<p>I am an Emory alum and this rankings scandal did not surprise me. The school aggressively tries to boost its image because it has trouble attracting qualified students who can pay the full tuition. An even bigger scandal is that the school for years recruited international students from Korea who were unqualified (and many are rumored to have paid other people to take the SAT for them). The president of the University actually had events at the Korean embassy. They did this because they don’t give international students any financial aid but they couldn’t attract many international students from other countries for the longest time. Now at the top international school in Korea, Seoul International School, no students chose Emory last year because its reputation has been ruined in the country.</p>