<p>@aigiqinf Yes, I am a US citizen as I was born here. I can give you more info if you’d like through pms.</p>
<p>Also thanks for telling me about the CSS profile. I didn’t know about that before!</p>
<p>esai23 – I really hope for your sake that I am wrong about the way Emory will look at your assets. You sound like a very focussed person and I hope you get in to Emory and get a decent aid package. Your situation is different from mine, and perhaps you will get a generous aid package. The only way to find out is to apply.</p>
<p>Regarding your question about the NPC on Emory’s website, I used it too. When my aid package bore absolutely no resemblance to the number I got on the calculator, I asked my financial aid counselor at Emory and she said point blank: “you can’t really go by that (the calculator). It isn’t really accurate.”</p>
<p>@classof2015: after a certain income level, should people not bother applying for financial aid? Im in the current situation of bothering to apply for financial aid</p>
<p>emorymemory – that’s absolutely true – if my income were $200k/year+, I wouldn’t bother to apply for financial aid. But my income was in the lackluster 5 figures and had dropped from D’s freshman year to sophomore year, so I thought Emory would come through with aid. I am the mom and breadwinner; by every objective measure our income and assets have declined while our debt has risen; my husband has cancer; I have two kids to put through college. I put all this in the financial aid application (thinking stupidly it would help); it did not.</p>
<p>I am realizing that financial aid awards are much more subjective that I once thought.</p>
<p>Thank you Classof2015 for your input.
I really hope they give me the aid I need. </p>
<p>Thanks again.</p>
<p>Hey guys, I have a question regarding the Emory Common App. </p>
<p>Under the section, “Contacts with Emory University”, would it be appropriate for me to put down the transfer counselor from Emory who I only know through email?</p>
<p>And does the number of contacts you know from Emory increase your chance of getting in?</p>
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<p>Sure. Put the transfer counselor. The number of contacts doesn’t give you “points” or anything. More or less, if they determine you’re qualified, they’re also going to consider if Emory is a good fit and if you’re likely to attend (or are just collecting acceptance letters). It’s easier for them to believe Emory is a good fit if you’ve had contacts with students/staff/faculty/alumni. </p>
<p>However, it’s not like bonus points or anything; no amount of “demonstrated interested” will get an unqualified applicant in, but a complete lack of interest can keep a qualified applicant out (if you don’t want to be here, we don’t want you to be here either).</p>
<p>Thanks aigiqinf, that makes things a lot more clear now.</p>
<p>Has anyone taken Drawing and Painting 1 with Kieran Moore. Can someone tell me how hard he is?</p>
<p><classof2015: …i="" am="" realizing="" that="" financial="" aid="" awards="" are="" much="" more="" subjective="" i="" once="" thought.=""> Yes. Emory is no longer need-bind in first-year admissions, so it is no surprise that it doesn’t take into account your worsened (is this a word?) financial status. And, no, letting Emory know your situation was not stupid. It was the right thing to do.</classof2015:></p>
<p>Emory CAS is need blind this year, but Oxford is now “need-aware”. Depending on its success, Emory may become need aware next year.</p>
<p>When did Emory become need blind in the first place?</p>
<p>Could you elaborate on need-aware and need-blind?</p>
<p>I’m interested in Oxford in particular.
More information: I’m not filing for any aid, does that help? I’ve read many different answers, just curious.</p>
<p>Hey what does it mean on OPUS when a class has two teachers?</p>
<p>Need blind means the office of admissions reviews applications without knowing about a student’s financial need. Need aware means that when Admissions reviews an application it may admit a student because he will be full pay thus allowing them to “balance the budget”.</p>
<p>Need blind doesn’t truly exist though. A college can fairly safely assume that an applicant from Brentwood who went to Harvard-Westlake can probably afford to go to the school. There are other tell tale signs, and colleges, whether intentionally or unintentionally, favor applicants who, even without stating their wealth, appear to be wealthy on paper. </p>
<p>As Wesleyan put it, in the case of two borderline applicants, the one who doesn’t have need may get a slight tip over the one who does. So it might push borderline applicants over, but because only 15% of the class will be admitted on a need aware basis, it’s impossible to guess whether or not it will help your application. I still believe you should frantically fill out an application for schools with a Jan 15 deadline, but that’s just my opinion.</p>
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<p>Unless it’s a special seminar co-taught by two professors, the second person is likely the course TA (a graduate student).</p>
<p>@esai23, I just wanted to clear things up regarding the business school. @manni9422 was pretty on-point, but I’ll go a tad more in-depth.</p>
<p>Technically, a BBA (or Bachelor of Business Administration) IS your major if you choose the b-school route. Another way to think about it is: the business school doesn’t have majors or minors.</p>
<p>Instead, a BBA can graduate with “concentrations”, or as they state on their website, “depths”. A primary depth is closer to a major, and a secondary depth is closer to a minor. </p>
<p>That being said, as a BBA you still have the option of earning a major in the CAS. If you go the BBA route, minors in the CAS will not be recognized, but I know plenty of BBAs who have fulfilled the requirements (because you are doing the same work).</p>
<p>@aigiqinf well it says that 2 days out of the week is one teacher, and another day is another teacher.</p>
<p>What subject is it? For instance, for my linear algebra class there’s a professor and then a TA/Graduate student is listed for the day of the week that he or she will have a recitation section.</p>
<p>@aigiqinf Art history.</p>