<p>Ok so I am currently a Junior in high school and i am very interested in Emory.
i was wondering if the fact that i am asian (korean) will decrease my chances of getting in, since asians are known to be “top notch” in academics.
Oh and i was born in a spanish country but my parents are korean… so is that a plus or a minus in my chances?</p>
<p>Oh, and does the fact that i do not have my green card yet, affect my chances in any way?</p>
<p>Hmm, well I’m Chinese but both my parents were Bolivian and Brazillian citizens before coming to the U.S. so I’m kind of in the same situation as you, but I’m still waiting to find out if I got in.
However, I believe that being Asian will slightly affect your chances, but I don’t think by that much. Also, I don’t think being born in a Spanish country will affect it that much at all, though I think it does give you culture points. I had a friend who is Korean but was born in Argentina. He got in, but he had good, decent stats.</p>
<p>Being an asian applicant to Emory is going to hurt you less than it’s going to hurt you at other schools. My reasoning is this: Emory does not have an engineering program, which is the most frequently applied to program by asians. Therefore, we’re going to get less asian applicants than other schools. Simple supply and demand answers this question. Any non-URM is going to be hurt by their race, especially asians. I’m sure the impact on your race is going to be minute, so I wouldn’t worry about it too much.</p>