Goizueta Scholars statistics

bernie12
Sat, 14 Apr 2018 20:17:56 +0000

I kind of get it, but the only reason I split hairs is because I feel like MOST regular decision (and even ED2) applicants apply to those schools and many get in, but I am just pointing out that those invited for interviews are often a cut above the average applicant at any of these places because of whatever non-statistical features in their profile. I am just pointing out how difficult it is generally. You pretty much have to be able to stand out at ANY elite school or at least be above average. I just think it isn’t necessary to make distinctions on which type of elites successful Scholar applicants compare to. The point still stands that a competitive applicant for scholarships at Emory or ANY elite private or public will usually involve more than what the OP mentioned. Looking like regular admits but being in the 75% statistically is maybe only a small start and not that helpful. And this seems to be the case even looking at the kind of small sample of Scholars results here on CC over the years. And we also know that Emory is a little special when it comes to the stats thing, even for Scholars. There is a bias towards talent outside of testing to the point where there is some leeway on the scores considered (maybe not GPA).

My advice to the OP would be to see if they can hit 1500 (so that they can at least be near a 75% or have a score so high that it would be irrelevant to split hairs versus higher scores and I think 1500 is now the magic number regardless of % and yes 3.9+ UW helps), and then see if they can develop a(or a couple ) of real talents or passions into something bigger. Of course they should do that for themselves, but it would certainly help make them more marketable to scholarship committees. The “I joined honor societies and headed or joined in clubs every high achiever did” is likely to fall way short. Profile needs a lot more “umph” in it to get serious attention amongst 10k scholarship contenders.