<p>help somebody- if you applied for scholars, should you have some notification either way? Even if you applied RD? Wouldn't the acceptance decision have to come first? I'm really confused. Son applied RD and also applied for scholars. Haven't heard anything for either yet. Nothing on OPUS, no emails.</p>
<p>have him check his spam file for e-mail</p>
<p>My daughter did regular decision, Emory Scholars and Goizueta Scholars and was notified by e-mail to check OPUS for Emory Scholars. On OPUS she had an acceptance letter for Emory and notification of semi-finalist status for Emory Scholar. She received e-mail that she did not make Goizueta Scholars.</p>
<p>If your son applied for Emory Scholars RD, he should have received an email this past Tuesday regarding his status.</p>
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Wouldn't the acceptance decision have to come first?
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Those named semifinalists in the scholars program were simultaneously admitted to the University.</p>
<p>finally_posting, which part of rich white suburban nj are you from? I'm somewhere around there as well (passaic county)</p>
<p>Now I'm wondering what's going on.
A couple weeks ago he received a letter saying they were missing a whole bunch of stuff. Meanwhile, he had a copy of his online application and a form saying it was submitted successfully, blah, blah, blah, as well as a followup letter sent last fall saying they had received his stuff.
Anyway, he went on OPUS and sure enough it had a list of stuff supposedly missing.
I called and spoke to a lady and she said she'd look into it and call back later. She never did, so a few days later I called again and spoke to another lady who said that they did have everything and to ignore the letter.<br>
Meanwhile, it still says on OPUS that there's stuff missing and he has not received any email saying if he made scholars, one way or the other. The last email he received from Emory was back at the beginning of December.
I'm beginning to wonder about this- if it's a mixup, I don't mind the mistake (everyong screws up sometime) but I don't appreciate being blown off twice.</p>
<p>I would suggest having your son's college guidance counselor call Emory. Usually they are able to exert more leverage than the applicants.</p>
<p>branjo, the part that's trying to secede from essex county because it feels like too much of its own tax money is going to help newark. that's its opinion; i'm passing no judgement.</p>
<p>and doubleplay, not that this is necessarily any help, but two things: opus is notorious for malfunctioning, and when my school sent the nomination recs and forms and such (it express mailed the four applicants' together), it took a good month and constant communication between my guidance office and emory's admissions office before the forms were processed.</p>
<p>why does it feel like there are so few semifinalists? i know there were 350...</p>
<p>I'm in ur position as well doubleplay</p>
<p>Not many people have posted their results yet, but those who have fared much better than the overall ESP applicant pool.</p>
<p>% of CC posters named semifinalists: 57% (8/14)
% of total applicants named semifinalists: 14% (350/2500)</p>
<p>The following people still haven't posted their results:</p>
<p>Go Beyond
egghead9033
bigredlollipop
yesboy
Elissae
joyo
blondechild</p>
<p>Decision: SEMI-FINALIST!!!</p>
<p>Stats:
SAT: 780 V, 750 M, 800 W
SAT IIs:670 French, 760 Biology M, 800 US History
GPA: 4.0 UW, 6.8919 W (6.0 scale)
Rank: 1/828</p>
<p>Other stats:
Subjective:
Essays: Very strong- wrote about starting a volunteer program for families with twins and triplets, French Club, of course: Why Emory, and my favorite one was about Neuroscience and how connected to and enriched the my other interests.
Teacher Recs: One execellent, one very good
Counselor Rec: No clue, probably really good but I've only talked with my councelor two or three times
Hook (if any): I started a volunteer program-see essays</p>
<p>Location/Person:
State or Country: Cypress, TX
School Type: Public
Ethnicity: White
Gender: Female</p>
<p>Other Factors:</p>
<p>General Comments: I love Emory!</p>
<p>Login to OPUS then click on the Admissionslink. If you are semifinalist, you were also accepted for admissions. The acceptance letter also states that you were a semifinalist for ESP.</p>
<p>Does anyone know when Oxford Scholars are decided? How will they be notified? thanks.</p>
<p>I read this board and squealed at all the amazing credentials and no wonder I was rejected...holy cow</p>
<p>Decision: Semifinalist</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 2400 (800 M, 800 CR, 800 W)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 800 M2, 800 WH, 750 USH, 740 LIT
[<em>] GPA: 4.0 UW
[</em>] Rank: 1 of ~435
[<em>] Other stats: 5s on AP US, WH, HG
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: Could've done better, but both short answers fairly detailed and main essay fairly creative
[<em>] Teacher Recs: Good
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Good
[<em>] Hook (if any): ?
[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[</em>] State or Country: Georgia
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: NHS, Model UN, Varsity Tennis, Orchestra, Piano, Youth Group, Interact, Beta, various leadership teams
[<em>] Why I think I was selected/rejected: Well-rounded Georgian with good stats?
[</em>] Other thoughts: I'm incredibly lucky to have made it this far. The day I had to turn in the application was also the day of my friend's funeral. He passed away in a car accident a couple of days before... needless to say, I was very emotional, could not concentrate very well, and felt hopelessly rushed to make the deadline. But I'm nonetheless thankful for being chosen.[/ul]</p>
<p>[size=+1]Decision:ACCEPTED (NOT SEMIFINALIST)[ /size]</p>
<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 710 math, 720 writing, 750 critical reading
[</em>] SAT IIs: 790 math, 670 bio
[<em>] GPA: around a 92?
[</em>] Rank: don't know
[<em>] Other stats:
[/ul]Subjective:[ list]
[</em>] Essays: pretty good
[<em>] Teacher Recs: awesome
[</em>] Counselor Rec: awesome
[<em>] Hook (if any): double bass?
[/list]Location/Person:[list]
[</em>] State or Country: GA
[<em>] School Type: private
[</em>] Ethnicity: korean
[<em>] Gender: female
[ /list]Other Factors:[list]
[</em>] Extracurricular: music, leadership
[<em>] Why I think I was selected/rejected: good recs/ international status?
[</em>] Other thoughts: haha well, I'm happy that I was accepted .. but because I didn't get the scholarship I can't even hope of attending since they don't give aid to international students .. sigh* how bitter sweet .. congratulations to everybody though! =]</p>
<p>o darnit .. i thought I had gotten all of the spaces ..</p>
<p>what do you mean by accepted no semifinalist, did you get into emory, but not emory's scholar program?</p>
<p>jenuine, did you apply ED?</p>