Official Emory Class of 2017 EDI Results Thread

<p>Decision: Deferred at Oxford
Decision: Rejected at Emory</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2000 (580 M, 760 CR, 660 W with 8 essay)
[</em>] ACT: Didn’t take, but will now.
[<em>] SAT II: Didn’t take.
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.43
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Around 75 out of 305. 24th percentile.
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Euro (3), AP US Gov (4), APUSH (4), AP Lang (5), AP Lit, AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Micro, AP Macro
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Advanced Band 2, Basic Programming, Math 4, AP Macro/Micro, AP Bio, AP Psych, AP Lit.
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP Scholar with Honor
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boy Scouts (Senior Patrol Leader), marching band, concert band, NHS, Order of the Arrow – Scouting’s national honor society.
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Job shadowed Clerk of Court for a day.
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: None.
[<em>] Summer Activities: Summer@Brown
[</em>] Essays: Not great, not bad.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendations: Great, I’m sure.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Most likely generic, possibly condescending.
[<em>] Additional Rec: N/A.
[</em>] Interview: N/A.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes.
[</em>] Intended Major: Prelaw – English/Political Science.
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Georgia
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): N/A.
[<em>] School Type: Public, sends 1-2 kids to top schools.
[</em>] Ethnicity: White.
[<em>] Gender: Male.
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$45,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: CR score, recommendations, legacy.
[<em>] Weaknesses: Failing grades and Cs, math score.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/deferred/denied: See weaknesses.
[/ul]General Comments: Would’ve given anything to go to Oxford…</p>