Official Emory University 2016 RD Results

MarchMayJune · March 29, 2012, 9:23am

Decision: Accepted - Oxford College
Decision: Rejected - Emory College

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):1890 (600 M, 620 CR, 670 WR)
[] ACT:
[] SAT II:
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.3
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):US History (5), LC (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load:AP Lit, AP Euro, Calculus, Spanish V, Physics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Honor Roll[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):Varsity field hockey 4 years, golf 2 years, environment club, spanish club, Chinese language school 8 years
[] Job/Work Experience:
[] Volunteer/Community service:
[] Summer Activities:Go to Taiwan to teach English to elemenary school children
[] Essays: I don’t even remember but I’m pertty sure I BSed it
[] Teacher Recommendation:Excellent
[] Counselor Rec:Very strong
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): CT
[] Country (if international applicant): USA
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity:Asian + Mixed European
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Essays, Extracurriculars
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Emory main campus’ standards are very high and I kinda knew that it would be a stretch. Oxford seems to take a fair amount so I figured why not in checking off the box.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Boston University (A), Southern Methodist University (A), Elon (A), Auburn (A), Dickinson (WL), NYU (R)

[/ul]General Comments: Does anyone know how difficult it is to transfer into Emory’s buisness school junior year from Oxford? I had wanted to be a buisness major but I’m concerned that Emory school of buisness doesn’t take that many students from Oxford into their buisness program.

rodney · March 29, 2012, 10:40am

Lisztserve: that is standard operating procedure for Emory, including those on the waitlist…has been for years…

Commentary: I have never seen a thread in almost 5 years on CC where a majority of acceptees are already going elsewhere…so much for yield management…

If you are on the waitlist, make sure you let Emory know:

1) you will attend if accepted regardless of FA

2) if they call you, be ready to say “yes”…maybe won’t cut it…

litearomancandle · March 29, 2012, 10:58am

Decision: Accepted - Emory College
Wait Listed - Oxford College

Objective:

<pre><code>SAT I (breakdown): 640 (r) 740 (m) 690 (w)
ACT: 31
SAT II: 660 (his)
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/82
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (4) AP Stats (4) Senior Year:Government, Literature, AB Calc
Senior Year Course Load: 3 APs
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none
</code></pre>

Subjective:

<pre><code>Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity football, president of key club, newspaper editor in chief
Job/Work Experience: one year at coffee shop
Volunteer/Community service: too many (500?)
Essays: Awesome!
Teacher Recommendation: didn’t read
Counselor Rec: didn’t read
Additional Rec: n/a
Interview: none
</code></pre>

Other

<pre><code>State (if domestic applicant): NY
School Type: Private (Catholic)
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Male
Income Bracket: $25,000-$30,000
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): divorced parents/poor?
</code></pre>

Reflection

<pre><code>Strengths: essays, volunteering?
Weaknesses: everything
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: no idea
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:UNC
Accepted: University of Buffalo (Honors), St. Johns (Honors), U of Miami, Fordham

Still Waiting on Duke and Geogetown
</code></pre>

General Comments:: someone tell me how i got in. i’m personally shocked…

masondavenport · March 29, 2012, 11:12am

Decision: Accepted - Oxford College
Decision: Rejected - Emory College

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 1950- 700M, 610W, 640R
[] ACT: Didn’t Take
[] SAT II: none
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.52
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 37/327
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): BIO (3), US HISTORY (3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc, AP stat, Honors Econ, AP Lit, Web Design, Computer Apps(couldn’t get out of)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): 4 years varsity soccer(captain for 2), Dacula leadership team
[] Job/Work Experience: I worked a summer at my dad’s office
[] Volunteer/Community service: Mission atlanta, Mission team at my church, Gwinnett special olympics volunteer, tutoring
[] Summer Activities: mission trip to haiti
[] Essays: Great essay
[] Teacher Recommendation: Good I guess
[] Counselor Rec: Don’t know
[] Additional Rec: Don’t know
[] Interview: None

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): GA
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 150,000+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths:
[] Weaknesses:
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think I was accepted because I showed a lot of interest
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:

[/ul]General Comments:

tennisgirl783 · March 29, 2012, 12:03pm

Is anyone’s blackboard account working? The acceptance letter says to use the same username and password that you opus for your blackboard account. I can’t log in though. Anyone having the same problem?

dogears · March 29, 2012, 2:17pm

Congratulations to all those accepted. If you are sure you will not attend please let them know as soon as possible,us waitlisters are going crazy . THANKS, and good luck

hjohns1 · March 29, 2012, 4:03pm

Decision: Accepted - Emory College

Decision: Waitlisted - Oxford College

Objective:[ul]
[li] SAT I :2110[/li]
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): valedictorian
[] AP (4) World history, dual enrolled in a state university
[] Senior Year Course Load: 27 credits
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): nothing really fancy enough to mention[/li]
[] Extracurriculars (leader and co-founder) of an undergraduate research, member of 2 clubs for 3 years:
[] Job/Work Experience: Research assistant at a university
a weekend job at a restaurant for 3 years
[] Volunteer/Community service: you know not significant enough to mention
[] Summer Activities: work, summer camps
[] Essays: it was average.
[] Teacher Recommendation: average
[] Counselor Rec: average
[] Additional Rec: average
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[] School Type: boarding school
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender:female
[li] Income Bracket: middle class[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: GPA, research experience
[] Weaknesses: SAT
[li] Why you think you were accepted I kept in touch with the admission office.[/li]
[/ul]General Comments: Good luck!
I seriously thought I was gonna get rejected! I am very happy as Emory was my first choice.

GMABCD · March 29, 2012, 4:21pm

ACCEPTED EMORY COLLEGE

Daughter scores were 2070 On SAT’s. 700 math subject test SAT II 740 US Hist SAT II.
AP Scholar with Distinction. 3.98 UW GPA 4.3 WGPA 6 APS in senior year, AP Physics C, AP Calc BC, AP GOV, AP LIT, AP Spanish, AP Economics Micro and Macro. Amazing Midyear report! Very involved in student council with leadership. Lots of community service.

She was thrilled to be accepted and seriously thinking about going!!! :)

detoidi · March 30, 2012, 12:20am

Decision: Accepted - CAS
Decision: Waitlisted - Oxford College

SAT I (breakdown): 730 W 720 M 670 CR (2110)
ACT: 30 (Never sent)
SAT II: 780 US History 690 Math I
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85 (I guess)
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 15/84
AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lang (5), AP Bio (4), AP Gov (4), AP World (4), AP US (4)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load: AP Micro, AP Macro, AP English Lit, Honors Spanish III, Chinese 1, Honors History Elective, Literary Genre, Honors Art, Health, Gym (very very slacking). There used to be an internship at a newspaper first semester, but I dropped it second.
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): TASP, Questbridge finalist, honorable mention (top 22/2000 essayist for an international essay contest), local scholarships to Europe & the Middle East (didnt attend), AAJA Jcamp, runner up in a national tennis competition, #1 in state for a national essay contest, AP Scholars with Distinction, 2 local essay awards- 1st place, one honorable mention, UIl academics here and there, Student of the year- freshman
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Vietnamese rap. Writing & Journalism. Vietnamese Catholic Youth organization (Leader). Teaching Vietnamese. Tennis.
Job/Work Experience: Fast food restaurants junior year
Volunteer/Community service:
Summer Activities: TASP and AAJA. Rice summer school at my neighborhood school before sophomore year. The year after next: chilling
Essays: About Vietnamese rap (Common App) and how I overcame obstacles to academics in life
Teacher Recommendation: Never seen. But one teacher wrote very good recs last year
Counselor Rec: Good (presumably)
Additional Rec: N/A
Interview: So- So
Other
State (if domestic applicant): TX
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Very high ranked public
Ethnicity: Vietnamese
Gender: M
Income Bracket: Low
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Recent immigrant. Financial difficulties. Learn English and achieve despite language barriers.
Reflection
Strengths: Unique ECs. High achievements on writing. Nice scores for students of my background. Good and caring teachers!
Weaknesses: Senior schedule- no math and science senior year. Very slacking schedule (got me into depression several times lol). Didnt list volunteer hours on app
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I prayed. Gods mercy then poured on me.
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from all Ivies (without waitlisted), Rice, UT Austin, waitlisted Oxford college of Emory. Accepted: UPenn and Emory, 1 local school. Waiting on Stanford.

If I have one piece of advice, please take strong course load senior year (4 APs are enough) and never underestimate your situation. I went into senior year thinking Im a strong enough applicant to the Ivies, and as you can see, I was rejected from everywhere.
Please dont do Questbridge Match program. Be a finalist, and thats it. But no more. The truth is getting match is very hard (1%). Take that chance to apply to your favorite school EA/ SCEA/ ED.

Mykidisawesome · March 30, 2012, 11:15am

How do you not know that UPenn is an ivy!!! Ugh they should rescind your acceptance!!

Melanie22 · March 30, 2012, 11:48am

■■■■■. (lengthening my message so I can post it.)

tlarkin94 · March 31, 2012, 2:29pm

Wait listed
ACT: 30
SAT: M-730, RC-600, W-670
Captain of 2 varsity sports, would easily play soccer for Emory
4.6 weighted GPA
Tons of service and extracurriculars Student Council
Wait listed at ND too
Acepted at PSU, Pitt, and RPI

Wangsta2429 · March 31, 2012, 2:33pm

Decision: Accepted - Emory College

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2090: 730 M 680 CR 680 W
[] ACT: 31
[] SAT II: Math II 650
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.88
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Don’t know my rank, but top 9 percent.
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (3) AP Art History (5) AP US (3) AP English Lang (4) AP Chinese (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Taking in May~
[] Senior Year Course Load: IB Chemistry, AP Stats, IB History of the Americas, IB English, IB Art, AP government/econ
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Hanging with the best overall third, Ventura county fair competition, 5 first place awards, one judges’ honorable mention
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Art (President of art club for two years)
Swimming three years, varsity one of those years
[] Job/Work Experience: worked at a Chinese restaurant for half a year
[] Volunteer/Community service: Volunteered at a hospital for a year and a half
Relay for life
Oktoberfest
Caroling for cans
YMCA for one summer
Chinese school as a TA for 2 years
Homeless dinners
Change for change
Army manna drive
Other things I can’t remember right now
[] Summer Activities: YMCA volunteer,
Volunteered at the community center
Hospital
[] Essays: they made my counselor cry, so pretty awesome, I’d say, xD
[] Teacher Recommendation: Read one of them, didn’t read the other one. The one I read was really good though.
[] Counselor Rec: didn’t read it.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: no interview

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: International Baccalaureate, Blue Ribbon school, competitive
[] Ethnicity: Chinese American
[] Gender: F
[] Income Bracket: 450,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Uhhh[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Unweighted GPA of 4.5, I showed passion for my major in my extracurriculars and my essays. My essays were strong.
[] Weaknesses: Testing scores, need more leadership
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I really don’t know, I see people with higher scores than me be rejected…
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
Accepted: Boston College
UCI (30,000 in loans)
UCSB (no financial aid/loans D: )
Northeastern (25,000 scholarship)
UT Austin
UW Seattle
Cal State Fullerton
University of Pittsburgh (55,000 scholarship)

Waitlisted: UCSD

Rejected: UCLA, UNC

I applied to everything as a nursing major except UCSB and UCSD (undeclared), so I kinda expected to be rejected from UCLA as it’s the major with the lowest acceptance rate there.

[/ul]General Comments:
I’m probably not going to attend. I’m going into nursing, and I didn’t get into Emory College as nursing; I got in to the College of arts and sciences as undeclared.
Plus the only financial aid they gave me was 7,000 in loans. XD
My top choice was Boston College, so I’m probably going there~

aluminum_boat · March 31, 2012, 3:54pm

I’m probably not going to attend. I’m going into nursing, and I didn’t get into Emory College as nursing; I got in to the College of arts and sciences as undeclared.

Everyone gets into the college as undeclared I think (not sure about nursing and you’d probably know better than me). So if that’s the only reason, maybe you should come. The financial aid isn’t surprising. $450k a year is a lot of $$$. The school won’t help you much on top of that.

aigiqinf · March 31, 2012, 4:17pm

No one is admitted directly to the School of Nursing as a first-year applicant.

GeorgiaBoi · March 31, 2012, 4:54pm

Has Emory released their acceptance rate for this year or any of the other stats?

drkobe8 · April 1, 2012, 9:25am

Decision: Accepted - Emory College

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): None
[] ACT: 32
[] SAT II: None
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.84
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Not sure
[] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): Did SL Physics (6)
[] Senior Year Course Load: Heavy, four IB Higher Classes (English, Econ, History, Spanish), one Standard level (Math) and Cultures and Beliefs 1
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None too big[/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Model UN, Grassroots Soccer Club (Founder), Youth Basketball Coach
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 week internship at Microfinance institution
[] Volunteer/Community service: See above
[] Summer Activities: See above
[] Essays: IMO, pretty well done. Focused on the diversity of Emory and how I would fit right in.
[] Teacher Recommendation:Hopefully good (my school doesn’t let us see them)
[] Counselor Rec: Same as above
[] Additional Rec:
[li] Interview:[/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant):
[] Country (if international applicant): Indonesia
[] School Type: Private
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: 200,000k+
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Diverse background, fit in well with Emory[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: EC’s, ACT, well written essays, maybe Teacher/Counselor Rec’s
[] Weaknesses: GPA
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I fit in with Emory’s MO. I am a multifaceted individual with a diverse background.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted at: Indiana at Bloomington and UNC - CH. Rejected at: UVA, Duke.

[/ul]General Comments:

tennis101 · April 1, 2012, 5:47pm

Accepted to Emory College! I am most probably going to Emory…I plan on visiting the campus soon to confirm my decision. I’m really excited about the NBB program.

Kessman47 · April 6, 2012, 2:10am

Decision: Accepted - Emory College

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown):
[] ACT: 34C- 34E, 35M, 34R, 31S
[] SAT II: 800 Math II
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): ~3.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): ~30/650
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Human Geo(5), Lang(4), USH(3)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Micro/Macro, AP Lit, AP Compsci + random electives(several business oriented)
[] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS(prez), XC+Track(Varsity Captain), Youth&Gov’t(Most Effective Legislator, etc.), Student Council(VP, Treasurer), Principal’s Leadership Team, etc.
[] Job/Work Experience: Private Tutor, Lifeguard
[] Volunteer/Community service: NHS stuff, Church A/V crew + lectoring
[] Summer Activities: Lifeguarding, Running
[] Essays: Commonapp- very strong; Emory req’d- conveyed strong interest/solid; Emory optional- wrote it right up to the deadline, could have gone either way.
[] Teacher Recommendation: One killer that raved about every facet of me as a person, one (see hook), one didn’t read
[] Counselor Rec: Amazing, one of the top kids in a +/- 40 year career. She’s also my NHS advisor, where I’ve done a lot of cool stuff. (worked out nicely)
[] Additional Rec: n/a
[] Interview: Too lazy hah

[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): IL
[] Country (if international applicant):
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender:Male
[] Income Bracket: ~250k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): One rec talked about how I made 400% gains in two weeks of day trading (used a formula, not blind luck). Might be a hook?[/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Showed interest, scores, essays, most rig curriculum, EC’s
[] Weaknesses: Grades, no interview
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Showed interest, trading thing mixed well w/ my Goizueta interest
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted- Notre Dame, Uillinois, Indiana || Waitlisted- Vandy, Wustl || Rejected-Stanford

[/ul]General Comments: Will be enrolling at Notre Dame, but congrats to all enrolling at Emory. Awesome school!
While my grades probably would’ve dinked many applicants, my EC’s + higher scores compensated. Honestly, so long as you can prove that you fit the academic profile in some way, the key to this game is showing genuine interest (expect at HYSPM etc). I visited ND & Emory and contacted admissions, etc., whereas for Vandy & WUSTL I did jack squat. If you’re reading this worried about the Vandy/ND/Emory tier of school, be sure to VISIT(if family can afford), contact admissions afterwards, and convey a true love for the school through supp essays etc. || Hope this helps and best of luck

goblue2016 · April 6, 2012, 9:39pm

did anybody get a letter or package from emory? I got accepted but never got a package or anything…

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