@bernie12
I guess what I was trying to get at is the difference in rigor. A student taking regular physics presumably wouldn’t be taking the AP physics exam, and the curriculum wouldn’t be as demanding. That said, if a student in regular physics opts to take the AP exam and scores as well as a student enrolled in AP physics, that’s pretty impressive and the two students should be seen as equivalent in that area. I might even give an edge to the student who didn’t have the advantage of being taught the AP material and had to learn on his own.
I agree that an AP exam score would trump a class grade. My daughter took 3 SAT subject tests too because one of the schools she applied to required them, and she reported them on all of hter applications.
Just had my alumni interview today! Anyone else had theirs?
College of Choice: Both
Decision Plan : ED1
Major(s) of Interest: Political Science and English
Location: GA
Gender: F
Race/Ethnicity: White
Recruited Athlete, or Legacy: Talked with golf coach at Oxford
GPA: 4.0/4.0 UW (idk weighted but numerically is a 98.47)
AP or IB: 8 AP’s (5’s, one 4, and one 3 sad face)
Class Rank: top 10%
Test Scores: ACT is a 32 (34 English, 29 Math, 32 Reading, 31 Science, and 11/12 Essay)
SAT Subject Tests: 760 U.S. History and 720 World History
Extra Curricular, Community Service, or Co-Curricular(s): National Honors Society, National English Honors Society, Council member for the National Social Studies Honors Society, Leader for the Young Politicians’ Club, Student Council, 4 years of varsity golf, one year of JV basketball, one year of xc, internship for the Community Improvement District, Page at the GA H.O.R., Leader in the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, Library volunteer, and National Spanish Honors Society.
QuestBridge non-finalist
@maddie1313
Have a great chance, at-most a low Reach, but more like a Match from my vantage point.
Have you heard of QSS? Are you Pre-law Track?
I just received my OPUS information(financial aid). Does anyone else applying for FA know how we can track the status of submitted documents on the portal(ie FASFA, CSS)? In the email, they indicated it could be viewed in the portal but I do not see where. Thanks for any help!
@heybokey in Opus under “to do’s” you’ll see what you still need to submit. Also can check in Idoc what’s been uploaded through the CSS.
@collegemom9
Got it! Thanks for the clarification.
Received a likely letter. Feel very fortunate
@Workinghard1 are you a recruited athlete?
@collegemom9
Well, they were recruited for something ( Athletics, Orchestra, etc.) only way to know this early. I wouldn’t worry.
@emorynavy not worried at all. I’ve never heard of likely letters going out this early. I thought it was a February thing.
@collegemom9
More Likely letters will come when Emory Scholars decisions come, some students won’t get a scholarship but will still receive likely letters.
@collegemom9 Yes recruited athlete
@Workinghard1 Wonderful, congrats!
@Workinghard1 did your coach tell you you would get one? and was it an email or a physical letter?
Emory does not send likely letters to athletic recruits. Their admissions website describes the process for athletic recruits.
@eastcoast101 : I suspect as much as well, BUT those can lie and/or not undergo proper updating. Schools can engage in things not discussed on their websites. Hint: This is why, if I was an athlete applicant, I probably would not speak of receiving anything resembling a likely letter on a forum like this.
@eastcoast101
Do you know how it really works. I have seen several students on twitter say they are Emory class if 2023 as early as last month, all athletes. One would assume they reiceved likelys and not garruntees.
I can share my S’s experience. He is on the track team. I suppose other sports, especially smaller teams or where athletes are recruited for specific positions, could have a different process but I can’t imagine it would be so different.
My S contacted the coach expressing interest in the school/team and sent in his times. The coach asked him to fill out the on-line recruiting form and send unofficial copies of his transcript and senior class schedule. The coach then invited my S for an overnight visit. He went on a Sunday-Monday visit, stayed with current team members, attended classes, a workout, etc. At the end of the visit we both met with the coach who expressed interest in having my S join the team. This was in late October, the EDI deadline was less than a week away (track tends to be a later-recruiting sport). The coach asked whether my S would be interested in applying EDI; we needed to discuss as a family and could not make that commitment at that time.
S submitted the application in early November but put in as RD. He then asked the coach about pre-reads and where he stood. The coach said the Emory does not do formal pre-reads. He requests the academic information to see if the athletes fit with Emory metrics so he could better advise them informally. At that point it was too late for EDI but suggested my S switch his application to EDII to improve his chances of acceptance. My S switched to EDII in early December.
The coach said that the process on his end was that he submitted a list of athletes he was interested in to the admissions office. I’m not sure if this was ranked or not, but he needed to know whether the application was ED or RD. He did say that he would support S’s application for either EDII or RD but my impression was it carried more weight in EDII. He made it clear that receiving his support was in no way a guarantee of admission.
S was accepted EDII on the regular EDII notification schedule. He spoke to the coach that evening who said he had learned of the acceptance that morning (ie, a few hours before my S heard). The coach also said in passing that not all of the athletes he supported were accepted (so clearly a coach’s support is not a guarantee of acceptance).
A friend in the same sport went through a similar process but applied RD. He was accepted. They are both on the team.
My guess is that those who say they are Emory class of 2023 have received support from coaches but haven’t received formal acceptances yet. Everything my S experienced is consistent with what is on the admissions website for athletes.
Oh, and if someone says they have committed to Emory for football, they’re lying. :^o
@eastcoast101
What kinds of times does Emory look for in the sprint events (100 m, 200 m, 400 m)?