Georgetown, Tulane, Emory Chance Me '23

NJDad68
Mon, 20 May 2019 15:37:09 +0000

Your credentials are indeed impressive and you should be very proud of your achievements to date. You do need to build in some lower reaches and safeties (if there are any anymore). The three schools you have listed are really tough: Tulane at a 13% admit rate; Emory at 15% and Georgetown at 16%, all with 25-75% ACTs in the 31-34 range for this year’s class. Retake the ACT or SAT one more time because your credentials are otherwise impressive, especially the class rank. Another thing you want to do is show great interest by attending all local events and hopefully visiting the campus if you can afford to do so (I know it’s really unfair for those who can’t), which is an important criteria in many situations. Tailor your application to particular features or programs of each school you are highly interested and want to reach for. (e.g., Tulane’s emphasis on interdisciplinary studies and undergraduate research, Georgetown’s International offerings and location in Washington, DC, Emory’s proximity to the CDC, etc.) Also, keep on mind that there are many excellent schools in the country that will allow you to be whatever you want to be if you succeed in them and take full advantage of what they offer. Take a look at Malcolm Gladwell’s “Outliers”, where he lists the undergraduate institutions of all the U.S. Nobel Prize winners – you would be surprised at the tremendous range of schools. It’s definitely not all Ivy. Best of luck to you!