lit, Chamber Orchestra, AP Psych, AP Calc AB, AP Gov, AP Macroeconomics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Champion - National Geography Challenge</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[li] Extracurriculars : Beta Club (President); History Club (Founder & President); FBLA (Vice President); Academic Team (Varsity); Science Olympiad (A Team); Student Service Committee (Co-Founder & Representative); Golf (Varsity); Young Creators (Secretary); County Youth Symphony Orchestra (1st Violin); National Honor Society; Model UN; Math Team; Student Leadership Team; DECA; Red Cross; Student Council; Chinese Academy Honors Graduate</p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Intern at Collision Repair Importer
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Over 250 Hours; started own project; Beta Club, etc.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Study Abroad at Oxford University, Georgia Governor’s Honors Program (Social Studies)
[</em>] Essays: Average
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should be good; asked History Club sponsor for one.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Should be good, helped her out with GHP Interviews</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: No
[</em>] Intended Major: Business Administration
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[</em>] School Type: Public School (~2700 Students)
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: >250k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First Generation College</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Leadership, Extracurrics, SAT
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, Essays
[li] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I showed a lot of interest and really went out of my way to let them know that Emory was my first choice.[/li][/ul]General Comments: Accepted at Georgia Tech; Good luck to all EDII/RD applicants! :)</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take
ACT: 32
SAT II: 770 US History
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.89
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
AP (place score in parenthesis): U.S History(5), Lang(5), Macroeconomics(5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: Regular Calc, AP Biology, AP Psychology, AP Literature, AP French
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): founded my own non-profit organization and am President of it, 4 varsity letters gymnastics, 2 years lacrosse, 2 years DECA
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: several hundred hours
Essays: main essay on gardening (unique i guess?), amazing Why Emory? essay (had an article published in TeenInk about how I loved Emory when I visited), pretty good 5 sentences
Teacher Recommendation: I think both were very good
Counselor Rec: i guess average
Additional Rec:
Interview: no</p>
<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: no
Intended Major: Business - not sure what, possibly Marketing
State (if domestic applicant): New Jersey
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: competitive public school
Ethnicity: American/jewish
Gender: female
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: started my own nonprofit, grades went on an upward grade trend (2 B+s freshman year and all As the rest of high school), high ACT
Weaknesses: none really to be honest
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: I really showed a lot of interest in the school, visited twice, ED, qualified, unique essays</p>
<p>General Comments: BEYOND EXCITED… GO EAGLES!</p>
<p>Thank you for your interest in Emory University. This year Emory continued to be a popular first-choice destination for many applicants. The admission committee has been carefully reviewing our highly competitive Early Decision I applicants. Due to our increased volume in applications we have needed to extend our admission decision release date for some of our students so that our committee may have additional time to holistically review applications. I will notify you on Monday, December 18 when your decision is available through our OPUS system.</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): didn’t take it
[</em>] ACT:30
[<em>] SAT II: mathII:720 lit:740
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.92
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 54/67
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human geo: 4, Bio: 4, Spanish Lang: 4, Chem:3
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Stats, AP Psych, AP English Lit, AP Spanish Lit, honors Anatomy and Physiology
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NHS, NSHS, AP scholar
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): SMILE club (president), Spanish team (president), Cheerleading (captain), Ecology club, Disaster Relief club
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: tutoring
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: waaaay too much to list. Over 500 hours throughout high school
[<em>] Summer Activities: NYLF-Med
[</em>] Essaysretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: should be realllllyyy good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: average
[<em>] Additional Rec: none
[</em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] Intended Major: Psychology or Chemistry
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Florida
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[<em>] School Type: Private
[</em>] Ethnicity: Middle Eastern and American
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Go to an unrealistically difficult prep school and still maintain good grades Leadership
[<em>] Weaknesses: ACT
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: that’s the million dollar question.
[/ul]General Comments: wow i’m just way to excited for this!</p>
<p>son was accepted
GPA 3.72/4.17
ACT 34
APS - 10 total by end of senior year. Presently AP Scholar with honor
Varsity tennis as a freshman etc.
2 college classes during summer with As in both classes, Duke TIP</p>
<p>Emory is my first choice and I would LOVE to attend. I just received notification of my early decision application; I was deferred to regular decision. I have a 3.6 unweighted GPA and a superscored SAT of 2020. I have taken over half of the AP classes offered at my school, and so I am awarded a weighted GPA of 4.6. I am afraid that Emory is only considering my unweighted GPA, but I am not sure. As I am in the winter of my senior year, there is not much I can do to change my GPA and my mid-year grades are pretty much finalized. What can I do to strengthen my application so I can be successful in the my application’s second review during regular decision? I don’t know how else I could possibly show passion for the school. I keep in touch with my admissions counselor, visited the campus, and applied ED I. Is it even possible to increase my chances? If so, how? </p>
<p>Any ideas can only help! Please respond if you can be of assistance. </p>