<p>@ Silverzc413: 10,000 apps for only 100 spots is a 1% acceptance rate! I'm sure you were just exaggerating, but yeah I do realize how competitive it's going to be. =</p>
<p>@ CollegeDK: Thanks and good luck with Wharton! I first wanted to apply ED there too, but I'm pretty sure I'll just be donating my application fee to Penn.</p>
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@ Silverzc413: 10,000 apps for only 100 spots is a 1% acceptance rate! I'm sure you were just exaggerating, but yeah I do realize how competitive it's going to be. =
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<p>Well...maybe not 10,000 applicants...but AEM only has 95 seats for freshman applicants.</p>
<p>^^which is absurd...</p>
<p>I agree. Anyone know why they offer such a few number of spots?! With only 95 spots, AEM could probably be on par with HYPSM, in terms of selectivity/acceptance rate. @_@ So not fair.</p>
<p>Up........</p>
<p>If they have 95 spots, how does AEM graduate like 800 people based on its website?</p>
<p>^^95 spots comes directly from the associate director of admissions at CALS</p>
<p>If you look at the AEM website...you'll note that they accepted 96 freshman to the class of 2012</p>
<p>I am applying for AEM, not sure if it will be my first or second choice on my app yet.
1520/2240 SAT, 3.7 UW 4.21 W GPA
I think my GPA will hurt me the most, but I do have really good essays.</p>
<p>Awesome. We have about the same stats, though you have a slightly higher GPA than me: 34 ACT, 3.6UW <--- definitely gonna hurt =\ </p>
<p>Applying to AEM:
kMz
CrystalPineapple
wis3ly
SmjoCn</p>
<p>is it really hard to get into AEM, b/c I thinkALS is not that hard to get accepted. But AEM.... I think its kinda hard. Anyway I want to apply but I only get 1450/2110 SAT....</p>
<p>SDG1: You're definitely in the ballpark with those scores, and a decent GPA of course.</p>
<p>Applying to AEM:
kMz
CrystalPineapple
wis3ly
SmjoCn
SDG1</p>
<p>My GPA is not high, but then my school is one of the top 20 HS in US...
Anyway, do you think SAT II matter?</p>
<p>SAT IIs definitely matter. I read somewhere that some schools weigh the SAT IIs even heavier than the SAT I. This is probably because it shows strength in specific subjects, while the SAT I just measures "aptitude" and how well you take tests.</p>
<p>I got pretty good SAT II scores
but when I look at the AEM acceptance rate... I am like...</p>
<p>Thats gonna hurt me then I got poor SAT II scores :(</p>
<p>Wait, then how do the additional 150 students join the program I'm assuming transfers, and if it is wouldn't it be more wise to transfer into AEM then apply directly cause they take more people?</p>
<p>The AEM faculty/CALS admissions is slowly decreasing the number of students in the program. They are aware of students using the "backdoor" to get into AEM: transferring in from an outside institution...applying to a different major in CALS then switching...doing internal transfer. </p>
<p>Again...this information comes from an AEM faculty member.</p>
<p>Thanks for clearing that up, dewdrop87.</p>
<p>Up.</p>
<p>I m applying there too
ED</p>
<p>care to evaluate my chances?</p>
<p>Top 10%
Unweighted 3.7 (I'm not going to lie, taking AP classes was definitely a stab in the back, all the kids that took like easier level 1 classes, got A's in them and I had to settle with a handful fo Bs and B pluses :(
AP Scholar with Distinction
My Schedule is the most rigorous in my High School. Total of 11 APs out of 12 Offered (1 is AP Art LMAO)
Student Gov
Model UN Pres
Varsity Track
Trilingual
SAT II
Japanese 760 (not my native tongue)
MAth I: 800
Chem: 760
SATI: 2100 or 1500 out of 1600 (800 on math 700 on CR)
First generation college student</p>
<p>????????????</p>