Emory ED is out

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DS rejected. Surprised. Not shocked. Would have understood deferral but not rejection. Full pay good ECs.

Did they apply to both, Emory and Oxford?
What was his stats? Also, I'm sorry to hear this, how hard is he taking it?

Pretty hard but moving on. Only Emory. Didn't want Oxford despite me saying to do so. ACT 32 (would be 33 if superscored but they don't). GPA below their average. No URM but heck a lot of ECs. Expected at least deferred.

If the ACT and GPA are below their average, then there generally needs to be something else compelling for admissions. Just applying ED is not a hook.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS rejected. Surprised. Not shocked. Would have understood deferral but not rejection. Full pay good ECs.

Did they apply to both, Emory and Oxford?
What was his stats? Also, I'm sorry to hear this, how hard is he taking it?

Pretty hard but moving on. Only Emory. Didn't want Oxford despite me saying to do so. ACT 32 (would be 33 if superscored but they don't). GPA below their average. No URM but heck a lot of ECs. Expected at least deferred.

To be fair your DS has 25th percentile stats with no hooks. I don't think ED helps that much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS rejected. Surprised. Not shocked. Would have understood deferral but not rejection. Full pay good ECs.

Did they apply to both, Emory and Oxford?
What was his stats? Also, I'm sorry to hear this, how hard is he taking it?

Pretty hard but moving on. Only Emory. Didn't want Oxford despite me saying to do so. ACT 32 (would be 33 if superscored but they don't). GPA below their average. No URM but heck a lot of ECs. Expected at least deferred.

To be fair your DS has 25th percentile stats with no hooks. I don't think ED helps that much.

Full pay which people say makes a difference. Further EC would have been utilized by school. Met with one of the coaches. Not recruited but would have made team coach said. Knew it was outside shot but still hits hard. Expected defer not reject.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS rejected. Surprised. Not shocked. Would have understood deferral but not rejection. Full pay good ECs.

Did they apply to both, Emory and Oxford?
What was his stats? Also, I'm sorry to hear this, how hard is he taking it?

Pretty hard but moving on. Only Emory. Didn't want Oxford despite me saying to do so. ACT 32 (would be 33 if superscored but they don't). GPA below their average. No URM but heck a lot of ECs. Expected at least deferred.

I'm not surprised he was rejected with below average grades. ECs are just that -- extra. They never make up for subpar grades unless the EC is a sport for which your kid is being recruited.

+1

[Anonymous]

Athletics is only a hook if you are recruited. Walk-on doesn't matter at ALL in admissions.

[Anonymous]

Sorry to hear PP- but onward and upward for DC! They will end up somewhere perfect I'm sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS rejected. Surprised. Not shocked. Would have understood deferral but not rejection. Full pay good ECs.

Did they apply to both, Emory and Oxford?
What was his stats? Also, I'm sorry to hear this, how hard is he taking it?

Pretty hard but moving on. Only Emory. Didn't want Oxford despite me saying to do so. ACT 32 (would be 33 if superscored but they don't). GPA below their average. No URM but heck a lot of ECs. Expected at least deferred.

To be fair your DS has 25th percentile stats with no hooks. I don't think ED helps that much.

Full pay which people say makes a difference. Further EC would have been utilized by school. Met with one of the coaches. Not recruited but would have made team coach said. Knew it was outside shot but still hits hard. Expected defer not reject.

What, you think you're Aunt Becky and can buy your way in? Emory is need blind in admissions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS rejected. Surprised. Not shocked. Would have understood deferral but not rejection. Full pay good ECs.

Did they apply to both, Emory and Oxford?
What was his stats? Also, I'm sorry to hear this, how hard is he taking it?

Pretty hard but moving on. Only Emory. Didn't want Oxford despite me saying to do so. ACT 32 (would be 33 if superscored but they don't). GPA below their average. No URM but heck a lot of ECs. Expected at least deferred.

To be fair your DS has 25th percentile stats with no hooks. I don't think ED helps that much.

Full pay which people say makes a difference. Further EC would have been utilized by school. Met with one of the coaches. Not recruited but would have made team coach said. Knew it was outside shot but still hits hard. Expected defer not reject.

What, you think you're Aunt Becky and can buy your way in? Emory is need blind in admissions.

No school is need blind. Why do they ask are you applying for financial aid on the common app.

[Anonymous]

Who led someone to believe that ECs would get them into a T20 school while GPA and ACT are below average? Your academics have to be nearly flawless for those schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who led someone to believe that ECs would get them into a T20 school while GPA and ACT are below average? Your academics have to be nearly flawless for those schools.

I understand the confusion. Other DCers were saying Emory was a safety school not too long ago, and that "normal" students can get in no problem. Stuff like that confuses people and gives false hope.

[Anonymous]

DD was rejected, unfortunately.
Asain, 95 UW GPA, 1530 SAT, 8 AP's, model UN, volunteered in Cambodia.
It's not just the below-average stats students getting rejected, which now puts us in a situation. Where do we apply, as the rest of her list seems to be harder admits on paper

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD was rejected, unfortunately.
Asain, 95 UW GPA, 1530 SAT, 8 AP's, model UN, volunteered in Cambodia.
It's not just the below-average stats students getting rejected, which now puts us in a situation. Where do we apply, as the rest of her list seems to be harder admits on paper

Her list needs to broaden then. She needs to fine 2-3 schools where her stats put her well above the 75th percentile for both test scores and GPA and you most insist she apply to them. She could also think about tweaking her essay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS rejected. Surprised. Not shocked. Would have understood deferral but not rejection. Full pay good ECs.

Did they apply to both, Emory and Oxford?
What was his stats? Also, I'm sorry to hear this, how hard is he taking it?

Pretty hard but moving on. Only Emory. Didn't want Oxford despite me saying to do so. ACT 32 (would be 33 if superscored but they don't). GPA below their average. No URM but heck a lot of ECs. Expected at least deferred.

To be fair your DS has 25th percentile stats with no hooks. I don't think ED helps that much.

Full pay which people say makes a difference. Further EC would have been utilized by school. Met with one of the coaches. Not recruited but would have made team coach said. Knew it was outside shot but still hits hard. Expected defer not reject.

Are you kidding me? Emory has one of the biggest endowments around. They don’t care about your full pay underachiever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Athletics is only a hook if you are recruited. Walk-on doesn't matter at ALL in admissions.

Plus Emory is very weak on athletics. They don’t really care about that either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD was rejected, unfortunately.
Asain, 95 UW GPA, 1530 SAT, 8 AP's, model UN, volunteered in Cambodia.
It's not just the below-average stats students getting rejected, which now puts us in a situation. Where do we apply, as the rest of her list seems to be harder admits on paper

You had no safeties on your list?? First mistake.