<p>FWIW, my son who’s an Emory freshman had a GPA of 3.4 at a competitive private high school, and SAT’s of 2340. He had two classmates who were rejected from Emory, but we’re admitted to other USNWR top 25 schools.
My theory, w no basis in fact, is that after the snafu w the Forbes’ rankings (via-a-vis SAT scores) Emory wants to bolster the scores of students who matriculate, so they can rank well in that disputed criterion once they’re back in the Forbes game. </p>