Whats up With Emory?

MyOdyssey
Sat, 02 Jan 2016 22:50:36 +0000

@mclovin64
@bernie12

One has to also consider the entering class size. It’s easier to be very selective with a smaller class size.

Consider the following for some comparable schools based on collegedata.com (interquartile range for enrolled freshman and number of enrolled freshman):

                     IQR-enrolled        Class Size

Dartmouth 30-34 1152
Tufts 30-33 1361
Brown 30-34 1576
Georgetown 30-33 1651
Emory 29-32 1954

Notice the trend? Part of the answer to McLovin64’s question is that Emory has a much larger entering class size as compared to other, very selective schools. Emory enrolled 303 more students than Georgetown last year. For perspective, Swarthmore’s entering class last year had only 388 students, according to collegedata.com.

Emory’s interquartile range for enrolled students is still impressive. For perspective, note the following:

ACT = 30 is 95%
ACT = 29 is 93%

ACT = 34 is 99%
ACT = 33 is 99%
ACT = 32 is 98%

http://blog.prepscholar.com/act-percentiles-and-score-rankings

I’ve also noticed that Emory’s most prestigious merit based scholarships - the Woodruff, Emory and Oxford Scholarships openly emphasize attributes like leadership, entrepreneurship and active engagement instead of simply shooting for candidates with perfect or near perfect standardized test scores.

@mclovin64 Out of curiosity, where did you end up applying?