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

techn0logical
Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:47:41 +0000

Choose One:
Emory College

Choose One:
Decision: Accepted

Objective:[ul]
[] SAT I (breakdown): 2090 (3rd time taking it)
[] ACT: n/a
[] SAT II: really bad. us history 650, math 2 610 (don’t remember if i submitted these
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): 3.71 (9-12) 1st semester of 12th only
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): 17
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): US History (5), English Lang (4), Euro (3), Enviro (2)
[] IB (place score in parenthesis):
[] 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 [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Founder of FBLA at my school, Key Club VP, Helping Hand VP
[] Job/Work Experience: n/a
[] Volunteer/Community service: Few hours at local library and old folks home
[] Summer Activities: n/a
[] Essays: They were okay.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I got 2 teachers, they were okay I suppose.
[] Counselor Rec: I got to a decent sized public school and we have 1 counselor/600 kids so probably average.
[] Additional Rec: N/A
[] Interview: Didn’t take
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): California
[] Country (if international applicant): US
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: Asian
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Lower - middle class
[] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): First generation college

[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[] Strengths: I guess it had to have been my essays though I thought they weren’t very good / Rank
[] Weaknesses: GPA isn’t very high, SAT is average
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: No idea to be honest
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted UCSD, UCSB. Rejected: some Ivies, Tufts, Berkeley, and LA.

[/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.