<p>If i have like a 3.65 UW and 5.26 on 6.0 scale/ top 12% of my graduating class but have a 2290 SAT and EC’s:
Tennis team (planning on 2 years JV, 2 year varsity)
Debate team ( 1 year novice, 3 years Varsity + 2 year UIL district)
Historian in animal shelter club- 4 years
Treasurer in African Libraries Project Club - 2 years
National Honor Society- 2 years
SAT 2s: bio M:770
APs: bio 5; world history 3
Worked in a Gastroenterologist’s office for about a 2 years or so.
100 hours so far in hospital more pending
40 in animal shelter</p>
<p>what are my chances at Emory Premed? (and possibly northwestern and U Illinois. My parents want me to try for those. )</p>
<p>OH i forgot to mention, i am a junior right now. the stuff that said 3/4 years are predictions because i don’t really expect them to change. about where does my UW gpa need to reach? like as an estimate?</p>
<p>The Admission Committee will pay closest attention to an applicant’s high school course of study and grades. We understand the availability of honors, AP, and IB courses varies from school to school. Within the context of the applicant’s school, we will expect that the student has taken a solid load of the more challenging courses available. Most competitive students will have a B+/A- average or better within a rigorous course of study.</p>
<p>SAT I and/or ACT scores are very important but are not the deciding factor. Strong grades in rigorous courses may cause the committee to overlook below average standardized test scores, but high board scores will never make up for an applicant’s weak course selection or grades.</p>
<p>Last year, the mid-fifty-percentile of Emory’s admitted class had SAT I scores between a 1320–1460. Thus, 25 percent of the admitted class had scores above a 1460, and 25 percent had scores below a 1320. The ACT mid-fifty-percentile range was 29 to 33 with 25 percent having scores above or below."</p>
<p><nahshimshimhaeyo> Then you mind sharing with us what you think got you in? With what you told us you sound like a typical Emory applicant with your GPA way below their average. And they don’t admit way below average students unless there’s a good reason.</nahshimshimhaeyo></p>
<p>nahshimshimhaeyo, were there any other factors - high SAT II’s, some sort of connection to Emory, very strong essay or rec, etc - that might have gotten you in?</p>
<p>I also applied RD with a low GPA and a high SAT score. My GPA was slightly higher (by about .1~.2) than the OP and I had a very similar SAT I score (superscored) as the OP.</p>
<p>i had 740+ on 4 sat ii’s.
One of the main factors was probably my essay. Also, I also had a steadily rising GPA through high school. Furthermore, my high school is one of the more rigorous public schools in America.</p>
<p>Basically, I was an extremely smart kid with no work ethic. My essay showed I knew this and was striving to improve my work ethic.</p>
<p>I’m assuming Emory thought I would work harder in college, and they weren’t wrong. I got a 3.8 first semester, and that was only because I didn’t do anything in multivariable.</p>
<p>To the above poster: I don’t mean to be creepy but, were you by any chance in the Physics Applications Multivariable with Brussel? My roommate was in that class and he had tremendous trouble. If you are, I’ll congratulate you on getting a B or higher as most people were failing that class throughout to semester, to the best of my knowledge. </p>
<p>Now, to address the actual topic of the thread: Emory does tend to look at GPA, talent, character, and background way more than other top schools. My high school GPA was a 4.0 but my SAT was a mere 2060. That having been said, my strength in writing was clearly portrayed both in my essay and on the standardized test. The three times I took it (I ended up taking my second score), I received 11, 12, 12 on the essay. On Emory’s CollegeBoard profile, notice that it says the SAT essay will be used for admission. The trick to being admitted with a low GPA is most likely to portray apparent proficiency in other areas or, as the above poster suggests, to show you are talented despite a certain lack of worth ethic. Most college frown upon this but, obviously, Emory seems to infer from an upwards trend in GPA that the student will get his/her act together in college. GPA-wise in college, in my case, I opted to take all sophomore classes but one (namely Philosophy 100 with the head of the department). A word of caution, be careful which teachers you stumble upon. I’m not as bitter as I normally would be about my horrific 3.5 GPA after first semester but I am certainly disappointed in some of the teachers. As a prospective English/Philosophy double-major looking to go into law, I am astounded at how random, unfounded subjectivity on the side of the instructors can affect GPA. Nevertheless, my rant ends here.</p>
<p>I think if your course-load is decent and your school sends quite a few students to Emory, then that GPA isn’t much of a problem. Have your “Why Emory” essay be strong and rather unique. They don’t want to hear the same stuff over and over again.</p>
<p>For example, they might not want to hear about you choosing the school for its prestige (that’s rather obvious) or for the overall beauty of its campus (that’s characteristic of top schools- barring MIT or Cornell which both look like bleak slaughterhouses). Avoid those topics and talk about something very particular that attracts you internally (appeals to your mind rather than your senses).</p>
<p>^^That many people write about prestige and beauty of campus?? Jeez, when I wrote mine that didn’t even come to my head; it was so obvious that I didn’t even need to state them.</p>
<p>What do they write? Something like, “Emory is a prestigous and famous university that will definitely give me a bright future after I graduate, and its very beautiful campus will make me feel really good, and so I consider this my first-choice.” <----LOL instant reject.</p>
