Why Emory For Premed?

<p>“so isn’t it tough to get an awesome GPA at Emory as a premed?”</p>

<p>The consensus among most students here is that pre-med is the hardest of any major/pre-professional track to get a high GPA due to some grade deflation in intro courses, but as some posts here have already said many premeds still end up doing well. As an example, the Emory’s Dean List award is given each semester to the top 20% of all the students in the College in terms of GPA for that semester, and the cutoff is usually around a 3.85, so yes 20% of the students here have a 3.85 or better which for premed is a very competitive GPA. Of course that includes everyone and not just the premeds but a large portion of Emory is premed and even those who are not often have classes that overlap w/ those of premeds.</p>

<p>“Does being Canadian make any difference?”</p>

<p>This might give you a slight advantage, but nothing significant. I’m almost certain that Ivies don’t consider Canadians as internationals so you MIGHT even have a better shot at getting into an Ivy than into Emory w/ Scholars. This isn’t to discourage you from applying to Emory, but it’s always good to explore all your options :)</p>

<p>“So, does saying that I need some type of aid affect my chances of getting into Emory?”</p>

<p>Since emory doesn’t give any FA to internationals there’s no point in sending them your FA information; just apply to Emory w/o applying for FA. So no, it doesn’t hurt you since they don’t even consider internationals on a financial need basis.</p>