Realistic Emory Scholar Chances

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<p>I am currently a junior in a competitive private school in Texas with 66 kids in my class. White, upper class male. I am very interested in Emory and, if I get at least a 2/3 scholarship (to make it financially comparable to my other choice - U of Texas) I will most likely accept. </p>

<p>And here it goes:</p>

<p>Rank: 3/66 (4.5%)
GPA: 4.0/4.0 (UW)</p>

<p>Classes:
Fresman Year: All Pre-AP in Core subjects (including Spanish)
Sophomore Year: All Pre-AP in Core subjects (including Spanish - received 1 high school Spanish Credit for two years in Junior High so currently I have a total of 3 Foreign Language Credits)
Junior Year: AP US History, AP English 3, Physics PreAP, PreCalculus PreAP
Senior Year (tentative): AP Government, AP Economics, AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP English 4</p>

<p>Scores: Awaiting PSAT score but can expect to be at least National Merit Commended as I was in the commended range last year as a sophomore.</p>

<p>Extra Curricular:
Founder and Editor-in-Chief of our school's first and only student newspaper: I started the paper a a sophomore and it is in its second year of existence, this is the one criterion I am banking on to help me most as our school never had a paper before and I noticed this and started one on my own, if anything would work towards my favor in the Scholar program I think this would, but I could be wrong)
Science Olympiad - includes multiple medals at invitation and regional tournaments and even the state tournament (9-11)
National Junior Honor Society - President (9)
National Honor Society - Member (elections have not been held yet) (10-12)
Student Council - Member (9-12) Vice-President (11) [due to small class sizes the student council is for the whole school)
Speech and Debate Team - Captain (11)
Mock Trial Team - Chief Attorney (11)
School Dramatic Productions - Lead Role (10,11)
Mu Alpha Theta, Ready Writers, FCA - Captain (10-11), Drama Club, Spanish Honor Society</p>

<p>Awards:
Panther Award - given to one student in each class as voted by the class and faculty the student who demonstrates the most Christian leadership and hard work, highest award given to a student, finalist (9-11) recipient (9-11)
Multiple Achievement Awards for History and English, Some for math and science
Awarded Regional Sophomore of the Year by local Kiwanis Club (10)</p>

<p>Other:
Part time employee at a local pharmacy - (9-11) work around 20 hours per week in summer and during school holidays
Have visited all 50 states and will take a class trip to Europe this Spring Break
Plan on interning at a lawfirm or with the Texas Supreme Court this summer</p>

<p>College Recs and Essays:
should be fairly solid</p>

<p>I don't care for making this list as it feels incredibly arrogant but I would like to know if I should focus my attention elsewhere. Please let me know if I even stand to get into Emory much less the program. Also, I am only a junior it is very early in the game so please let me know if I should refocus some of my energy into other things. </p>

<p>Any help is greatly appreciated,
SR.</p>

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<p>It depends fairly heavily on SAT scores, so without them, it's hard to say how likely you are for the Scholars Program or Emory's General Admission. With your ECs and a 2100+ or so, you would stand a good shot at getting into Emory, and perhaps a 2250+ for Scholars. (From what I've heard, though, the writing section is nearly ignored.)</p>

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<p>yeah if you get 1500+ i think you've got it made for a scholarship. what were your psat's last year</p>

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<p>Just a question - I keep hearing that you need at 1500 for Emory Scholars - what if you have a 1490?</p>

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<p>It's of course not a hard-line cutoff. It's just that most scholars tend to have very high SAT scores above 1500. Even a 1500 is only 100 points or so above Emory's general SAT average, so while good, it isn't spectacular.</p>

<p>In short though, 1500 isn't an official number of any sort.</p>

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<p>I honestly think they care more about the essays than anything else. A lot of people have really good stats. And at Scholars Weekend, they read aloud from people's essays. Some people had been doing things like cancer research for years. No joke. While your numbers are good, you really need to wow them with an essay.</p>