<p>@sharebear111 : That’s the attitude I’m talking about dude…just chill. You asked for an opinion, and I am giving you one based upon what I believe the darned school is leaning toward. I wasn’t referring to coursework more so than the extremely extensive volunteering in a hospital (as opposed to other venues), which is what would stick out if they were to compare you to other applicants. That course load (well-roundedness) is very standard among incoming pre-healths. Selecting to take the bio SAT 2 along with that sort of volunteering experience may jump out. There is nothing you can do about these things as these are what interest you and you should stick to it. I am simply alluding how a lot of this depends on luck and how subtle things like the stuff I mention may result in you being viewed as a relatively average applicant vs. the class that Emory is currently trying to shape. I mean, we cannot control what admissions or the school wants/is leaning toward. From what I have seen, it may be more attractive for an incoming pre-health to have a higher than normal amount of research experience (via special programs and opps they completed in HS) or some other very high level engagement with science/inquiry (maybe a senior thesis/project). Plenty of students with your record will certainly gain admission (again, that is a huge chunk of the applicant pool with solid scores. Students considering a career in science or maybe an MDPhD do not come to Emory in droves. Pre-MD and other pre-healths are the norm), but I am just saying that an incoming science or pre-health student with the profile I just mentioned is likely viewed more favorably, especially in the regular decision pool. </p>
<p>If you are working on some special project that involves innovation or inquiry, I would certainly sell it. The adcoms seem to be attempting to get as many “intellectually engaged” (this can be defined so many ways) non-scholars applicants as it can, so showing a strong passion for something academically (not just being good at it to do well in a competition, but to engage it even further by ones own will) in addition to being oriented toward service is a plus.</p>
<p>And after reviewing your AP’s: Why bother with AP Spanish when you likely have enough years of it (I would guess since you got silver) to be placed in a higher (200 or higher) level Spanish course if you came to a place like Emory or will just choose another language for your requirement anyway. Maybe choose something that may be useful to either develop or AP out of. Like, if you plan to take life sciences calc. or higher level maths at Emory, then maybe AP calculus would help accelerate that process. Since you are pre-nursing, it’ll also help continue to build the problem solving skills you need for the science pre-reqs or nursing classes you’ll take. At this point AP Spanish would just be another stamp proving that you know Spanish which is pretty clear by now.</p>
<p>Some of the profiles of these folks are kind of interesting. Take a look
<a href=“Class of 2018 embodies diverse talents, interests”>http://news.emory.edu/stories/2014/08/er_bts_class_profiles/campus.html</a></p>