<p>Emory is its own autonomous university that makes its own decisions, whether it makes people angry or not. The Ivy Leagues are completely separate universities and it is petty to chastise Emory for not replicating their model and therefore insinuate that it is an inferior institution. If the spreadsheet you gave is correct, then it appears that they have an enormous amount of applications to go through to select a very small number of students off of their waitlist. Be patient.</p>