<p>Please indicate whether you applied to Emory College, Oxford College, or both colleges. Also if you accepted at one college, but waitlisted/rejected at another college please make note of that. Bene fortuna!</p>
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<p>Emory College</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2300
[</em>] ACT:
[<em>] SAT II: 800, 770
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 2/350
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 5 4
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): president of a few clubs, foreign exchange
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 600 plus hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: foreign exchange
[<em>] Essays: Strong
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Strong
[<em>] Counselor Rec: idk
[</em>] Additional Rec: no
[<em>] Interview: no
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): NY suburb
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public, sends many grads to top schools
[<em>] Ethnicity:
[</em>] Gender:
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): No</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, rank
[</em>] Weaknesses: No huge awards
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: idk
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Attending UPenn
[/ul]General Comments:</p>
<p>** Emory + Oxford College**</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted–Oxford
Decision: Rejected–Emory</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2120 (800 CR, 640 M, 680 W)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.5 Oxford-Recalculated
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 10/50
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): AP Lit-4, AP USH-3, AP Art History-3
[li] Senior Year Course Load: College: Calculus III, American Lit I, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Financial Accounting, Sociology, Walking; HS: Honors Philosophy, Honors English IV</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): State Education Policy Position, State Superintendent Appointee; Other State Education Policy Position, State Board of Education Appointee; State Rep/Consultant, Int’l Education Projects w/ NASA, et al.; City Official/VP (12), Parliamentarian (10), City Youth Council; Attorney, Teen Court; Scrabble: High Score 552, >4,300 Games Played; Secretary/Treasurer//State Qualifier, Bowling League; Black Belt, Tae Kwon Do; 1st in Division at State Comp.; Founding Captain, Science Olympiad Team; Church Youth; Varsity Golf
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Community College Tutor
[<em>] Essays: Good
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Excellent
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Hates me; Lied in Evaluation
[</em>] Additional Rec: Excellent
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): NC
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: <30,000
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Non-parental legacy
[li] Other: Learning Disability</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, Test Scores
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Test Scores/ECs[/li][/ul]General Comments: So excited! =D</p>
<p>Emory College</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:
SAT I (breakdown): 2200 (Math-750, Reading-750, Writing-700)
ACT:
SAT II: 710, 690, 700
Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.9
Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 50/540
AP (place score in parenthesis): Bio(5), Lang(5), World H(5), Calc BC (5), USH (5)
IB (place score in parenthesis):
Senior Year Course Load:4 more AP’s (micro and macro econ, psych, and lit)
Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): lots of volunteer awards
Subjective:
Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): hold a position in a few clubs
Job/Work Experience:
Volunteer/Community service: 600 plus hours
Summer Activities: hospital volunteer
Essays: meh…
Teacher Recommendation: idk
Counselor Rec: idk
Additional Rec: no
Interview: no
Other
State (if domestic applicant): GA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: Public
Ethnicity:Asian
Gender:male
Income Bracket:
Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.):none
Reflection
Strengths: Test scores, extracurriculars
Weaknesses: rank/gpa
Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: idk
Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Attending Vassar
General Comments:</p>
<p>Choose One:
Emory College</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 34
[</em>] SAT II: 770 Spanish, 790 U.S. History
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 89.89/100
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 20%
[<em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): World (5), U.S. (5), Bio (3-did not send), Spanish Lang (4)
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Env Sci, AP Calc AB, AP Gov, AP Spanish Lit, English seminar, and Ethics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Inducted into Cum Laude Society</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Boys Varsity Basketball Manager, Theater, Community Service, International Club (co-head), Environmental Club, GSA, Religious Camp Staff (Team Leader), and School Newspaper
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Hostess at a restaurant during the summer
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A lot–one of my main ECs
[</em>] Summer Activities: GTL and losing brain cells. I’m dead serious.
[<em>] Essays: Excellent
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Did not read, but I’m sure they were great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: ^Same as above
[</em>] Interview: It was amazing…def the best interview I had in the college process
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): MA
[</em>] School Type: Independent boarding
[<em>] Ethnicity: South Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: $250k+
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): None</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Test scores, course rigor, essays, recs, passion for ECs, and interview
[</em>] Weaknesses: Grades
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: A combination of my strengths and demonstrated interest, which Emory takes into account. I visited over the summer, met with my regional admissions officer in the fall, and had a fantastic optional interview this winter.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Duke, BC Honors, UMich, UNC, WashU, and Notre Dame; waitlisted at Vandy and Northwestern; rejected from Tufts (LAWL), Georgetown, Cornell, and Penn
[/ul]General Comments: Congrats to all who were accepted! To those who weren’t, don’t be discouraged or think that it’s a reflection on you (if I thought that way about my rejections, I would hate myself right now). I am thrilled to have been accepted to Emory, but I will be attending Duke next year. My Emory decision marks the official end of the college process for me–I’ve received all thirteen decisions. Good luck to everyone!</p>
<p>**Decision: waitlisted **</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1830… I know low…
[</em>] ACT: 30 (super) 29-composite
[<em>] SAT II: 740 US , 760 BIO (M)
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.78 ~4.3(W)
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 24/258 (top 6%)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): BIO (4), US(4) , Comp (4) , EURO(3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP STAT, AP CALC AB, AP Chemistry, AP computer science A, Ap english lit. , AP US GOV, Microcomputer A+ prep (taken at a community college)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): AP scholar , academic letter. [/li][/ul]Subjective:[ul]</p>
<p>[li] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):[/li]Future business leaders of america (President, Secretary) ,
B’nai Brith Youth Organization ( Regional President) ,
Jewish Student Union (president/chapter founder) ,
Freshmen Mentor
National Honor Society
Youth Court (Prosecute first time offence juveniles )</p>
<p>[li] Job/Work Experience: Court and Field Supervisor for a recreational sports leauge. (3 years) </p>[/li]
<p>[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Youth Court , Presidential service award (3 years in a row) , 350 hrs total throughout my hs career
[</em>] Summer Activities: Month in Israel, Summer program at another university (took college classes for credit)</p>
<p>[<em>] Essays: solid why emory essay, common app: wrote about a dificult youth court case
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: solid (2)
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good?
[</em>] Additional Rec: club suporvisor
[li] Interview: I had one on one time with my admissions officer while he visted my school ( I was the only one who attended the info session)</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: no
[</em>] Intended Major: psychology / pre-med
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): kansas
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: public
[</em>] Ethnicity: white
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): visited, attended a class and got to know my admin officer well.
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[</em>] Strengths: dedicated hard worker, demonstrated a good interest in Emory
[li] Weaknesses: test score</p>[/li]
<p>comments: so it goes, I’m off to university of Michigan.</p>
<p>decision: rejected</p>
<p>objective:
sat i (breakdown): 670 CR / 790 M / 790 W (Essay: 10)
act: N/A
sat ii (if submitted): 740 Math II / 800 Korean
unweighted gpa (out of 4.0): My school doesn’t use 4.0 scale… but grade 11: 93%; grade 12: 92% (first semester)
rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
ap (place score in parenthesis): N/A
ib (place score in parenthesis): N/A
senior year course load: From a Canadian school… so I don’t know what to write, really :S
major awards (usamo, intel etc.): Kiwanis (band) silver</p>
<p>subjective:
extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Editor & Founding exec), jazz band (4 years), peer tutor (3 years), yearbook (3 years & head of photography).
job/work experience: hockey camp counselor for 3 years, tutoring elementary students for 3 years, coaching basketball and soccer at an elementary school, Habitat for Humanity, Second Base Youth Shelter, and Evergreen.
volunteer/community service: 500+ hours from tutoring, hockey,
essays: about self-deprecation, being ordinary, and an epiphany.
teacher recommendation: good
counselor rec: great</p>
<p>other
applied for financial aid?: No
intended major: Social sciences
state (if domestic applicant): -
country (if international applicant): Canada
school type: Public
ethnicity: Asian
gender: Female
income bracket: -
hooks (urm, first generation college, research, etc.): None</p>
<p>reflection
strengths: essay and counselor rec., and maybe volunteering
weaknesses: being an international applicant and CR score.
why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well I guess I suck.</p>
<p>Emory College</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (730 CR, 710 M, 710 W) (Did not send)
[</em>] ACT: 34 (35 E, 35 M, 34 R, 33 S, 9 W) (34 R is from a different test date)
[<em>] SAT II: 770 US History, 710 Lit, 700 MathII (Did not send)
[</em>] GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW / 4.41 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/425
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), Calc AB (5), US Gov (5), Comp Gov (5), Lang (4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Architectural Drafting, AP Lit, AP German, AP Stat, AP US History, AP Advanced Physics (Physics C), AP Psych
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): NMF, AP Scholar with Distinction, QuestBridge Finalist, German Honor Society, Several others</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I don’t feel like typing them all out, so I’ll just say that they were decent but nothing extraordinary at all.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Informal yard work, etc
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: A pretty large amount, though it is not a strong point by any means. Maybe 300 hours or so as a rough estimate.
[</em>] Summer Activities: Went to an elite summer camp, worked, did homework, etc
[<em>] Essays: Pretty strong all around.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Should have been amazing, as both teachers have known me and my family for 4+ years and both taught my favorite/best subjects.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Should have been really good.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[</em>] Country: United States
[<em>] School Type: Public, sends few grads to top schools
[</em>] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: ~$40,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): QuestBridge Finalist</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Objective stats, essays, recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars and similar areas
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Probably my strong stats and recommendations; I’m convinced that my status as a QuestBridge Finalist definitely helped too.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted to Middlebury, Rice, Truman State, Tulane, UVa, Vanderbilt, and Wesleyan. Waitlisted at Brown, Dartmouth, Northwestern, and WUSTL. Rejected by Harvard, Princeton, and Yale (:'[).</p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: Congratulations to everyone who was admitted! You all deserve it; they picked you for a reason. To those who weren’t so lucky, I’m really sorry for the bad news, but I’m confident that you’ll end up where you should be - I got rejected from my dream school but I’m sure that I’m meant to be somewhere else and am already getting excited about my options.</p>
<p>Waitlisted</p>
<p>SATI: 2360 (single sitting)
SATII: 800 780 760
Unweighted GPA: 3.96</p>
<p>No thanks. Lol.</p>
<p>Choose One:
Emory College</p>
<p>Choose One:
Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (3rd time taking it)
[</em>] ACT: n/a
[<em>] SAT II: really bad. us history 650, math 2 610 (don’t remember if i submitted these
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71 (9-12) 1st semester of 12th only
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), English Lang (4), Euro (3), Enviro (2)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: Photography, Spanish 3, AP Stats, AP Lit, AP Gov (1 semester) Honors Econ (2nd semester)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): None really all that big</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder of FBLA at my school, Key Club VP, Helping Hand VP
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Few hours at local library and old folks home
[</em>] Summer Activities: n/a
[<em>] Essays: They were okay.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I got 2 teachers, they were okay I suppose.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: I got to a decent sized public school and we have 1 counselor/600 kids so probably average.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: Didn’t take
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): US
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket: Lower - middle class
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: I guess it had to have been my essays though I thought they weren’t very good / Rank
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA isn’t very high, SAT is average
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea to be honest
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UCSD, UCSB. Rejected: some Ivies, Tufts, Berkeley, and LA. </p>
<p>[/ul]General Comments: I have no idea how I got in. Things were looking pretty bleak before this acceptance. Wow! I haven’t turned in all the necessary items for financial aid Signed IOC forms, so I’m goin to have to talk to their Financial Aid department. We’ll see how it goes, but I still can’t believe I got in! Especially after being rejected from Tufts and LA. Also Emory didn’t have a big banner saying Congratulations at the top so I was expecting the worst as soon as I opened up the decision letter. I’m glad I turned out to be wrong. 
Congrats to all that got accepted!! And condolences to those who didn’t.</p>
<p>Emory College</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 2310 - 760 CR, 800 M, 750 W
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 780 Math II, 750 US History
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.99
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): no ranks
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): haven’t taken any yet
[<em>] Senior Year Course Load: 4 APs
[</em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Finalist, Outstanding Junior Boy award at school</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): NHS, Theatre, Music… Just a lot. Believe me.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Lifeguarding
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Again, a lot. Political rallying & Habitat for Humanity mostly.
[</em>] Essays: Eh.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: Fan-freakin’-tastic.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Great.</p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Wisconsin
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Legacy</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Stats, recommendations
[</em>] Weaknesses: nothing that weak, maybe my essays
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted: Just a good applicant I guess!
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Lawrence, Minnesota-Twin Cities, Brandeis, Carleton, GW, Tufts Waitlisted: WashU, Northwestern, Brown Rejected: Stanford
[/ul]General Comments:
This is fantastic! I think I’m going to enroll at Tufts, but now that I know about Emory I’ll have to choose! I’m really happy about this, especially since I got waitlisted at Brown. Maybe I’ll see some of you at Emory next year.</p>
<p>Emory + Oxford College</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted - Oxford
Decision: Waitlisted - Emory</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] ACT: 32
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP calculus, AP English, physics, Economics, government, financial technology, personal finance, band</p>
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (president/section leader), Cross county, youth group (leadership), track, math and science team, finance team
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 2 part time jobs and summer job
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of church stuff and a few local park ecosystem projects
[</em>] Summer Activities: nothing special: band, church, running, work
[<em>] Essays: My essays are typically pretty good, but these were kind of rushed, so probably not as good as they could have been
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I saw it and it was very good
[<em>] Counselor Rec: She writes awful letters…
[</em>] Additional Rec: don’t think I sent one
[<em>] Interview: Nope >.<
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Mississippi
[<em>] School Type: Average public school
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: very low. less than 40k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen college</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: ECs, teacher rec
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, class rank, counselor rec
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I feel pretty sure the main reason I was waitlisted to Emory was my class rank. I asked my counselor not to send it, but alas! She’s a moron.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Oxford, Mississippi (honors/full ride), Southern Mississippi (honros/full ride)
Waitlisted: WashU, Tulane
Rejected: Vanderbilt(ED), Rice. Btw, a counselor at Vandy told me my class rank is probably the only thing that kept me out… Yeah thanks Mrs. S
[/ul]General Comments: I’m a little upset that I didn’t get into any of my reaches/targets, and I’ll more than likely be stuck at Flagship University A or B. Oh well I guess I can try to transfer somewhere better…</p>
<p>Emory College
Decision: Accepted
See stats in other threads.</p>
<p>Emory College</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown):
[</em>] ACT: 33 composite, 36 science, 35 math, 30 reading and english (can my weaknesses be any more obvious?!)
[<em>] SAT II:
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.68… 4.26 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 59/1156
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Macro, AP Physics, AP Calc BC, AP US History, AP Stats, Government, Film Studies/Philosophy
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): In-school physics tutor [1 year], Model UN [2 years], men’s xc and track team manager [3 years], flute [7 years]
[li] Job/Work Experience: Tutored math for a few months[/li][</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Student teacher at a kindergarten [62 hours, over a summer]
[<em>] Summer Activities: mentioned above
[</em>] Essays: My common app essay was told to be “authentic and interesting” by an AP english teacher. I never got my supplemental essay proofread. It had a creative spin to it, but honestly, it was nothing amazing.
[<em>] Teacher Recommendation: I got a letter from my physics teacher. It was a bit on the dry side, but it captured my character within the classroom in a positive light.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: I did not get the chance to read my counselor’s rec letter.
[<em>] Additional Rec:
[</em>] Interview: Had an interview with an alumni. Personally, I thought it went horribly. Definitely showed interest, but I did not do a good job explaining the details and benefits of my extracurricular activities. Guess it wasn’t bad enough to ruin my chance though! </p>
<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): Illinois
[</em>] Country (if international applicant):
[<em>] School Type: Competitive, extremely large public high school.
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian (Korean)
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: My common app essay revealed my diverse background and my openness to diversity (which I hear Emory digs!). Although my gpa isn’t too impressive, I took all honors/AP up til my senior year…academic rigor? Definitely showed interest! Visiting, interviewing, etc
[</em>] Weaknesses: Relatively low GPA, weak extracurriculars, awful midyear report haha
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I thought I was a mediocre applicant on paper (average gpa, extracurriculars…), so I tried to show my character through essays and an interview. Showing interest probably helped also (emails, visits, interviews).
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected:
[/ul]General Comments: I’ve gotten waitlisted/rejected by several other schools such as USC, NU, WashU… So I was expecting another rejection today. It was a pleasant surprise! Very excited :)</p>
<p>Emory College</p>
<p>Choose One:
Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 1730
[</em>] ACT:24
[<em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.3
[</em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 30%
[li] Senior Year Course Load: Algebra II, English IV, forest ecology, world history, government, music</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): JV Volleyball, football team manager
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: babysitting
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: I pick up trash on the side of the road sometimes
[</em>] Summer Activities: Sleeping
[<em>] Essays: They were ohk. Not da best
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: I think she liked me
[<em>] Counselor Rec: My dad is counselor
[</em>] Interview: I played the clarinet for him. It was weird
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): VA
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[li] Income Bracket: No idea</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: GPA, SAT
[</em>] Weaknesses: none
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m a pretty good student all arund, and i think they liked me cause i was jus honest
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: WashU, Vanderbilt, UC Berkeley
Rejected: Memphis, Virginia Commonwealth, Auburn
[/ul]General Comments: APRIL FOOLS! :P</p>
<p>Choose One:
Emory College</p>
<p>Choose One:
Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): CR: 700 W: 750 M: 630
[</em>] ACT: 30
[<em>] SAT II: NA
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/263
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): Gov (5) Euro (4) English (4) Bio (3) US (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP French, AP Macro, AP Stats, AP English II, AP World, Hon. Physics, Mythology, Art II
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.):</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): XC (captain, MVP) Track (captain, MVP) French Club (Secretary) Interact, Yearbook
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: little
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: average
[</em>] Summer Activities:
[<em>] Essays: good, writing is my strength
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: great
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): OHIO
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: Public
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Female
[<em>] Income Bracket:
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): athlete</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: essays, grades, course load
[</em>] Weaknesses: SAT (math waayy below range)
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Showed lots of interest, stayed on a recruitment visit
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Wake Forest-Accepted, UVA-Waitlisted, Wash U-Deferred than rejected :(, UNC-rejected, Elon-accepted and fellowship recepient
[/ul]General Comments: Def. my top choice, hopefully FA will work out</p>
<p>Emory College</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
[</em>] ACT: 34
[<em>] SAT II: 740 on Literature, 670 on Math I
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW, 4.55 W
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/428
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on European History
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): I’m in IB, but we don’t take our exams until May.
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: IB English IV HL, IB Latin IV SL, Theory of Knowledge, IB History of the Americas II HL, IB Visual Arts II SL A, IB Mathematics II SL, and IB Biology IV HL
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): National Merit Commended Scholar, National Latin Exam gold, silver, and cum laude</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Bowling (captain), National Art Honor Society (secretary), Beta Club, National Honor Society, Model UN, Mu Alpha Theta, International Club, Junior Classical League, and Latin Honor Society
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Nursery care provider at my church (none really)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours
[</em>] Summer Activities: Attended Governor’s School for the Humanities, a free 4-week college program at the University of Tennessee.
[<em>] Essays: My Common App essay was about my history as a book-lover and how reading has helped me to cope with my father’s death as well as become my own person. My “Why Emory?” essay was about how I loved their English-journalism co-major and the fact that Emory was all about wanting to change the world.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Got recs from my two favorite teachers and the coordinator of the IB program at my school, who has known me since middle school. All three were probably glowing recs.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: The IB counselor at our school knows us all very personally, which is such a gift. I assume it was very good.
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview: No interview
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): TN
[<em>] School Type: Public
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: <60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Er… low income?</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: IB student, GPA, test scores, personal essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: Nothing really stands out about me.
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Northwestern, UMiami, Rhodes, and two back-ups. Wait-listed: WashU and Tulane. Rejected: Brown.
[/ul]General Comments: I feel bad about being accepted because my friends who wanted to go here more than I do didn’t get in… Hopefully I’ll be attending Northwestern in the fall, but I’m going to give Emory another look. Congrats to all those accepted. To all those not accepted, there are bigger and better things you are meant for. </p>
<p>EMORY COLLEGE</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): none
[</em>] ACT: 31
[<em>] SAT II: none
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.85ish
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 9/40 (dont officially rank though)
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): none
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): none
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: 3 college courses, 1 ap (calc)
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): none</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): varsity golf (state qualifier), varsity tennis (winner of coaches’ award), NHS (secretary), class treasurer, hospital volunteer, library volunteer, nursing home volunteer, Ohio Model United Nations (council vice-president)
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Country Club Golf Course
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: See above
[</em>] Summer Activities: work and chill
[<em>] Essays: common app- decent, supplement-great
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good
[</em>] Additional Rec: great
[<em>] Interview: none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): OHIO
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): USA
[</em>] School Type: Private (catholic)
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: Male
[<em>] Income Bracket: highest
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): none</p>
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: supplement essay
[</em>] Weaknesses: no SAT IIs, just average ACT and GPA, school course offerings are tough
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No clue at all
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ACCEPTED- Miami (OH), Richmond, Wake Forest… WAITLISTED- William and Mary, Vandy, WUSTL… REJECTED- UVA, Duke (legacy), Northwestern, Boston College (thought i woulda gotten in or waitlisted)
[/ul]General Comments:<br>
I will be attending! Congrats to those who will also be attending!</p>
<p>Decision: Accepted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): not submitted
[</em>] ACT:33(34 superscore 34 english 30 reading 35 math 36 science)
[<em>] SAT II (if submitted): 780 math II, 770 math I, 730 spanish
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0):3.96
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable):13/549
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis):Apes(5) APUSH(4) AP comp(4) AP Stats(4) Human Geo(4)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load:5 ap’s 3 honors
[<em>] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): Nothing too special
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Harvard SSP (spent 7 weeks taking neurobiology and computer science at Harvard), spent 30+ hrs observing an orthopedic surgeon in the operating room and in clinic, Varsity lacrosse, played roller hockey for 6 years (local teams, high school all 4 yrs (captain for 2), travel for 4 years (captain for 2), mission trips with youth group, local service with church, Spanish honor society, National Honor Society, Math honor Society, spanish club, etc…
[<em>] Job/Work Experience:none
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: church mission trips, local service
[<em>] Essays: i though they were pretty good and they must have liked them
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation:great
[<em>] Counselor Rec: good? (she doenst know me that well)
[</em>] Additional Rec:
[<em>] Interview:none
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes, didn’t get any
[<em>] Intended Major: biology
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): North Carolina
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: public
[<em>] Ethnicity: white
[</em>] Gender: M
[<em>] Income Bracket: 200k
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): none
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[<em>] Strengths: Good essays, recs, strong focus on science?
[</em>] Weaknesses: not much service
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I had decent test scores, great essays, and strong teacher recs</p>[/li]
<p>I also got accepted to WashU and i think thats where im going to end up</p>
<p>Emory College
Decision: Waitlisted</p>
<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] SAT I (breakdown): 760 W, 760 M, 660 CR (2180)
[</em>] ACT: N/A
[<em>] SAT II: English 670, Math L.2 690, U.S. History 620
[</em>] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.15
[<em>] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 65/245
[</em>] AP (place score in parenthesis): English Lang (5), US History (4), Stats (3)
[<em>] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[</em>] Senior Year Course Load: AP Calc BC, AP Spanish Lang, AP English Lit, AP Gov, Econ/Robotics
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): I think they were pretty good. Most were career-oriented.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: See Extracurriculars.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 100 hrs at local library, 21 misc.
[</em>] Summer Activities: 9th- Sleeping; 10th- Internship; 11th- Volunteering
[<em>] Essays: Best part of my under-par app. Haha.
[</em>] Teacher Recommendation: Didn’t see.
[<em>] Counselor Rec: Didn’t See.
[</em>] Additional Rec: N/A
[<em>] Interview: N/A
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] School Type: Magnet
[</em>] Ethnicity: Armenian (Caucasian)
[<em>] Gender: F
[</em>] Income Bracket: High
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): N/A</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: SAT (I think?), Essays (Saved me), Upward-ish trend in grades
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, SAT IIs, CR score on SAT
[<em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: The Admissions committee saw my smarticles but wasn’t sure enough to risk accepting me.
[</em>] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: ACCEPTED- CWRU, Emerson, Fordham, UCR (lol). WAITLISTED: LMU (sent the app. in too late apparently). REJECTED: Buncha UCs, USC.
[/ul]General Comments: Wonder how this is gonna end up.</p>