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

FallenAngel9
Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:41:52 +0000

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (730 CR, 710 M, 710 W) (Did not send)
[] ACT: 34 (35 E, 35 M, 34 R, 33 S, 9 W) (34 R is from a different test date)
[] SAT II: 770 US History, 710 Lit, 700 MathII (Did not send)
[] GPA (out of 4.0): 4.0 UW / 4.41 W
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 6/425
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): Euro (5), Calc AB (5), US Gov (5), Comp Gov (5), Lang (4)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] 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 [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] 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.
[] Job/Work Experience: Informal yard work, etc
[] 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.
[] Summer Activities: Went to an elite summer camp, worked, did homework, etc
[] Essays: Pretty strong all around.
[] 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.
[] Counselor Rec: Should have been really good.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[li] Interview: N/A [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): Missouri
[] Country: United States
[] School Type: Public, sends few grads to top schools
[] Ethnicity: Caucasian
[] Gender: Male
[] Income Bracket: ~$40,000
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): QuestBridge Finalist [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: Objective stats, essays, recommendations
[] Weaknesses: Extracurriculars and similar areas
[] 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.
[] 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 (:'[).

[/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.