What are my chances for Emory?

AsleepAtTheWheel
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 05:35:15 +0000

@bernie12 – I was being a bit disingenuous. My son went to a private high school with grade deflation, so a 3.4 there is probably viewed differently than it would be at other high schools. And his SAT’s were 2340, with two perfect SAT II’s.

But he had essentially no EC’s and absolutely no ‘leadership’. When he answered the essay regarding “what will you bring to Emory and how will you contribute to the Emory community?” (paraphrased), he replied that he plans to play intramural sports, and what he will ‘bring to Emory’ is a mean behind-the-back dribble. In fact, his behind-the-back dribble isn’t even all that good, although it is good enough to keep the ball away from me when we play one on one.

That all said, it’s been a great ‘fit’ for him, and he has truly found a lot of wonderful people there. He’s done well there academically. So, admissions appears to have gotten it right.