<p>right now, the schedule i have built is perfect, as in i can fit all the classes I want to take. however, they are all on Mon, Wed, and Fri. So on Tues and Thurs I don't have class. Is this a good idea? I know some people schedule their classes on purpose to have days off, but if i have all 4 of my classes on the same day, when i have tests and exams, it'll come right after the other... and i won't be able to really do some last minute review before the test/exam since one class is like 10 min after the other. do people with this kind of schedule have this problem? or is this easy to handle?</p>
<p>A lot of people will try to have either TTh or MWF classes only, especially seniors who only need to take the minimum 12 hrs of classes/ semester, but I’ve also seen it done w/ 4 classes. I suppose it’s not as bad if it’s MWF since you have classes spread over 3 days instead of 2, but yes it is rough when you have exams that fall on the same day and have to double cram the night before (and chances are high that its gonna happen at least once or twice during the semester) but that’s the tradeoff you have to live with. Of course just make sure you are doing something productive on your extra days off of class, like getting a job (and not getting a hangover the night before and sleeping in). Also, as an incoming freshmen I wouldn’t count on getting the exact schedule you have planned out; unless you’re a Scholar, chances are at least one of your courses is going to get filled up before your registration time so make sure you have a backup schedule.</p>
<p>How about using the additional days to budget more time to studying (or maybe choose a job where they can study)? That way they may not have to really cram the night before in the first place (also, if you are MWF only, having a Th w/no classes before exams on Fr. could be somewhat convenient for last minute “reviewing” as opposed to cramming). That would be awesome. I consider that productive. Also, regardless of whether you have MWF only or a distribution across both MWF and TTh, lots of science oriented students will eventually have more than 1 exam on the same day (not necessarily science). </p>
<p>As for the scholar thing, I think that is mainly relevant to smaller classes (like first year WRs, seminars among several). Likelihood of getting into larger lectures is still really good and add/drop/swap is everyone’s fried.</p>
<p>Are liberal arts scholarship winners or any other kind of scholarship winners given any kind of priority scheduling, too, or is it just for Emory Scholars?</p>
<p>I don’t know, I would guess the others get some priority but I’m not sure. I only know that scholars do (I didn’t know until recently that they had liberal arts scholars. I was so glad to see that).</p>
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<p>Only people in the Emory Scholars program are given priority in course scheduling and housing selection within their Class (by number of credit hours for course scheduling, by “real” year in college for housing). That includes students who got into Emory Scholars program straight from high school, and rising sophomores and juniors who joined after receiving the Deans Achievement Scholarship. Since Liberal Arts Scholarship receipients do NOT become part of the Emory Scholars program (they were only semifinalists or something and weren’t chosen to go on to become a finalist), they would NOT get priority scheduling (that is, unless they also get the DAS award later on, which has happened before given that these applicants still relatively strong candidates).</p>
<p>^ Darn! Well, thanks for answering my question. </p>
<p>Also, About how many students chosen to be Emory Scholars actually enroll each year?</p>
<p>Who knows, a reasonable amount I guess. I don’t know if they release figures, but collegestu may know if they do.</p>
<p>I’m a rising junior and just got the Deans Achievement Scholarship (DAS) this summer, so since this’ll be my 1st year as a Scholar I’m not exactly sure about the numbers, but a friend of mine who’s been a Scholar since freshmen year says they’re about 50 of them per class (50 that end up coming, that is. A lot more, maybe around 100 by a rough estimate, were initially selected). </p>
<p>I’m gonna guess u got the Liberal Arts scholarship, so u can still become a Scholar after 1 or 2 years here by applying for the DAS, which is still pretty competitive (they pick 25-30 students out of about 180-200 applicants each year) but u also get $10k off tuition per year for the rest of ur time at Emory in addition to becoming a Scholar. For the DAS the only official requirement to apply is a 3.6+ gpa, but the people that end up getting it will nearly all have 3.8+ (in fact a majority probably have 3.9+) w/ at least one semester w/ a 4.0 AND at least 3 solid ECs that were done at Emory (high school stuff doesnt count, and simply being a member of a few clubs wont be enoug either).</p>
<p>Let the self-inflation begin lol. I hate the fact that they don’t care about your major, that’s just so stupid. You have to compete against those w/a clear advantage in terms of GPA (and perhaps, subsequently, time that can be dedicated to ECs) no matter the standards of those w/in a major. I am betting one of my friends very close to a 3.8 got screwed and he had challenging profs/courses and pretty solid involvement in some interesting ECs. I hope to find out that he actually got the DAS, or else it’ll just tick me off. </p>
<p>Also, congrats. collegestu: You kick ass.</p>
<p>Wow, 50 per class? Time to make some more back up schedules, lol. </p>
<p>In terms of the Dean’s Achievement Scholarship, do you have to be nominated/is there a limited number of ppl that can be nominated like for Emory Scholars for high school students applying, or do they just let anyone with 3.6+ apply? Also, when it comes to the selection process, do they take majors and course rigor into account when looking at GPA?</p>
<p>Edit: Just read Bernie’s post. I guess they don’t take majors into account. =(</p>
<p>I believe you just apply if you feel you qualify. That’s what my other friends did; I assume collegestu did the same.</p>
<p>Ok, thanks, collegestu and Bernie!</p>
<p>Unrelated question (sorry for all the questions!) : I tested into Chinese 203, which means I’ll have to take both 203 and 303 to fulfill my 2 language credit requirements. However, CHN 303 is listed as “HALW.” Does that mean I can use that one course to fulfill both my HAL and Continued Writing requirements, or can it only be used to fulfill one or the other?</p>
<p>It’ll fulfill one of each.</p>
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<p>As bernie12 said not so much w/ major, but they definitely look at course rigor. In fact they like to take people who have taken more diverse schedules, rather than say, a plain premed who has the typical bio, chem, life science calc, and a seminar thats even bio or medicine based.</p>
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<p>Yes, the nice thing about HALW and HAPW is that you can douple dip. Also, note that you need not one, but three 4-credit hr classes designated as continued writing.</p>
<p>Thanks again, guys!!! =)</p>
<p>This year there are 31 “named” scholarship (15 Woodruff, 4 full tuition, 4 MLK, 1 Barkley, 4 music and 3 Oxford) recipients attending Emory.</p>
<p>That’s awesome. So glad it isn’t like the honors program at some public Us where the honors students more or less become a cult lol. Scholars are just…scholars and they blend in and integrate well w/the others mainly because they aren’t that much more qualified if at all. When honors students are 200 points higher on average than the general student body, one can expect stratification. No such thing occurs at most private Us w/merit scholarships (not to mention, other than enrollment time and housing time, they don’t get too much advantages over the rest of the student body, except the tuition. There are no scholars floors or scholars classes or anything like that), especially here. However, good thing they have priority housing in future years because they make it easier to get housing if you become friends w/them lol 
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