***Official Emory University 2015 Regular Decisions Thread***

RicoStarr
Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:58:17 +0000

[] SAT I (breakdown): Didn’t send
[] ACT: 34
[] SAT II: 740 on Literature, 670 on Math I
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW, 4.55 W
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/428
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): 5 on European History
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): I’m in IB, but we don’t take our exams until May.
[] 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 [/li]
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[] 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
[] Job/Work Experience: Nursery care provider at my church (none really)
[] Volunteer/Community service: 150+ hours
[] Summer Activities: Attended Governor’s School for the Humanities, a free 4-week college program at the University of Tennessee.
[] 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.
[] 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.
[] Counselor Rec: The IB counselor at our school knows us all very personally, which is such a gift. I assume it was very good.
[] Additional Rec:
[] Interview: No interview
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): TN
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: <60,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Er… low income? [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: IB student, GPA, test scores, personal essay
[] Weaknesses: Nothing really stands out about me.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: See strengths
[] 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.