Class of 2029 Freshman Profile

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Anonymous wrote:There are a few crazy Emory parents here that are always trying to inflate the Emory stats. God knows why it has a perfectly respectable ranking, but for all the recent years for which it has released data, it has taken a solid percentage of the class test optional. Far more than say, UVA.

Actually UVA was 40.6% test optional this past year.

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Anonymous wrote:Emory’s stats just arent that impressive. 80% of class in top 10% class rank. Average gpa sub 3.8. Not exactly the best students

What school does your kid go to? Either way GPA is meaningless in today's America. Being in the Top 10% just means who cheated more with AI. GPA avgs have risen as test scores have dropped. Whether this is admitted or Enrolled its impressive nonetheless as enrolled stats dont drop much at most schools. The schools 25th is higher than Every school in the south's median thats not Duke, Vandy, or Rice. Its very much those 4 schools and then the others.

But Emory admits a large percent of the class test optional, so how are the listed scores even relevant? They are artificially elevated.why do people not understand this?

Emory has fewer TO students than Vandy. What are you talking about? And they increased the number of test submitters this year by a ton.

Do you have link for this? I don't believe they have released the number of students that were admitted this past cycle that were test optional yet (if so, please link) But, these are the numbers for the previous year.

From Emory 2024-2025 CDS
Total first time, first year admitted and enrolled 1,438
Of those who actually enrolled and submitted test scores:

Submitting SAT Scores 623
Submitting ACT Scores 286 = 909 Total

So, 529 students out of a class of 1,438 were admitted without submitting scores. That's 37% of the entire admitted class that did not submit test scores.

If you want proof other than word of mouth then you have to wait for the CDS. Schhol GC told after release day that admissions sent a memo stating 84% submitted test scores. Thats 20% higher than the memo they sent out the year before.

The poster you responded to cited the CDS from 2024-25 - Emory accepted 37% test optional. It's possible 84% of applicants submitted test scores but Emory preferred a decent amount of test optional kids over test submitted kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Emory’s stats just arent that impressive. 80% of class in top 10% class rank. Average gpa sub 3.8. Not exactly the best students

What school does your kid go to? Either way GPA is meaningless in today's America. Being in the Top 10% just means who cheated more with AI. GPA avgs have risen as test scores have dropped. Whether this is admitted or Enrolled its impressive nonetheless as enrolled stats dont drop much at most schools. The schools 25th is higher than Every school in the south's median thats not Duke, Vandy, or Rice. Its very much those 4 schools and then the others.

But Emory admits a large percent of the class test optional, so how are the listed scores even relevant? They are artificially elevated.why do people not understand this?

Emory has fewer TO students than Vandy. What are you talking about? And they increased the number of test submitters this year by a ton.

Do you have link for this? I don't believe they have released the number of students that were admitted this past cycle that were test optional yet (if so, please link) But, these are the numbers for the previous year.

From Emory 2024-2025 CDS
Total first time, first year admitted and enrolled 1,438
Of those who actually enrolled and submitted test scores:

Submitting SAT Scores 623
Submitting ACT Scores 286 = 909 Total

So, 529 students out of a class of 1,438 were admitted without submitting scores. That's 37% of the entire admitted class that did not submit test scores.

If you want proof other than word of mouth then you have to wait for the CDS. Schhol GC told after release day that admissions sent a memo stating 84% submitted test scores. Thats 20% higher than the memo they sent out the year before.

The poster you responded to cited the CDS from 2024-25 - Emory accepted 37% test optional. It's possible 84% of applicants submitted test scores but Emory preferred a decent amount of test optional kids over test submitted kids.

DP. Clarification, the CDS shows at least 37% of enrolled students were test optional, not the % accepted test optional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a good example where our college admissions lack transparency. It's all very very confusing, and people are fighting over some numbers.

Every college should disclose the sat score, the gpa, and the race information for each individual in the:
Applicants
Admitted students
Enrolled students

All we want is transparency. With those data, we can look at it ourselves.

For test optional school, you can also see an individual as a submitter or a non-submitter. So, there are tons of information there you can correlate to, it's not entirely meaningless.

This is a made-up excuse to produce a pretty toxic list. If you're confused, talk to your admissions officers. They give you averages, so you can understand where 1/2 the student body falls. The other half didn't submit an SAT and didn't need that data point boost for admission.

The funny thing is you didn't even ask for the relevant information needed-extracurricular and essay ratings, along with previous high school and additional information circumstances.

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Anonymous wrote:Emory’s stats just arent that impressive. 80% of class in top 10% class rank. Average gpa sub 3.8. Not exactly the best students

What school does your kid go to? Either way GPA is meaningless in today's America. Being in the Top 10% just means who cheated more with AI. GPA avgs have risen as test scores have dropped. Whether this is admitted or Enrolled its impressive nonetheless as enrolled stats dont drop much at most schools. The schools 25th is higher than Every school in the south's median thats not Duke, Vandy, or Rice. Its very much those 4 schools and then the others.

But Emory admits a large percent of the class test optional, so how are the listed scores even relevant? They are artificially elevated.why do people not understand this?

Emory has fewer TO students than Vandy. What are you talking about? And they increased the number of test submitters this year by a ton.

Do you have link for this? I don't believe they have released the number of students that were admitted this past cycle that were test optional yet (if so, please link) But, these are the numbers for the previous year.

From Emory 2024-2025 CDS
Total first time, first year admitted and enrolled 1,438
Of those who actually enrolled and submitted test scores:

Submitting SAT Scores 623
Submitting ACT Scores 286 = 909 Total

So, 529 students out of a class of 1,438 were admitted without submitting scores. That's 37% of the entire admitted class that did not submit test scores.

If you want proof other than word of mouth then you have to wait for the CDS. Schhol GC told after release day that admissions sent a memo stating 84% submitted test scores. Thats 20% higher than the memo they sent out the year before.

The poster you responded to cited the CDS from 2024-25 - Emory accepted 37% test optional. It's possible 84% of applicants submitted test scores but Emory preferred a decent amount of test optional kids over test submitted kids.

What, does that make logical sense to you? Anyway 84% of admitted students this year submitted test scores.

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Anonymous wrote:Emory’s stats just arent that impressive. 80% of class in top 10% class rank. Average gpa sub 3.8. Not exactly the best students

What school does your kid go to? Either way GPA is meaningless in today's America. Being in the Top 10% just means who cheated more with AI. GPA avgs have risen as test scores have dropped. Whether this is admitted or Enrolled its impressive nonetheless as enrolled stats dont drop much at most schools. The schools 25th is higher than Every school in the south's median thats not Duke, Vandy, or Rice. Its very much those 4 schools and then the others.

But Emory admits a large percent of the class test optional, so how are the listed scores even relevant? They are artificially elevated.why do people not understand this?

Emory has fewer TO students than Vandy. What are you talking about? And they increased the number of test submitters this year by a ton.

Do you have link for this? I don't believe they have released the number of students that were admitted this past cycle that were test optional yet (if so, please link) But, these are the numbers for the previous year.

From Emory 2024-2025 CDS
Total first time, first year admitted and enrolled 1,438
Of those who actually enrolled and submitted test scores:

Submitting SAT Scores 623
Submitting ACT Scores 286 = 909 Total

So, 529 students out of a class of 1,438 were admitted without submitting scores. That's 37% of the entire admitted class that did not submit test scores.

If you want proof other than word of mouth then you have to wait for the CDS. Schhol GC told after release day that admissions sent a memo stating 84% submitted test scores. Thats 20% higher than the memo they sent out the year before.

The poster you responded to cited the CDS from 2024-25 - Emory accepted 37% test optional. It's possible 84% of applicants submitted test scores but Emory preferred a decent amount of test optional kids over test submitted kids.

What, does that make logical sense to you? Anyway 84% of admitted students this year submitted test scores.

And enrolled will be lower, every school has a higher yield for test optional admits.

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Anonymous wrote:Emory’s stats just arent that impressive. 80% of class in top 10% class rank. Average gpa sub 3.8. Not exactly the best students

What school does your kid go to? Either way GPA is meaningless in today's America. Being in the Top 10% just means who cheated more with AI. GPA avgs have risen as test scores have dropped. Whether this is admitted or Enrolled its impressive nonetheless as enrolled stats dont drop much at most schools. The schools 25th is higher than Every school in the south's median thats not Duke, Vandy, or Rice. Its very much those 4 schools and then the others.

But Emory admits a large percent of the class test optional, so how are the listed scores even relevant? They are artificially elevated.why do people not understand this?

Emory has fewer TO students than Vandy. What are you talking about? And they increased the number of test submitters this year by a ton.

Do you have link for this? I don't believe they have released the number of students that were admitted this past cycle that were test optional yet (if so, please link) But, these are the numbers for the previous year.

From Emory 2024-2025 CDS
Total first time, first year admitted and enrolled 1,438
Of those who actually enrolled and submitted test scores:

Submitting SAT Scores 623
Submitting ACT Scores 286 = 909 Total

So, 529 students out of a class of 1,438 were admitted without submitting scores. That's 37% of the entire admitted class that did not submit test scores.

If you want proof other than word of mouth then you have to wait for the CDS. Schhol GC told after release day that admissions sent a memo stating 84% submitted test scores. Thats 20% higher than the memo they sent out the year before.

The poster you responded to cited the CDS from 2024-25 - Emory accepted 37% test optional. It's possible 84% of applicants submitted test scores but Emory preferred a decent amount of test optional kids over test submitted kids.

What, does that make logical sense to you? Anyway 84% of admitted students this year submitted test scores.

Provide a link supporting this claim

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Anonymous wrote:Emory’s stats just arent that impressive. 80% of class in top 10% class rank. Average gpa sub 3.8. Not exactly the best students

What school does your kid go to? Either way GPA is meaningless in today's America. Being in the Top 10% just means who cheated more with AI. GPA avgs have risen as test scores have dropped. Whether this is admitted or Enrolled its impressive nonetheless as enrolled stats dont drop much at most schools. The schools 25th is higher than Every school in the south's median thats not Duke, Vandy, or Rice. Its very much those 4 schools and then the others.

But Emory admits a large percent of the class test optional, so how are the listed scores even relevant? They are artificially elevated.why do people not understand this?

Emory has fewer TO students than Vandy. What are you talking about? And they increased the number of test submitters this year by a ton.

Do you have link for this? I don't believe they have released the number of students that were admitted this past cycle that were test optional yet (if so, please link) But, these are the numbers for the previous year.

From Emory 2024-2025 CDS
Total first time, first year admitted and enrolled 1,438
Of those who actually enrolled and submitted test scores:

Submitting SAT Scores 623
Submitting ACT Scores 286 = 909 Total

So, 529 students out of a class of 1,438 were admitted without submitting scores. That's 37% of the entire admitted class that did not submit test scores.

If you want proof other than word of mouth then you have to wait for the CDS. Schhol GC told after release day that admissions sent a memo stating 84% submitted test scores. Thats 20% higher than the memo they sent out the year before.

The poster you responded to cited the CDS from 2024-25 - Emory accepted 37% test optional. It's possible 84% of applicants submitted test scores but Emory preferred a decent amount of test optional kids over test submitted kids.

What, does that make logical sense to you? Anyway 84% of admitted students this year submitted test scores.

Provide a link supporting this claim

DP, you're arguing about this but too lazy to look up the CDS?

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Anonymous wrote:Emory’s stats just arent that impressive. 80% of class in top 10% class rank. Average gpa sub 3.8. Not exactly the best students

What school does your kid go to? Either way GPA is meaningless in today's America. Being in the Top 10% just means who cheated more with AI. GPA avgs have risen as test scores have dropped. Whether this is admitted or Enrolled its impressive nonetheless as enrolled stats dont drop much at most schools. The schools 25th is higher than Every school in the south's median thats not Duke, Vandy, or Rice. Its very much those 4 schools and then the others.

But Emory admits a large percent of the class test optional, so how are the listed scores even relevant? They are artificially elevated.why do people not understand this?

Emory has fewer TO students than Vandy. What are you talking about? And they increased the number of test submitters this year by a ton.

Do you have link for this? I don't believe they have released the number of students that were admitted this past cycle that were test optional yet (if so, please link) But, these are the numbers for the previous year.

From Emory 2024-2025 CDS
Total first time, first year admitted and enrolled 1,438
Of those who actually enrolled and submitted test scores:

Submitting SAT Scores 623
Submitting ACT Scores 286 = 909 Total

So, 529 students out of a class of 1,438 were admitted without submitting scores. That's 37% of the entire admitted class that did not submit test scores.

If you want proof other than word of mouth then you have to wait for the CDS. Schhol GC told after release day that admissions sent a memo stating 84% submitted test scores. Thats 20% higher than the memo they sent out the year before.

The poster you responded to cited the CDS from 2024-25 - Emory accepted 37% test optional. It's possible 84% of applicants submitted test scores but Emory preferred a decent amount of test optional kids over test submitted kids.

What, does that make logical sense to you? Anyway 84% of admitted students this year submitted test scores.

Provide a link supporting this claim

DP, you're arguing about this but too lazy to look up the CDS?

The common data was already posted for 2024-2025. Showed 37% of admitted students did not submit scores. Are the 2025-2026 (this past cycle) stats available on CDS. Can't find them. link?

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Anonymous wrote:Emory’s stats just arent that impressive. 80% of class in top 10% class rank. Average gpa sub 3.8. Not exactly the best students

What school does your kid go to? Either way GPA is meaningless in today's America. Being in the Top 10% just means who cheated more with AI. GPA avgs have risen as test scores have dropped. Whether this is admitted or Enrolled its impressive nonetheless as enrolled stats dont drop much at most schools. The schools 25th is higher than Every school in the south's median thats not Duke, Vandy, or Rice. Its very much those 4 schools and then the others.

But Emory admits a large percent of the class test optional, so how are the listed scores even relevant? They are artificially elevated.why do people not understand this?

Emory has fewer TO students than Vandy. What are you talking about? And they increased the number of test submitters this year by a ton.

Do you have link for this? I don't believe they have released the number of students that were admitted this past cycle that were test optional yet (if so, please link) But, these are the numbers for the previous year.

From Emory 2024-2025 CDS
Total first time, first year admitted and enrolled 1,438
Of those who actually enrolled and submitted test scores:

Submitting SAT Scores 623
Submitting ACT Scores 286 = 909 Total

So, 529 students out of a class of 1,438 were admitted without submitting scores. That's 37% of the entire admitted class that did not submit test scores.

If you want proof other than word of mouth then you have to wait for the CDS. Schhol GC told after release day that admissions sent a memo stating 84% submitted test scores. Thats 20% higher than the memo they sent out the year before.

The poster you responded to cited the CDS from 2024-25 - Emory accepted 37% test optional. It's possible 84% of applicants submitted test scores but Emory preferred a decent amount of test optional kids over test submitted kids.

What, does that make logical sense to you? Anyway 84% of admitted students this year submitted test scores.

Provide a link supporting this claim

DP, you're arguing about this but too lazy to look up the CDS?

DP. The 25-26 CDS with data from the admission season that just ended will not be published until spring 2026.

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Anonymous wrote:Emory’s stats just arent that impressive. 80% of class in top 10% class rank. Average gpa sub 3.8. Not exactly the best students

What school does your kid go to? Either way GPA is meaningless in today's America. Being in the Top 10% just means who cheated more with AI. GPA avgs have risen as test scores have dropped. Whether this is admitted or Enrolled its impressive nonetheless as enrolled stats dont drop much at most schools. The schools 25th is higher than Every school in the south's median thats not Duke, Vandy, or Rice. Its very much those 4 schools and then the others.

But Emory admits a large percent of the class test optional, so how are the listed scores even relevant? They are artificially elevated.why do people not understand this?

Emory has fewer TO students than Vandy. What are you talking about? And they increased the number of test submitters this year by a ton.

Do you have link for this? I don't believe they have released the number of students that were admitted this past cycle that were test optional yet (if so, please link) But, these are the numbers for the previous year.

From Emory 2024-2025 CDS
Total first time, first year admitted and enrolled 1,438
Of those who actually enrolled and submitted test scores:

Submitting SAT Scores 623
Submitting ACT Scores 286 = 909 Total

So, 529 students out of a class of 1,438 were admitted without submitting scores. That's 37% of the entire admitted class that did not submit test scores.

If you want proof other than word of mouth then you have to wait for the CDS. Schhol GC told after release day that admissions sent a memo stating 84% submitted test scores. Thats 20% higher than the memo they sent out the year before.

The poster you responded to cited the CDS from 2024-25 - Emory accepted 37% test optional. It's possible 84% of applicants submitted test scores but Emory preferred a decent amount of test optional kids over test submitted kids.

What, does that make logical sense to you? Anyway 84% of admitted students this year submitted test scores.

Provide a link supporting this claim

DP, you're arguing about this but too lazy to look up the CDS?

DP. The 25-26 CDS with data from the admission season that just ended will not be published until spring 2026.

That's why I'm trying to find out where this poster is getting "84% of admitted students this year submitted test scores". Because that is really far off from where the published CDS for 2024-2025 has it (37% of admitted did not provide test scores). DP still with no link suporting this claim.

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Anonymous wrote:Emory’s stats just arent that impressive. 80% of class in top 10% class rank. Average gpa sub 3.8. Not exactly the best students

What school does your kid go to? Either way GPA is meaningless in today's America. Being in the Top 10% just means who cheated more with AI. GPA avgs have risen as test scores have dropped. Whether this is admitted or Enrolled its impressive nonetheless as enrolled stats dont drop much at most schools. The schools 25th is higher than Every school in the south's median thats not Duke, Vandy, or Rice. Its very much those 4 schools and then the others.

But Emory admits a large percent of the class test optional, so how are the listed scores even relevant? They are artificially elevated.why do people not understand this?

Emory has fewer TO students than Vandy. What are you talking about? And they increased the number of test submitters this year by a ton.

Do you have link for this? I don't believe they have released the number of students that were admitted this past cycle that were test optional yet (if so, please link) But, these are the numbers for the previous year.

From Emory 2024-2025 CDS
Total first time, first year admitted and enrolled 1,438
Of those who actually enrolled and submitted test scores:

Submitting SAT Scores 623
Submitting ACT Scores 286 = 909 Total

So, 529 students out of a class of 1,438 were admitted without submitting scores. That's 37% of the entire admitted class that did not submit test scores.

If you want proof other than word of mouth then you have to wait for the CDS. Schhol GC told after release day that admissions sent a memo stating 84% submitted test scores. Thats 20% higher than the memo they sent out the year before.

The poster you responded to cited the CDS from 2024-25 - Emory accepted 37% test optional. It's possible 84% of applicants submitted test scores but Emory preferred a decent amount of test optional kids over test submitted kids.

What, does that make logical sense to you? Anyway 84% of admitted students this year submitted test scores.

Provide a link supporting this claim

DP, you're arguing about this but too lazy to look up the CDS?

DP. The 25-26 CDS with data from the admission season that just ended will not be published until spring 2026.

That's why I'm trying to find out where this poster is getting "84% of admitted students this year submitted test scores". Because that is really far off from where the published CDS for 2024-2025 has it (37% of admitted did not provide test scores). DP still with no link suporting this claim.

You are obsessed

[Anonymous]

Will the schools that remain TO will become more selective than those that are TR?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will the schools that remain TO will become more selective than those that are TR?

The TO schools (which are becoming fewer and fewer) can continue to select applicants with no ACT/SAT scores because they never reported them for a reason and then that school will report higher median ACT/SAT scores than is actual reality for their admitted classes protected with an asterisk. The question is how skewed will the reported median of scores of admitted students be from the actual median? This will largely depend on the % of applicants that are actually admitted TO.

Interesting read here on why UT Austin abandoned Test Optional last cycle. With inflated GPA's across the country, it had determined scores as a supplement to GPA are a better indicator of academic success.

https://news.utexas.edu/2024/03/11/ut-austin-reinstates-standardized-test-scores-in-admissions/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Will the schools that remain TO will become more selective than those that are TR?

The TO schools (which are becoming fewer and fewer) can continue to select applicants with no ACT/SAT scores because they never reported them for a reason and then that school will report higher median ACT/SAT scores than is actual reality for their admitted classes protected with an asterisk. The question is how skewed will the reported median of scores of admitted students be from the actual median? This will largely depend on the % of applicants that are actually admitted TO.

Interesting read here on why UT Austin abandoned Test Optional last cycle. With inflated GPA's across the country, it had determined scores as a supplement to GPA are a better indicator of academic success.

https://news.utexas.edu/2024/03/11/ut-austin-reinstates-standardized-test-scores-in-admissions/

Yes but students will start yo get into TR schools with lower test scores and rejected from schools that are TO. I dont see how its a good look for Cornell and Dartmouth when their students are rejected from Emory and Vanderbilt.