<p>@baseballfarn86: There were probably plenty stories to the contrary as well. Also, keep in mind that at Emory, you are SOLEY admitted to the College. At places like Michigan and many ivies/other selective schools, you can be admitted to (and apply to) entities that serve other purposes such as a business school or engineering school. If you are applying to an engineering school, your chances drop significantly. I have heard of some Emory pre-meds/science majors try to get into engineering at these places and some pre-BBA folks maybe try to get into Wharton and other b-schools where the SATs/GPA’s are a bit higher than the CAS(or CAL) entity. Michigan and Emory have about the same stats overall so I can see us rejecting each others applicants. Same could be said for Virginia, Berkeley, USC, and Chapel Hill, and maybe Georgia Tech. The other top 20-21 private schools are a different story. Usually, if you don’t get into them, you could very well get into Emory, though Emory still denies quite a few good folks (stats wise) in my opinion. It is hard to tell what we are looking for. Often with publics, stats come first and at a place like Emory, we love them, but will at least try to look for other qualities in applicants before writing them off.</p>