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

TenaciousE
Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:21:42 +0000

Emory + Oxford College

Decision: Accepted - Oxford
Decision: Waitlisted - Emory

Objective:[ul]
[] ACT: 32
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.7
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): top 15%
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP calculus, AP English, physics, Economics, government, financial technology, personal finance, band

[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Band (president/section leader), Cross county, youth group (leadership), track, math and science team, finance team
[] Job/Work Experience: 2 part time jobs and summer job
[] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of church stuff and a few local park ecosystem projects
[] Summer Activities: nothing special: band, church, running, work
[] Essays: My essays are typically pretty good, but these were kind of rushed, so probably not as good as they could have been
[] Teacher Recommendation: I saw it and it was very good
[] Counselor Rec: She writes awful letters…
[] Additional Rec: don’t think I sent one
[] Interview: Nope >.<
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Mississippi
[] School Type: Average public school
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: very low. less than 40k
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): first gen college [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: ECs, teacher rec
[] Weaknesses: GPA, class rank, counselor rec
[] 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.
[] 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…