WashU vs Emory

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Anonymous wrote:Also from the horse's mouth: From WashU's website (https://admissions.washu.edu/life-at-washu/incoming-class-profile), for the class of 2029, 33,283 applied and 3,968 admitted, for an acceptance rate of 11.92%, which is more selective than Emory's 14.95%.

So can Emory mom/troll stop spreading misinformation?

PP clearly said Emory received 43k apps this year, not sure how true that is, but if it is then there's no question Emory is harder to get into.

If Emory got more apps, it means that more people applied there. That’s ALL it means. It means nothing related to the quality of the institution.

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Both are no fun schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Also from the horse's mouth: From WashU's website (https://admissions.washu.edu/life-at-washu/incoming-class-profile), for the class of 2029, 33,283 applied and 3,968 admitted, for an acceptance rate of 11.92%, which is more selective than Emory's 14.95%.

So can Emory mom/troll stop spreading misinformation?

PP clearly said Emory received 43k apps this year, not sure how true that is, but if it is then there's no question Emory is harder to get into.

If Emory got more apps, it means that more people applied there. That’s ALL it means. It means nothing related to the quality of the institution.

This is true only under the assumption that schools become popular for no substantative reason whatsoever.

[Anonymous]

Both are safety schools. Slightly abovev Carnegie Mellon and URochester.

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Anonymous wrote:For now I think they're equally prestigious but I think Emory will pass WashU soon. WashUs apps seem to be stagnant or declining while Emory receives over 40k aps now. Emory already has a lower acceptance rate 10%vs 12% as pf 2 years ago, the gap should increase. And the SAT score gap should decrease with it.

Here is the Emory troll who would relentlessly prop up the school. The same arguments in every thread involving Emory.

My DD hasn't even applied yet. No clue what you're talking about. Sorry, facts hurt your feelings. If Emory's acceptance rate drops to 7%, then that puts it in the Vandy/Rice/ Northwestern / Cornell group. If WashU goes from 12% to 14% because apps declined, then suddenly, WashU is 2x easier to get into.

Emory's acceptance rate last year was 14%. So a giant IF. But a desperate Emory mom can hope, can't she?

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/emory-university
Um 10.29%

How about taking it from the horse's mouth? From Emory's website (https://news.emory.edu/stories/2025/03/er_admissions_class_of__2029_28-03-2025/story.html), for the class of 2029, 37,855 applied and 5,658 admitted, for an acceptance rate of 14.95%.

PP explained already. Emory college is still more selective, which is what most people are talking about when speaking of Emory. The sister campus will be more selective this year as well.

No it’s not- Emory’s acceptance rate is still a bit higher than WashU’s. But this isn’t OP’s question.

OP, both schools are well regarded but culturally they are very different. I’d recommend visiting both to get a sense of which best fits your personality.

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Anonymous wrote:Both are safety schools. Slightly abovev Carnegie Mellon and URochester.

I don’t mean to cause more fighting about school ranking. But sometime some posts really challenge my common sense. Do you seriously put CMU with URochester?

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Funny, we know a handful of very bright, competitive kids who were torn between these schools and applied ED1 to one with plans to apply ED2 to the other, and also sibling pairs at the two schools. We're in NJ. They are just very similar schools - not ivies, privates, known in the "right circles" for kids who want a very particular kind of experience.

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Anonymous wrote:Both are safety schools. Slightly abovev Carnegie Mellon and URochester.

I don’t mean to cause more fighting about school ranking. But sometime some posts really challenge my common sense. Do you seriously put CMU with URochester?

Everything about that was trolling. Sub-15% admit rate schools are not safety schools. Best just to ignore those posts. Or report them.

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Anonymous wrote:For now I think they're equally prestigious but I think Emory will pass WashU soon. WashUs apps seem to be stagnant or declining while Emory receives over 40k aps now. Emory already has a lower acceptance rate 10%vs 12% as pf 2 years ago, the gap should increase. And the SAT score gap should decrease with it.

Here is the Emory troll who would relentlessly prop up the school. The same arguments in every thread involving Emory.

My DD hasn't even applied yet. No clue what you're talking about. Sorry, facts hurt your feelings. If Emory's acceptance rate drops to 7%, then that puts it in the Vandy/Rice/ Northwestern / Cornell group. If WashU goes from 12% to 14% because apps declined, then suddenly, WashU is 2x easier to get into.

Emory's acceptance rate last year was 14%. So a giant IF. But a desperate Emory mom can hope, can't she?

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/emory-university
Um 10.29%

How about taking it from the horse's mouth? From Emory's website (https://news.emory.edu/stories/2025/03/er_admissions_class_of__2029_28-03-2025/story.html), for the class of 2029, 37,855 applied and 5,658 admitted, for an acceptance rate of 14.95%.

PP explained already. Emory college is still more selective, which is what most people are talking about when speaking of Emory. The sister campus will be more selective this year as well.

No it’s not- Emory’s acceptance rate is still a bit higher than WashU’s. But this isn’t OP’s question.

OP, both schools are well regarded but culturally they are very different. I’d recommend visiting both to get a sense of which best fits your personality.

yes it is.
https://apply.web.emory.edu/discover/about/first-year.html
Emory College- 10.3%
Oxford- 13.3%

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2 schools with no sports/school spirit. No way.

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Anonymous wrote:For now I think they're equally prestigious but I think Emory will pass WashU soon. WashUs apps seem to be stagnant or declining while Emory receives over 40k aps now. Emory already has a lower acceptance rate 10%vs 12% as pf 2 years ago, the gap should increase. And the SAT score gap should decrease with it.

Here is the Emory troll who would relentlessly prop up the school. The same arguments in every thread involving Emory.

My DD hasn't even applied yet. No clue what you're talking about. Sorry, facts hurt your feelings. If Emory's acceptance rate drops to 7%, then that puts it in the Vandy/Rice/ Northwestern / Cornell group. If WashU goes from 12% to 14% because apps declined, then suddenly, WashU is 2x easier to get into.

Emory's acceptance rate last year was 14%. So a giant IF. But a desperate Emory mom can hope, can't she?

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/emory-university
Um 10.29%

How about taking it from the horse's mouth? From Emory's website (https://news.emory.edu/stories/2025/03/er_admissions_class_of__2029_28-03-2025/story.html), for the class of 2029, 37,855 applied and 5,658 admitted, for an acceptance rate of 14.95%.

PP explained already. Emory college is still more selective, which is what most people are talking about when speaking of Emory. The sister campus will be more selective this year as well.

No it’s not- Emory’s acceptance rate is still a bit higher than WashU’s. But this isn’t OP’s question.

OP, both schools are well regarded but culturally they are very different. I’d recommend visiting both to get a sense of which best fits your personality.

yes it is.
https://apply.web.emory.edu/discover/about/first-year.html
Emory College- 10.3%
Oxford- 13.3%

https://emorywheel.com/article/emory-sees-slight-increase-in-acceptance-rate-for-class-of-2029-20250329

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2 schools with no sports/school spirit. No way.

You seem to equate sports with school spirit which is a false assumption. Both schools have school spirit, just not the kind you die for. You do you and continue looking for colleges where the traditions are binge drinking, chanting at games, and pretending that wearing Greek letters counts as a personality trait.

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Anonymous wrote:For now I think they're equally prestigious but I think Emory will pass WashU soon. WashUs apps seem to be stagnant or declining while Emory receives over 40k aps now. Emory already has a lower acceptance rate 10%vs 12% as pf 2 years ago, the gap should increase. And the SAT score gap should decrease with it.

Here is the Emory troll who would relentlessly prop up the school. The same arguments in every thread involving Emory.

My DD hasn't even applied yet. No clue what you're talking about. Sorry, facts hurt your feelings. If Emory's acceptance rate drops to 7%, then that puts it in the Vandy/Rice/ Northwestern / Cornell group. If WashU goes from 12% to 14% because apps declined, then suddenly, WashU is 2x easier to get into.

Emory's acceptance rate last year was 14%. So a giant IF. But a desperate Emory mom can hope, can't she?

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/emory-university
Um 10.29%

How about taking it from the horse's mouth? From Emory's website (https://news.emory.edu/stories/2025/03/er_admissions_class_of__2029_28-03-2025/story.html), for the class of 2029, 37,855 applied and 5,658 admitted, for an acceptance rate of 14.95%.

PP explained already. Emory college is still more selective, which is what most people are talking about when speaking of Emory. The sister campus will be more selective this year as well.

No it’s not- Emory’s acceptance rate is still a bit higher than WashU’s. But this isn’t OP’s question.

OP, both schools are well regarded but culturally they are very different. I’d recommend visiting both to get a sense of which best fits your personality.

yes it is.
https://apply.web.emory.edu/discover/about/first-year.html
Emory College- 10.3%
Oxford- 13.3%

https://emorywheel.com/article/emory-sees-slight-increase-in-acceptance-rate-for-class-of-2029-20250329

https://news.emory.edu/stories/2025/03/er_admissions_class_of__2029_28-03-2025/story.html

Both sources say 15% acceptance rate.

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Anonymous wrote:For now I think they're equally prestigious but I think Emory will pass WashU soon. WashUs apps seem to be stagnant or declining while Emory receives over 40k aps now. Emory already has a lower acceptance rate 10%vs 12% as pf 2 years ago, the gap should increase. And the SAT score gap should decrease with it.

Here is the Emory troll who would relentlessly prop up the school. The same arguments in every thread involving Emory.

My DD hasn't even applied yet. No clue what you're talking about. Sorry, facts hurt your feelings. If Emory's acceptance rate drops to 7%, then that puts it in the Vandy/Rice/ Northwestern / Cornell group. If WashU goes from 12% to 14% because apps declined, then suddenly, WashU is 2x easier to get into.

Emory's acceptance rate last year was 14%. So a giant IF. But a desperate Emory mom can hope, can't she?

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/emory-university
Um 10.29%

How about taking it from the horse's mouth? From Emory's website (https://news.emory.edu/stories/2025/03/er_admissions_class_of__2029_28-03-2025/story.html), for the class of 2029, 37,855 applied and 5,658 admitted, for an acceptance rate of 14.95%.

PP explained already. Emory college is still more selective, which is what most people are talking about when speaking of Emory. The sister campus will be more selective this year as well.

No it’s not- Emory’s acceptance rate is still a bit higher than WashU’s. But this isn’t OP’s question.

OP, both schools are well regarded but culturally they are very different. I’d recommend visiting both to get a sense of which best fits your personality.

yes it is.
https://apply.web.emory.edu/discover/about/first-year.html
Emory College- 10.3%
Oxford- 13.3%

https://emorywheel.com/article/emory-sees-slight-increase-in-acceptance-rate-for-class-of-2029-20250329

https://news.emory.edu/stories/2025/03/er_admissions_class_of__2029_28-03-2025/story.html

Both sources say 15% acceptance rate.

Emory mom/troll doesn't like facts to get in her way of propping up the school.

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Anonymous wrote:For now I think they're equally prestigious but I think Emory will pass WashU soon. WashUs apps seem to be stagnant or declining while Emory receives over 40k aps now. Emory already has a lower acceptance rate 10%vs 12% as pf 2 years ago, the gap should increase. And the SAT score gap should decrease with it.

Here is the Emory troll who would relentlessly prop up the school. The same arguments in every thread involving Emory.

My DD hasn't even applied yet. No clue what you're talking about. Sorry, facts hurt your feelings. If Emory's acceptance rate drops to 7%, then that puts it in the Vandy/Rice/ Northwestern / Cornell group. If WashU goes from 12% to 14% because apps declined, then suddenly, WashU is 2x easier to get into.

Emory's acceptance rate last year was 14%. So a giant IF. But a desperate Emory mom can hope, can't she?

https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/colleges/emory-university
Um 10.29%

How about taking it from the horse's mouth? From Emory's website (https://news.emory.edu/stories/2025/03/er_admissions_class_of__2029_28-03-2025/story.html), for the class of 2029, 37,855 applied and 5,658 admitted, for an acceptance rate of 14.95%.

PP explained already. Emory college is still more selective, which is what most people are talking about when speaking of Emory. The sister campus will be more selective this year as well.

No it’s not- Emory’s acceptance rate is still a bit higher than WashU’s. But this isn’t OP’s question.

OP, both schools are well regarded but culturally they are very different. I’d recommend visiting both to get a sense of which best fits your personality.

yes it is.
https://apply.web.emory.edu/discover/about/first-year.html
Emory College- 10.3%
Oxford- 13.3%

https://emorywheel.com/article/emory-sees-slight-increase-in-acceptance-rate-for-class-of-2029-20250329

https://news.emory.edu/stories/2025/03/er_admissions_class_of__2029_28-03-2025/story.html

Both sources say 15% acceptance rate.

Emory mom/troll doesn't like facts to get in her way of propping up the school.

Which is crazy because it’s still a great school and 15% acceptance rate still makes it still highly competitive. No need to embellish but facts are facts.