<p>BTW, I got my acceptance letter in the mail just on Saturday, and since I'm assuming they also sent rejection ones at the same time, and I live near ATL, I'd predict you guys will find out Tuesday or Wednesday through the mail.</p>
<p>Weird!</p>
<p>I'm in North Carolina, and I got all my Emory scholars stuff like...on this past monday or tuesday!</p>
<p>lol yeah I'm in SC and my mailbox waiting has been fruitless thus far.</p>
<p>Well, I'm from California, so...well...I guess I have nothing to say that hasn't been said before. Saturday, eh? Alright, I'll have to run home tomorrow and check my mailbox!</p>
<p>aznnincompoop i'm in SC too and i got my stuff..</p>
<p>I'm in Florida. Florida!!! And I still haven't heard as much as a whisper. I want to know so badly! Emory is a tie for my number one school...but I can't afford it w/o merit aid! (ditto for the other number one school...even less affordable).</p>
<p>i don't understand it when you say "I can't afford it w/o merit aid." supposedly, emory guarantees 100% need. Unless your parents are financially irresponsible, you should be able to afford emory, merit aid or not.</p>
<p>hah, John, that's a comment that's going to catch a lot of crap.</p>
<p>I'd suppose quite a few people here have parents who are forcing them to choose a cheaper school to save money (I can't blame them considering many of us can get full-ride elsewhere vs. Emory $215k or so), making them pay half of the costs, or have artificially high EFCs due to certain business interests or geographic area (by this I mean $200k a yr in NYC doesn't go as far as in Wyoming.)</p>
<p>And BTW, on a semi-related note, these scholarships will be deducted more or less from your need-grant dollar for dollar. If you have a grant of $30k or so, there's not much point in Scholars unless you get the full-ride (not likely.)</p>
<p>well the lady in admissions gave me the impression that they didn't send all letters out at once. </p>
<p>question, has anyone who HAS gotten a letter had a rejection letter? perhaps the letters sent early were acceptance and rejection's were delayed till a few days later?
pardon my pessimism :)</p>
<p>that is actually a somewhat happy thought. because my parents want me to go visit, but i don't want to lose my exemption from exams. so, rejected wouldn't be too bad in my eyes. or so i keep telling myself.</p>
<p>I am confused as to what you mean by "rejected". It appears if you haven't gotten a letter yet, you just have not made semifinalist for Emory Scholar. The RD won't be known for awhile yet. You haven't been rejected by the admissions office.</p>
<p>well we're using rejected as rejected from emory scholars program.
also...there is a double meaning since not making semi means
no Emory, period.</p>
<p>My D received her ESP "rejection" letter in today's mail. She had received an email informing her of her non-selection already.</p>
<p>yay! i got my letter of rejection today. surprisingly, I wasn't as sad/upset as I thought I would be. =)
emory's loss if I don't go?</p>
<p>jmw123, even if you EFC is near zero, merit aid most of the time still is better than need-based. why? no loans. plus there are other little perks to being a scholar besides the $.</p>
<p>Whatttt? I didn't get my letter yet! Anger, anger, upsetness, etc. Haha being on the other side of the nation blows.</p>
<p>I got the reject. But its cool, I knew I wouldn't get it. It's just nice to know they evaluated my application.</p>
<p>It's totally their loss if they don't accept me. Completely.</p>
<p>I got rejected too. Oh well. UNC, here I come. :D</p>
<p>John, for somebody with a relatively normal EFC of, I don't know, $5-10k, the only way they'll avoid loans is to get the full-ride scholarship. Otherwise the loans are simply going to be on the amount of, in the case of a 2/3 third tuition scholarship, part of the remaining ($50k-~$24k)</p>
<p>I'm not saying applying to Scholars just for the perks is a bad idea, just that those who were hoping to get significant need-grant in addition to merit money are no better off than simply getting a larger need-grant with no scholarship (except in the case where your EFC might unexpectedly double one year because your parents made a crapload more money or a sibling left college).</p>
<p>Also, I don't think the Liberal Arts Scholarships are technically Scholars, so no perks really.</p>
<p>jmw123, you can certainly have a chance of minimizing your loans by applying for scholars. the only scenario in which it truly wouldn't matter much at all is if you EFC is $0.
$5-10 is what you think is normal for EFC? I'm not arguing, I'm just curious how accurate that is. i wonder what you other people on here think?
I do agree that if you are a benevolent person and your EFC is low, then you should let someone with a high EFC have your scholars spot. But then again, who would be altruistic enough to have that thought process?
personally, my EFC is nearly 0. So I'd appreciate being a scholar. end of story for me haha.</p>