<p>Oh yeah, I was going to say that if you got into Georgia Tech, you have a great shot at Emory. In theory, stats say that Emory is less selective than Georgia Tech. We “admit” much lower than Tech and then basically yield students of identical caliber. It’s rare for cross-applicants admitted to one to not be admitted at both, however, when one is denied/waitlisted at one but not the other, it’s usually Emory simply because our group of peer institutions is different and the class we’re filling is significantly smaller ,especially after one accounts for the amount admitted through ED rounds, which is around 1/2 or even more. Yeah, the issue with Emory is you’re applying RD so Emory, is probably about to get very choosy to perhaps bring up its stats some from the ED round. In addition, it could be a little harder this year because demonstrated interest is not being taken into account. This means that they may be less into yield protecting than a normal year. If the admissions dean was serious, they will certainly be thinking of yield, but will ultimately end up shooting for the best students and become willing to risk a little on the yield. Basically, this year, the student that has a 1500+ (M/V) may be much more attractive than in previous years where it could be assumed that, in many cases, they aren’t coming to Emory. I think they may go half-way in playing the game that the peer institutions play where they cherrypick a significant portion of students with radically high stats and then hope that they are ultimately denied admission from other peer institutions. Basically, the students that get yield protected may become primarily the ones that have ECs that suggest that a top 5-10 school will want to scoop them up for their talent. At many outside of HTPSMCt, a perfect scoring/grade student can very possibly be waitlisted if they’ve say won or is a medalist in IX(insert physics, biology, math, or chemistry)O (not worth admitting when another school will likely not only admit them, but treat their talent better. Everybody knows where these medalist matriculate and rarely is it outside of schools absolutely excellent in their field of talent). </p>
<p>I digress though. I only read your first post in that thread: You have a great chance based on last year. If the dean is very serious about turning Emory admissions around, then it’s maybe only a “good” chance (you applied RD?). Your chances really don’t matter now though because you already applied. Your chances are certainly better for Emory than most of those places. I’d hate to see you end up at Emory if you otherwise wouldn’t consider going. Do you actually think it’s similar or good enough to some of those places you applied to such that you’ll end up reasonably happy at Emory if you don’t get into say Georgetown or the Ivies? Hey, at least if you’re still interested in chemistry, you’ll likely end up happy if you come to Emory considering the new building and curriculum that is coming.</p>