<p>Remember me? The chick who got her arse rejected from ED1? Well, I figured I'll apply for Oxford just for the sake of applying there and I found out last night (much to my surprise) that I was waitlisted. I mean, how?? Do I suck that bad? Emory I can get, but Oxford? Argh. What did I do wrong??</p>
<p>Stats:
3.81 GPA UW
ACT: 27
Class rank: 20/468; Top 5% of class</p>
<p>Activites:
- Design and Assistant Editor; CD Editor; Webmaster for Yearbook - 3 years
- Webmaster for National Honor Society - 2 years
- Tech. Manager and Webmaster for Asian Culture Club - 2 years
- HOSA - 3 years
- Medical Science Club - 2 years
- Advanced Chamber Orchestra - 1 year
- Concert Band - 1 year
- ASCA - 1 year
- Freelance by creating web graphics for the public - 3 years</p>
<p>Volunteer:
- Hospital - 2 years (215 hrs.)
- Elementary tutor in Basic Computer Functions, as well as Reading, Writing, Math, and Spelling - 3 years (240 hrs.)</p>
<p>Other:
- Attended a Computer Science Summer Program in an university
- I'm an African-American female</p>
<p>Awards:
- Won $1,000 from Comcast Leaders and Achievers Scholarship
- Nominee for Principal’s Leadership Award Scholarship
- Gold Eagle Honor Roll (4.0 W GPA) throughout high school
- Who’s Who Recipient (award given in my high school for the top 10% of senior class, don't confuse it with Who's Who Among American High School Students)
- MetroPCS Community Scholars Finalist</p>
<p>don't despair.....I just got waitlisted from my first choice college....ahhh....wish you the best of luck....keep the admission people in contact...</p>
<p>Where are people getting that number anyways?</p>
<p>It'd be nice if that is true and they hold enrollment steady, so SAT and GPA averages will spike a bit. I know a lot of people who apply to Emory don't apply to Oxford even if they might like the small size solely because of the scores gap.</p>
<p>Then again, it's possible that with that big of a jump, many people (possibly Emory College applicants) are sending "just-in-case" apps and yield will decrease. I'm hoping the Emory Wheel will soon report on all the Class of 2012 stats like they typically do around this time of year.</p>
<p>jmw123: Yea, it's kind of weird that stats haven't been released though...Last year it was in the Emory Wheel on February 2nd......Do you make anything of this? It seems like the schools that have released have had astronomical rises......Possibly Emory's numbers stayed at the same or similar number and they didn't see the need to release so early.....</p>
<p>yes, I heard they received 300% as many applications. this is mainly due to the fact that this is the first year you can apply to both campuses under one fee. They are also pushing Oxford at the admissions info sessions.</p>
<p>to add more credibility, I heard the 300% number from an admissions personell when i attended the scholars weekend.</p>
<p>and that is a good point. oxford's admit rate will likely be lower than emory's this year, and scores will increase. This is a delightful thing for the school, a horrifying development for applicants</p>
<p>I'm going to fill out the waitlist sheet and appeal my decision. Thanks for the suggestions and comments and good luck for those of you applying for Emory RD!</p>