<p>join if you were deferred from early decision</p>
<p>Emory is my first choice and I would LOVE to attend. I just received notification of my early decision application; I was deferred to regular decision. I have a 3.6 unweighted GPA and a superscored SAT of 2020. I have taken over half of the AP classes offered at my school, and so I am awarded a weighted GPA of 4.6. I am afraid that Emory is only considering my unweighted GPA, but I am not sure. As I am in the winter of my senior year, there is not much I can do to change my GPA and my mid-year grades are pretty much finalized. What can I do to strengthen my application so I can be successful in the my application’s second review during regular decision? I don’t know how else I could possibly show passion for the school. I keep in touch with my admissions counselor, visited the campus, and applied ED I. Is it even possible to increase my chances? If so, how? </p>
<p>Any ideas can only help! Please respond if you can be of assistance. </p>
<p>Thanks for taking the time to help out.</p>
<p>Honestly, you’ve done all that you can. There are plenty of other schools similar in feel to Emory, but aren’t nearly as competitive to get into. Some of them might even offer you quite a bit of merit aid. </p>
<p>Don’t get too down on yourself if you do end up getting rejected (but hey, you might get accepted. Plenty of people do after getting deferred!). Emory will probably reject over 75% of all applicants this year, the majority of whom would have done extremely well had they been admitted.</p>
<p>Make sure you have back up plans, so that way, regardless of the outcome, you know that come August you’ll have some place you’d be thrilled to attend for the next four years.</p>
<p>You could still get in. Emory had a lot of international applicants (who they like because they don’t qualify for financial aid) apply early because of their marketing efforts over the past few years. But the regular decision application numbers may not be all that great. The school has gotten a lot of bad press lately with the national news stories about Sam Eshagoff, the school providing false data to US News and World Report, the law school falling 10 places in the rankings in 2011, professors threatening on leaving because of proposed cuts and the revelation that a past dean of Emory’s old dental school discriminated against Jewish students.</p>
<p>[Emory</a> apologizes for past discrimination of Jewish students - CBS News](<a href=“http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57532477/emory-apologizes-for-past-discrimination-of-jewish-students/]Emory”>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57532477/emory-apologizes-for-past-discrimination-of-jewish-students/)
[Potential</a> class action targets Emory Healthcare over patient data breach](<a href=“http://www.atlawblog.com/2012/06/potential-class-action-targets-emory-healthcare-over-patient-data-breach/]Potential”>http://www.atlawblog.com/2012/06/potential-class-action-targets-emory-healthcare-over-patient-data-breach/)</p>
<p><a href=“On Long Island, SAT Cheating Was Hardly a Secret - The New York Times”>On Long Island, SAT Cheating Was Hardly a Secret - The New York Times;
Mr. Eshaghoff spent freshman year at the University of Michigan, but transferred — for financial reasons, he said in an interview on Tuesday. “It was an expensive school,” he said. “Emory was better with financial aid.”</p>
<p>He lives on campus in the Phi Delta Theta house, in a cluttered room with a bunk bed, a wooden desk, and posters of musicians including Bob Marley. He said he planned to pledge the fraternity next semester.</p>
<p>[Will</a> data deception damage Emory? | <a href=“http://www.ajc.com%5B/url%5D”>www.ajc.com](<a href=“http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/will-data-deception-damage-emory/nRMLP/]Will”>http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/will-data-deception-damage-emory/nRMLP/)</a></p>
<p>This is only the latest incident to raise questions about Emory’s integrity.</p>
<p>Emory Healthcare announced in April that it had lost 10 discs containing personal data such as Social Security numbers for about 315,000 patients. Officials acknowledged the discs were not stored according to protocol and said the hospital system was clarifying policies and procedures to ensure patient information is secure.</p>
<p>Emory University came under scrutiny for its handling of Dr. Charles Nemeroff, an internationally recognized expert on depression who was stripped of his chairmanship of Emory’s psychiatry department in 2008. He failed to disclose $800,000 in speaking fees from a drug company and was the focus of a congressional probe on conflicts of interest.
University officials said they had raised concerns about Nemeroff’s relationships with drug companies several times since 2000. But the professor, who brought in millions of dollars in grants, remained department chairman until he came under congressional scrutiny. He has left the school, and Emory has implemented new conflict of interest policies.</p>
<p>Kirshstein said some people might see a pattern of wrongdoing on the part of Emory. This current instance, she said, is more visible because it is a lie that impacted students.
She sees some likely financial impact, especially in less alumni giving.</p>
<p>“When I sit down to write my little check,” Kirshstein said, “I might send it to my graduate school, the University of Massachusetts, which needs the money.”</p>
<p>Jean Jordan, who served as dean of admissions from 2007 to 2011, did not immediately return a phone message seeking comment. Daniel Walls, whom Jordan succeeded in 2007, when he was named associate vice provost for enrollment management, is listed as a retiree in Emory’s phone directory, but the number is disconnected. He is also listed on the counseling staff of a local private school but could not be reached.
Though the scandal was made public Friday, the school’s alumni had not yet been informed on their e-mail mailing list by late that night. However, alumni of the school did receive an e-mail discussing fundraising and encouraging alumni to send online gifts Friday.
Local high school students say they are disturbed to hear about Emory’s deception, saying college rankings are a big part of their decision-making process.</p>
<p>Read more: [Emory</a> University discloses it sent false data to rankings groups | Fox News](<a href=“Emory University discloses it sent false data to rankings groups | Fox News”>Emory University discloses it sent false data to rankings groups | Fox News)</p>
<p>[Emory:</a> No need to review grad school data | <a href=“http://www.ajc.com%5B/url%5D”>www.ajc.com](<a href=“http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/emory-no-need-to-review-grad-school-data/nRMTx/]Emory:”>http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/emory-no-need-to-review-grad-school-data/nRMTx/)</a></p>
<p>As a private university Emory doesn’t have to share the report, but Claremont McKenna College, another private college caught in a similar scandal, posted its findings online.
“I’m puzzled they didn’t release the report,” said Brian Kelly, U.S. News & World Report Editor and Chief Content Officer. “If I’m a consumer, I’m suspicious.”</p>