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

achambers
Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:00:16 +0000

[] SAT I (breakdown): 2150 (730 Writing, 720 Math, 700, CR)
[] ACT: 35
[] SAT II: French 730, Math II 680, Bio M 680, US History 670
[] Unweighted GPA (out of 4.0): Don’t know, my school only does weighted, but weighted I had a 4.45
[] Rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): Top 10%
[] AP (place score in parenthesis): French Lang (4), US History (3), Physics B (3), taking Calc BC, and English Lit this year.
[] IB (place score in parenthesis): N/A
[] Senior Year Course Load: AP Bio, Philosophy and Composition HH, Phys. Ed, AP Calc BC, French VI HH (my school doesn’t offer AP lit classes for French), AP English Lit, AP Euro
[li] Major Awards (USAMO, Intel etc.): I’ve gotten three athletic awards in my school, was named captain, made national honor society, and will earn my fourth community service award [/li]
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Varsity Swimming (Captain, Coach’s Award, Dennis Murray Award (twice)), Math League (school and county competitions), Youth Group (leader), Community Outreach Tutoring (Founder), Club Swimming, NHS, there’s more, but I can never remember them all.
[] Job/Work Experience: Movement Explorations (Swim instructor), tutor
[] Volunteer/Community service: Youth Group Fundraisers, Community Outreach Tutoring
[] Summer Activities: Study Abroad (declared fluent)
[] Essays: I think it was pretty good, but I didn’t get any of them proofread… I thought it was fairly original though.
[] Teacher Recommendation: I hope they were good, but I didn’t read them.
[] Counselor Rec: My GC was inept, so it was probably awful.
[] Additional Rec: None
[li] Interview:None [/li]
[/ul]Other[ul]
[] State (if domestic applicant): NJ suburb
[] Country (if international applicant): N/A
[] School Type: Public
[] Ethnicity: White
[] Gender: Female
[] Income Bracket: Pretty low, my parents are divorced, so…
[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, etc.): Nada [/li]
[/ul]Reflection[list]
[] Strengths: Test scores, grades, extra curriculars
[] Weaknesses: I don’t really have and connections, and besides my common app essay, my essays weren’t fantastic.
[] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m involved in a lot of things and somehow managed to stay dedicated enough to all of them that I get awards and that sort of stuff while still maintaining As in my classes. Also, I have good test scores.
[] Where else were you accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Accepted: Northeastern (w/ Scholarship), Brandeis (w/Scholarship), Providence (w/Scholarship). Rejected: Duke, Georgetown, Tufts, UNC-Chapel Hill