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

mmmaythe
Fri, 01 Apr 2011 19:37:15 +0000

decision: rejected

objective:
sat i (breakdown): 670 CR / 790 M / 790 W (Essay: 10)
act: N/A
sat ii (if submitted): 740 Math II / 800 Korean
unweighted gpa (out of 4.0): My school doesn’t use 4.0 scale… but grade 11: 93%; grade 12: 92% (first semester)
rank (percentile if rank is unavailable): N/A
ap (place score in parenthesis): N/A
ib (place score in parenthesis): N/A
senior year course load: From a Canadian school… so I don’t know what to write, really :S
major awards (usamo, intel etc.): Kiwanis (band) silver

subjective:
extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Newspaper (Editor & Founding exec), jazz band (4 years), peer tutor (3 years), yearbook (3 years & head of photography).
job/work experience: hockey camp counselor for 3 years, tutoring elementary students for 3 years, coaching basketball and soccer at an elementary school, Habitat for Humanity, Second Base Youth Shelter, and Evergreen.
volunteer/community service: 500+ hours from tutoring, hockey,
essays: about self-deprecation, being ordinary, and an epiphany.
teacher recommendation: good
counselor rec: great

other
applied for financial aid?: No
intended major: Social sciences
state (if domestic applicant): -
country (if international applicant): Canada
school type: Public
ethnicity: Asian
gender: Female
income bracket: -
hooks (urm, first generation college, research, etc.): None

reflection
strengths: essay and counselor rec., and maybe volunteering
weaknesses: being an international applicant and CR score.
why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Well I guess I suck.