chance me. freaking out

Colleges & Universities Emory University
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<p>I applied to emory ed II and I am freaking out. Here are my stats.</p>

<p>WGPA : 4.0
UWGPA: 3.447 (low i know), bad grades fresh/soph year, 3.8-3.9 as a junior
SATS: 2140, 750 math 730 writing 660 reading, 11 on my essay
ACTS : 33
APs: Chem 5, Lang 5, Stat 5, US 4 (taking calc ab and gov this year), plus tons of honors
ECS : 2 varsity sports both for 3 years each, red cross club, french club president, outdoor adventure club, volunteer soccer coach (1st grade kids), participate in a program where high schoolers travel to the local middle school to help kids develop positive social skills and self esteem, math honor society
Awards: AP scholar with honor? dont know if that means anything then again math honor society
Essays : GOOD, my why emory essay shows tons of interest because i am verrryyy interested
Rec letters: Good and Good/great
Counselor rec letter: should be great, good relationship</p>

<p>chance me. im freaking out.</p>

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<p>oh and by fresh/soph year grades being bad, i just mean bs, never got anything below a b</p>

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<p>and I have a part time job as a birthday party host at a local facility</p>

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<p>SAT IIS also forgot to list those. 800 math II, 760 math I, 730 chem</p>

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<p>anyone???</p>

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<p>I tried to ‘break down’ your info</p>

<p>Good: ACT, SAT IIs, essays/recs (Emory loves interest)</p>

<p>Average: SATs, ECs, schedule</p>

<p>Not-so-good: Awards, GPA</p>

<p>But your GPA has an upward trend, so that will be noticed. </p>

<p>I don’t think anything about you would really stand out on paper. The problem is that your application has good things but there is nothing great, and in the end it looks very average compared to the rest of the Emory applicants. ED II will help, but in the end I think your essays will play a large role in whether you are accepted or not. </p>

<p>You don’t have great chances but you have a chance.</p>

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<p>ok thanks for being honest im hoping for the best</p>

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<p>your SAT is fine, i wish I had it, im applying. Id say i got better GPA, ECs, leadership, awards but you got me with SATs. I just cant take that test I am bad it and it sucks cause id get in lol.</p>

<p>I think you can get in, but i agree GPA hurts and lack of awards. Your EC’s seem sorta assorted and they like passion. Good chance tho</p>

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<p>what do you mean lack of awards? what kind of awards do most applicants have? and how are my ecs bad, 3 years of 2 varsity sports, president of a club, red cross club, every saturday coaching soccer, and helping kids at the middle school develop social skills, and then other stuff on top of that. how are those bad ecs im just wondering</p>

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<p>They’re not bad at all. I think what afitscher is saying is that they seem like a bundle of random activities, which I actually disagree with. You clearly have a strong interest in sports (3 years/2 varsity sports, coaching soccer), and the fact that you are a president of a club and you volunteer are signs of leadership/ethic, not an EC laundry-list applicant.</p>

<p>However your awards are lacking. You have “AP Scholar with Honor” (which, to be honest, is something a lot of people have) while the average Emory applicant will have awards from whatever ECs/community things they participate in… or contest wins or whatever (i.e. debate tournament wins, model un wins, etc.)</p>

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<p>yeah true i guess there are a lot of awards applicants can have ha. waiting is killing me.</p>

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<p>i agree. I mean yea it seems like your activities seemed scattered, not weak. Sports are a big time of my schedule too. N it just seems like lots of people get awards from school or like PSAT, all mine are from latin lol so idk if that helps.</p>

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<p>I think you have a fair chance and I agree with most about the importance of good essays! but then again I think every candidate should have good-splendid essays. I’m not sure how important numerous awards are just quality ones. I go to a tiny private school with very few “awards”, my awards category is def. lacking in comparison with most CCs but I have unique ECs, well I’d say so anyway.</p>

<p>Good luck!</p>

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<p>thanks! good luck to you too!</p>

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<p>You have a great shot EDII. Your junior year GPA is most important and it is above average. Your AP scores also reflect your intelligence. Your test scores are also excellent. I think you will be extremely competitive during committee</p>

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<p>thank youu</p>

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<p>wait… how important are awards? I’m confused because I’d never considered awards to be THAT important.</p>

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<p>I mean you want to show colleges that you accomplished things through your ECs, and leadership and awards are the easiest ways to show that. Having a bunch of generic “awards” like being on honor roll or being an ap scholar is something almost everyone will have, so having big ones like winning a debate tournament etc. sets you apart.</p>