<p>waitlisted, 3.8unweighted… 1500/2200 sat score, ■■■…</p>
<p>Accepted!</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0 UW 4.7 W
10 APs
SAT: 1410/2180
ACT: 32</p>
<p>**Decision: WAITLISTED **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): Math 770 CR 750 Writing 720
[</em>] SAT IIs: Math II 800 Chem 800 Physics 800
[<em>] ACT:-
[</em>] APs: English, Physics C Mech, Chem, Calculus AB, Macroeconomics
[<em>] IBs:-
[</em>] GPA:3.87
[<em>] Rank: ? Not entered in application
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul][ b]Subjective:**[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: Regular teaching with academis department in school, played tennis on team, and drawing
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Management internship
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Gave in two (CA and supplement) one was amazing, the other okay…
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Really good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Really good
[</em>] Applied on: A couple of days before the deadline…
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Qatar
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Private (Around 1000)
[</em>] Ethnicity: Pakistani
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I got into NYU (stern) so not really concerned about the decision</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED </p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): Reading 720, Writing 670, Math 590
SAT IIs: Literature 690, Math I 680, US History 630
ACT:32
APs: Chemistry, Comparative Gov’t & Politics,Macroeconomics, Physics, English Language, English Literature, Latin Vergil
IBs: N/A
GPA: 4.21 Weighted (I don’t know unweighted)
Rank: School doesn’t rank
Essays (subject and responses): Common App about “Moneyball”/Why I want to work in Major League Baseball/ Difficulties women face in that area. I don’t remember the other essays … they were good though.
Teacher Recs: really good.
Counselor Rec: great.
Applied on: By Nov 1 (but RD)
Hook (if any): None … I was nominated for Emory & Goizeuta Scholars Programs …
Location/Person: South Suburbs of Chicago
State or Country: IL
School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Very prestigious and highly competitive Jesuit in downtown Chicago
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female </p>
<p>General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Excited!! It’s my #1 (unless I get into Penn – longshot) - I’m hoping for at least some Financial Aid because I got a full ride at Villanova … Congrats everybody!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED - Emory College</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 730 - Verbal, 800 - Math, 770 - Writing = 2300
ACT: 34 (Not reported though)
SAT II: 800 - Math II, 730 - Literature, 720 - French
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): I’m not sure…like a 3.7/8?
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Around top 10%
AP (place score in parenthesis):
- Calc AB - 5
- Calc BC - 4
- Lit - 4
- Stats - 4
Senior Year Course Load:
1st semester: Psychology, History of Math, Senior Colloquium, AP Physics C, Lost Generation Literature, West in the World, Chinese II, English Language and Comp
2nd semester: Social Psychology, French Composition, AP Language and Comp, AP Physics C, Critical Approaches to Lit, Civitas III, Rhythmic Aerobics
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): - 2 medals at Science Olympiad Regionals
- Cum Laude for 2 years
- National Merit Recognition
- AP Scholar
- Others that I forget…</p>
<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
Student Government - 4 years (Treasurer)
Nora Library Teen Advisory Board - 4 years (Chairwoman)
Science Olympiad - 3 years (Treasurer/Secretary)
Philosophy Club - 2 years (Founder/Co-President)
French Club - 4 years
Chinese Club - 2 years (Treasurer)
Piano - Since I was 5.
Job/Work Experience: Nope.
Volunteer/Community service: Over 150 hours at libraries and backstage theatre work
Summer Activities: IU Honors Program in Foreign Languages: Brest, France and traveling to other countries</p>
<p>Essays: Decent.
Teacher Recommendation: Pretty good.
Counselor Rec: Decent?
Additional Rec: Pretty good.
Interview: N/A</p>
<p>Other
State (if domestic applicant): IN
Country (if international applicant): USA
School Type: Public, Boarding
Ethnicity: Chinese
Gender: Female
Income Bracket: Uh…Middle class? 0_o
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): <em>shrugs</em></p>
<p>Reflection
Strengths: My scores?
Weaknesses: My grades probably.
Why you think you were accepted/deferred/rejected: I don’t know.</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT I (by section): didn’t submit
SAT IIs: n/a
ACT: 35 E, 27 M, 31 R, 28 S
APs: APUSH (4), English Lang (4) Taking AP Gov, Bio, Macro Eco, Calc AB & Eng Lit
IBs: NA
GPA: 3.92/4.0 (UW)
Rank: 9/412
Other stats:
Subjective
ECs listed on app: Girl Scouts (2 yr Troop Leader, Patrol Leader & Treasurer, earned Silver Award), STUCO (Project Manager), HOSA (Committee Member, Historian & Area Finalist/Alternate), Model UN (Delegation Award), Mock Trial, Mu Alpha Theata, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Speech & Debate (UIL Finalist). Also listed community service with around 500+ hours and earned Presiden’t Service AwaRD
Job/Work Experience: Worked as an independent tutor & at learning center
Essays (subject and responses): SA was about how Emory is right for me because it encourages free thinking and stepping outside of the box & not conforming… liberal stuff lol and essay itself was on childhood lessons, it was really cute, so i think that def helped a lot!
Teacher Recs: really good
Counselor Rec: really really good
Hook (if any): i don’t think there was any. unless you count my essay?
Location/Person:
[ *] State or Country: TX
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public, isn’t really awesome, but our class is really competitive this year. we have people that go to ivy leagues but sometimes some classes don’t. the year before last year the highest school someone got into was UChi, which is good, but it’s not Yale. but that was it, i think. this year, we have a million kids getting into good schools. 70% of the top ten student have been admitted to ivy leagues.
[ *] Ethnicity: Asiannnn
[ *] Gender: F
[ /list][ b]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:[ /b]
I’m just really surprised. and happy. and have to fax my tax returns!!!</p>
<p>Denied?!? but I already got into georgetown, so I’m all set :)</p>
<p>My third waitlist… blech</p>
<p>**Decision: WAITLISTED **</p>
<p>Stats:[ /b][ list]
[<em>] SAT I (by section):
[</em>] SAT IIs:
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] APs: 11th: us history, calc bc 12th: stat, english lit, comp, government
[<em>] IBs:
[</em>] GPA: 3.81 uw
[<em>] Rank: top 10%
[</em>] Other stats:
[/list]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: just in a couple clubs…
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: work a lil more than 30 hrs a week
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses):decemt
[</em>] Teacher Recs: didnt see
[<em>] Counselor Rec: didnt see
[</em>] Applied on: dont remember
[<em>] Hook (if any):
[/ul][ b]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: nebraska
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): public
[ *] Ethnicity: white
[ *] Gender: f
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc:</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=orange][ b]Decision: WAITLISTED [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>[ b]Stats:[ /b][ list]
[ *] SAT I (by section): M:800, R:680, W 730
[ *] SAT IIs: IIC 800 World History 800
[ *] ACT:x
[ *] APs: AP Statistic 5 AP World History 5
[ *] IBs:x
[ *] GPA: 98.11
[ *] Rank: 13/891
[ *] Other stats:
[ /list][ b]Subjective:[ /b][ list]
[ *] ECs listed on app: good amount
[ *] Job/Work Experience: good amount
[ /list][ b]Location/Person:[ /b][ list]
[ *] State or Country: NY
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male</p>
<p>[ size=+2][ color=green][ b]Decision: ACCEPTED! [ /b][ /color][ /size]</p>
<p>**Stats:[ b][ list]</p>
<p>[ *] ACT:30
[ *] APs: 15 AP classes
[ *] IBs:x
[ *] GPA: 3.96
[ *] Rank: 3/650
[ *] Other stats:
Location/Person:[ list]
[ *] State or Country: FL
[ *] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Public
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Male</p>
<p>Congratulations to those who got in you should be proud. I have not recieved my decisions email from Emory, is that a good or a bad sign? Also I got accepted into Ann Arbor, Carnegie Mellon, Notre Dame and waitlisted in University of Chicago do you think I have a chance at Emory?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>You are not supposed to receive an email. You should check your opus account!</p>
<p>Ok obvioulsy I am so lost in this process thanks for the info madirocks.</p>
<p>does anyone who hasnt heard yet have a “pay admission deposit link”</p>
<p>Calique…If you go to opus emory, your decision should be up.
Sorry I didn’t bother with the format</p>
<p>Decision: ACCEPTED
Type of School: Top Catholic High school in the state
GPA: 3.90/4.1 UW (my school does not weight GPAs)
SAT: Superscore: 630 CR, 700 M, 650 W
ACT: 33 (35 English, 34 Math, 33 CR, 29 Science, Essay 8)
SAT II’s: Math Level 1: 630, 700; Latin: 660; Math Level II: 750; Chemistry: 700; Biology:740; US History: 690
Class Rank: Top 5%
Curriculum: Took hardest one can take at my school.
Senior Year Courses: BC Calc, AP English, AP Micro/Macro, Honors Physics (school doesn’t offer AP), Theology, Advanced Latin 5 (School doesn’t offer AP)
AP Scores: US History:5, Bio:5, Chemistry: 4
Essays: Common App was all right. Other essay was kinda generic but still not bad. Wrote a letter of interest to them in Feb.</p>
<p>EC’s:
Over 500 hundred hours of consistent community service to inner city medical clinic, Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota, urban schools, etc.
4 years of Tennis (1 JV, 2 Varsity Reserve, 1 Varsity (team is best in state))
2 years of Mock Trial
4 years Latin Club (junior year I was VP; senior year I was president); Summa Cum Laude for 3 years, Maxima Cum Laude for 1
4 years Math Club (participated in and placed in many state-wide contests)National Honors Society
Tutor in Academic Support of my high school for last 2 years
Lab Assistant in Radiation Oncology Lab at the Medical College of Wisconsin for the past two summers
Clinical Laboratory Science course at Marquette University
Attended Summer Session at Yale and Northwestern; received an “A” in Creative Writing at NU; received an “A-” in Comprehensive General Chemistry at Yale and “B+” in Comprehensive General Chemistry Lab.</p>
<p>Ethnicity: Asian-American (Indian)
State of Residence: Wisconsin
Gender: Male
Hooks: none
Strengths: Service? Being from Wisconsin?
Weaknesses: SAT’s without a question
Comments on decision: really happy since I loved Emory when I visited…but not sure if I’m going to go. Congrats to all who got in and to those waitlisted, Keep your hopes up!</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2340 – 780CR / 800M / 760W
[</em>] SAT IIs: U.S. History 680 / Chemistry 680 / Math II 690 (lol, ouch)
[<em>] ACT: N/A
[</em>] APs: World Hist 4, Statistics 4, Language 3, U.S. Hist 4; taking Chemistry, Biology, Calc BC, & Literature
[<em>] IBs: N/A
[</em>] GPA: 4.0 UW (I always forget my weighted GPA, but it was around 4.3-something)
[<em>] Rank: 1 of 323
[</em>] Other stats: Awards listed on app – National Merit semifinalist (finalist pending), academic letter, GA Certificate of Merit, AP Scholar with Honor, numerous science fair awards
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: 4 yrs community service (Key Club president, Beta Club treasurer, NHS); 3 yrs science fair, Georgia Junior Science and Humanities Symposium presenter; 1 yr Academic Team (varsity); 4 yrs Math Team; 1 yr county school superintendent student advisory group; 4+ yrs piano/keyboard; 1 yr “school-spirit” (homecoming festivities – voted on homecoming court, voted homecoming queen); I also attached a more expansive resume, though nothing really worth noting here
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): - Common App – “Describe a character in fiction, etc… that has had an influence on you” – Wrote about Albus Dumbledore and how his advocacy of tolerance has made an impression on me.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: My Hnrs+AP Chem and AP Lang teachers both thought very highly of me. Can’t speak for their writing ability, though my Lang teacher was probably better
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Could have ranged from generic to good
[</em>] Applied on: …Last minute?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: GA
[</em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Suburban public – mediocre in my opinion, but located in a reasonably academically competitive region
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[</em>] Gender: F
[/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I hope to get way out of this state/region for college, but I’m still well pleased to have Emory as a back up! Congrats to everyone else who made it in. To everyone that didn’t, you know better than I do that there are tons of schools out there that will suit - heck, I only applied to five.</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 2280 (770 M, 760 CR, 750 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 740 USH, 720 Latin, 710 Math I
[<em>] ACT: didn’t take
[</em>] APs: Latin Lit (5), US History (4), English Lang & Comp (4)
[<em>] IBs: none
[</em>] GPA: low A-
[<em>] Rank: school doesn’t rank
[</em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: horseback riding, model un, school newspaper, etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 45 hours/week as a lifeguard in the summer
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): one about how much I love political discussion and I don’t remember what other essays I gave Emory.
[</em>] Teacher Recs: good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: she knows me well but I haven’t read it
[</em>] Applied on: I don’t remember; sometime in December
[<em>] Hook (if any): none really
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: CT
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): private
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[li] Gender: female[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: I’m excited! I’m wondering if maybe Emory is too southern for me, but I’m still considering it.</p>
<p>I got accepted!!! Ill give you mi info latter.</p>
<p>**Decision: ACCEPTED **</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (by section): 730/800/800 (CR/M/W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800/750/740 (Math II/USH/Chem)
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] APs: USH (5), CSA (5)
[<em>] IBs: None
[</em>] GPA: 3.98UW
[<em>] Rank: 16/400
[</em>] Other stats: NMF
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] ECs listed on app: 4 yrs of Swimming, Band; 2 yrs of MUN (Secretary), NHS, Planning Committee
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 yrs of Lifeguarding
[<em>] Essays (subject and responses): Great (Summer Program)
[</em>] Teacher Recs: Great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Great
[</em>] Applied on: Late December
[<em>] Hook (if any): None
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: OH
[<em>] School Type, Average Stats of School (if available): Blue Ribbon Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[li] Gender: Male[/li][/ul]General Comments/Congratulations/Venting/Commiserations,etc: Yay! Congrats to all admits!</p>