<p>At this point, your chances at Emory University is a big reach. </p>
<p>Your SAT score puts you at the bottom 5% of the Emory incoming class of 2014 and your unweighted GPA also puts you in the same category. </p>
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<p>Your MA residency and your African-American heritage benefits you, but not enough to compensate for your current academic records</p>
<p>Your math course is also questionable. I highly advise taking Calculus before taking Pre-calculus. Calculus is very different from the traditional math courses. Your course workload is pretty standard for Emory and I am also sure that the admission officers at emory will wonder why you focused on the extra curricular even though you had extenuating circumstances. Almost no EC will make up for poor academic performance.</p>
<p>Also, you are not considered as “first-generation student” because one of your parents attended college.</p>
<p>Overall, Emory is a huge reach. Even with ED, it is huge reach.</p>