@minimango : Uhmmm…they reported themselves and have a completely new admissions team. Also, her comment was about demonstrated interest. If Emory still cared about it currently, it would have a higher yield and would have started admitting less people by now. Nice attempt at a cheapshot though. Personally I do not now any truly honest elite school admissions team, but the current one at Emory seems much less brutal and holistic than most.