@rokun123 : The school is over-run by them (in terms of those who major in science or just in general) lol. But seriously, there is an effort to bring in more academic diversity. There, for example, seems to be a clear effort to bring in more humanities majors and those majoring in things like CS, physics, and math (and not through pathways like econ/math, which many higher caliber pre-meds do for example) or stronger quantitatively in general. In general, they are trying to kind of gain more students who do not really come in with the pre-professional sort of orientation. Of course, due to Emory’s reputation, it is unavoidable, but they have been at least trying to bring in students with “deeper” interests in things than say, a normal pre-med or pre-business student would not have. As in, those with resumes who don’t just scream “I’m coming to Emory for (insert track that is oversubscribed)”. Among the pre-health crowd, I would suspect that there is perhaps a better reception toward those with a public/global health orientation from the get go. Usually such students have resumes or EC’s that stand out a bit more from a commitment to service point of view and an intellectual point of view. They are looking for more intellectually engaged students and looking to take less of those who seem as if they are being “groomed” for something more specific than success in general. Often such students will have a less long list of activities, but will have extremely deep involvement in something or will have created something meaningful. Either way, yes I think being pre-med and applying to Emory now-a-days will make you look more average, especially with those EC’s. That doesn’t mean your chances are not good, it just means that the competition will be stiffer because they are looking for more people with a different orientation (or to limit the amounts with that type of orientation). But it is okay…it doesn’t mean you should actually be discouraged, just realize that admissions reflects the mission and direction a school is trying to take and won’t necessarily reflect your qualifications. Again, you will have the opportunity to demonstrate who you are and any other interests you have via your essays.