Emory just announced to change from need-blind to need-aware admission.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Emory was always a school for tacky strivers. They are more brazen about it now.

It’s odd to say this when the school is so focused on premed/nursing and offers little in the way of engineering.

I guess premed kids can be strivers…though I thought most strivers were pre-professional.

Exactly this, ironically that pp is most likely a GaTech grad, always infiltrating an Emory thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Emory was always a school for tacky strivers. They are more brazen about it now.

On DCUM the term syriver is xenophobic. Code word for minorities and non WASP white people with money.

[Anonymous]

I mean all college kids are pre-professional, right? Don’t they all plan to get a job at some point? Going to college to learn stuff that is useless and not employable is not exactly something I’d brag about. Idk what striver means but it sounds way better than unemployed imho.

[Anonymous]

All schools are need aware.

Just like none of them truly are test optional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean all college kids are pre-professional, right? Don’t they all plan to get a job at some point? Going to college to learn stuff that is useless and not employable is not exactly something I’d brag about. Idk what striver means but it sounds way better than unemployed imho.

Not what is meant by colleges that are heavily "pre professional," it means the students tracking to grad schools, in particular Law, Med and MBA

[Anonymous]

I appreciate their transparency. The worst thing about this process is all the BS and muck coming from admissions offices.

We are truly test optional…
We have a “holistic” application process..
We consider your application in context…
We care about your authentic story…
We want to see passion and unique interests…

Meanwhile kids contort themselves into pretzels to appear unique, passionate and authentic. They just want to hang out with friends!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I appreciate their transparency. The worst thing about this process is all the BS and muck coming from admissions offices.

We are truly test optional…
We have a “holistic” application process..
We consider your application in context…
We care about your authentic story…
We want to see passion and unique interests…

Meanwhile kids contort themselves into pretzels to appear unique, passionate and authentic. They just want to hang out with friends!

+1 but add the completely hidden "institutional priorities" to the list of admissions BS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is an interesting pairing with the news that Emory is tuition free for families making less than $200k (or something in that neighborhood.)

?????

So what does this mean, they will get UMC white and Asian kids to pay full tuition and also admit first-gen black and brown kids to attend for free? Where does this leave the working class non URMs, middle class, and UMC without enough actual cash?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I appreciate their transparency. The worst thing about this process is all the BS and muck coming from admissions offices.

We are truly test optional…
We have a “holistic” application process..
We consider your application in context…
We care about your authentic story…
We want to see passion and unique interests…

Meanwhile kids contort themselves into pretzels to appear unique, passionate and authentic. They just want to hang out with friends!

+1 but add the completely hidden "institutional priorities" to the list of admissions BS

Oh yes! I forgot that one. The most obnoxious opaque moving hand…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Emory was always a school for tacky strivers. They are more brazen about it now.

On DCUM the term syriver is xenophobic. Code word for minorities and non WASP white people with money.

The word is used wrong on DCUM. I do agree PP that is what people mean. But I am WASP and to be a striver is a good thing. What everyone should be. If you are not a striver you are chickensh*t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is an interesting pairing with the news that Emory is tuition free for families making less than $200k (or something in that neighborhood.)

?????

So what does this mean, they will get UMC white and Asian kids to pay full tuition and also admit first-gen black and brown kids to attend for free? Where does this leave the working class non URMs, middle class, and UMC without enough actual cash?

Free. Because working class non URMs, middle class, and most UMCs do not make 200k. If you do you are in a higher tier of UMC and you can and should be paying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is an interesting pairing with the news that Emory is tuition free for families making less than $200k (or something in that neighborhood.)

?????

So what does this mean, they will get UMC white and Asian kids to pay full tuition and also admit first-gen black and brown kids to attend for free? Where does this leave the working class non URMs, middle class, and UMC without enough actual cash?

Free. Because working class non URMs, middle class, and most UMCs do not make 200k. If you do you are in a higher tier of UMC and you can and should be paying.

For fun I just ran Emory's Net Price calculator using the following info: annual income of 250k, 25k in cash savings, 100k in retirement accounts and a house worth 750k with a remaining mortgage balance of 400k. The "best" offer that generates from Emory is a parent contribution of 60,700 per year . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is an interesting pairing with the news that Emory is tuition free for families making less than $200k (or something in that neighborhood.)

?????

So what does this mean, they will get UMC white and Asian kids to pay full tuition and also admit first-gen black and brown kids to attend for free? Where does this leave the working class non URMs, middle class, and UMC without enough actual cash?

That what I think many colleges do. Top part to cover the bottoms part. That’s why middle part is struggling.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is an interesting pairing with the news that Emory is tuition free for families making less than $200k (or something in that neighborhood.)

?????

So what does this mean, they will get UMC white and Asian kids to pay full tuition and also admit first-gen black and brown kids to attend for free? Where does this leave the working class non URMs, middle class, and UMC without enough actual cash?

Free. Because working class non URMs, middle class, and most UMCs do not make 200k. If you do you are in a higher tier of UMC and you can and should be paying.

For fun I just ran Emory's Net Price calculator using the following info: annual income of 250k, 25k in cash savings, 100k in retirement accounts and a house worth 750k with a remaining mortgage balance of 400k. The "best" offer that generates from Emory is a parent contribution of 60,700 per year . . .

That would seem about correct for all top privates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is an interesting pairing with the news that Emory is tuition free for families making less than $200k (or something in that neighborhood.)

?????

So what does this mean, they will get UMC white and Asian kids to pay full tuition and also admit first-gen black and brown kids to attend for free? Where does this leave the working class non URMs, middle class, and UMC without enough actual cash?

That what I think many colleges do. Top part to cover the bottoms part. That’s why middle part is struggling.

Yes, and I think those that think this will benefit the middle are in for a big shock. Emory is one of the schools that includes home equity in its asset calculations, along with 401k amounts, that is why these programs don't benefit them.