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Anonymous wrote:Tulane stopped taking such a large percentage of its class early decision. Its admissions policy started to get a little tarnished.

Since Emory is at the same position of almost 70% of the class being early decision, I wonder if they will start taking a fewer number going forward?

Where is the 70% figure coming? Each class has 1830 kids and they accepted 965 through ED1 = around 52%.

Do they typically take another 18% in ED2?

Emory's Atlanta campus does not have 1830 freshmen, but 1426
https://provost.emory.edu/planning-administration/_includes/documents/sections/institutional-data/Emory-Common-Data-Set-2023-2024.pdf

Anonymous wrote:Tulane stopped taking such a large percentage of its class early decision. Its admissions policy started to get a little tarnished.

Since Emory is at the same position of almost 70% of the class being early decision, I wonder if they will start taking a fewer number going forward?

Where is the 70% figure coming? Each class has 1830 kids and they accepted 965 through ED1 = around 52%.

Do they typically take another 18% in ED2?

Tulane was taking 99% of the class through ED/EA…I kid you not.

Not sure what their %age may be now.

Tulane stopped taking such a large percentage of its class early decision. Its admissions policy started to get a little tarnished.

Since Emory is at the same position of almost 70% of the class being early decision, I wonder if they will start taking a fewer number going forward?

Emory is an oddball- a Northern school that happens to be in the South. Davidson, in comparison felt more Southern, culturally. I wonder if Rice and Wash U have as much of disconnect between their geographic locations and student bodies. For all the hate Emory gets on this board, it can be the perfect fit for a student who doesn’t mind the lack of a sports culture and would enjoy Atlanta.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oxford has a negative reputation on this forum but if it was that bad, kids wouldn’t be checking the Oxford box for ED1 or ED2. Lots of other options if they want a small exurban/suburban liberal arts campus. [/quote]

It has a negative reputation on this forum only in the mind of Emory mom who does all kind of mental gymnastics to lower the ED1 acceptance rate. The fact of the matter is Emory itself includes Oxford students in its acceptance rate, and those kids are identical in all respects to those who start in Atlanta. There is no real life basis for drawing a distinction between Oxford and Atlanta.[/quote]
Emory mom here, the reason why is because another pp said Emory's ED2 rate is 12% which is only for Emory college. You guys use the combined rate for ED1 then separate them for ED2. The combined rate for ED2 is 16% at least last year.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get the Emory, Vanderbilt, and Rice comparisons. They are all T25 schools with great students. But they are very distinct, particularly Rice and Vanderbilt. I get they are all in the South, but there's not a lot of commonality. US News jumped the shark a couple of years ago, so it's not a useful metric anymore. Emory, Vanderbilt, and Rice are all swimming in the same sea as Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, Chicago, Columbia, Northwestern, Michigan, WashU, Georgetown, and Notre Dame.

Judging from other rankings, Rice is clearly the top academic school. And Vanderbilt is Vanderbilt. But Emory more than holds their own these days. But when it comes to "prestige," the Oxford thing is not helpful for Emory. It's a very Northeastern thing to do.

Yes they are peer schools but Rice is the lowest asked if you combine all the rankings. Its ranked #223 in the global rankings vs 63 for the other 2.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rice-university-227757
Also Vandy has a 4.3 reputation score for the undergrad ranking, while Emory and Rice have a 4.2. So Emory more than holds its own. Also, Oxford was Emory’s first campus, they moved to Atlanta in 1911. What should they have done with their original campus? Oxford is the most selective 2 year school on earth. That speaks for something.

Rice, like Dartmouth, doesn't really do grad school. It's very undergrad focused. So it will never do well on "global rankings." I think it's 18 in US News, and top ten in Niche and Forbes. All those rankings are significantly higher than Emory.

Out of curiosity, I took a look at US News global rankings. The University of Washington is number 7. UC San Diego is 21, just above the National University of Singapore. I'm sure it's useful for PhD type comparisons. But not really for American undergrad comparisons.

And "most selective 2 year school on earth" doesn't mean anything. As far as I know, Emory is not a community college.

18 is not much higher than 24, especially when they have the same reputation score. You can't say Rice is better academically when the ranking based solely on academics ranks them out of the top 200. For undergrad Roce and Emory academically get the same score.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't get the Emory, Vanderbilt, and Rice comparisons. They are all T25 schools with great students. But they are very distinct, particularly Rice and Vanderbilt. I get they are all in the South, but there's not a lot of commonality. US News jumped the shark a couple of years ago, so it's not a useful metric anymore. Emory, Vanderbilt, and Rice are all swimming in the same sea as Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, Chicago, Columbia, Northwestern, Michigan, WashU, Georgetown, and Notre Dame.

Judging from other rankings, Rice is clearly the top academic school. And Vanderbilt is Vanderbilt. But Emory more than holds their own these days. But when it comes to "prestige," the Oxford thing is not helpful for Emory. It's a very Northeastern thing to do.

Yes they are peer schools but Rice is the lowest asked if you combine all the rankings. Its ranked #223 in the global rankings vs 63 for the other 2.
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rice-university-227757
Also Vandy has a 4.3 reputation score for the undergrad ranking, while Emory and Rice have a 4.2. So Emory more than holds its own. Also, Oxford was Emory’s first campus, they moved to Atlanta in 1911. What should they have done with their original campus? Oxford is the most selective 2 year school on earth. That speaks for something.

Rice, like Dartmouth, doesn't really do grad school. It's very undergrad focused. So it will never do well on "global rankings." I think it's 18 in US News, and top ten in Niche and Forbes. All those rankings are significantly higher than Emory.

Out of curiosity, I took a look at US News global rankings. The University of Washington is number 7. UC San Diego is 21, just above the National University of Singapore. I'm sure it's useful for PhD type comparisons. But not really for American undergrad comparisons.

And "most selective 2 year school on earth" doesn't mean anything. As far as I know, Emory is not a community college.

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Anonymous wrote:No, that number is taken from the Common Data Set and Emory. The 945 is ONLY for Emory (ECAS) not Emory Oxford.

https://provost.emory.edu/planning-administration/_includes/documents/sections/institutional-data/Emory-Common-Data-Set-2023-2024.pdf

For the Fall 2023 entering class:
Number of early decision applications received by your institution: 3,924
Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan: 975

Also, that number is in accord with the following direct from Emory:

Emory admitted 705 to ECAS (Emory College of Arts and Sciences) for EDI

Emory admitted 267 to ECASfor EDII


https://www.emorywheel.com/article/2023/12/emory-admits-early-decision-i-applicants-into-class-of-2028
https://www.emorywheel.com/article/2024/02/emory-oxford-admit-345-early-decision-ii-students-to-class-of-2028#:~:text=In%20total%2C%202%2C147%20prospective%20students,from%202%2C088%20applicants%20last%20year.

So basically since Emory takes such a huge percentage of their class ED, that's pretty much the only way to get in. This is what Tulane has done.

No they'll accept about 2k students RD

When you take 70% of your class early decision that severely decreases the acceptance rate for regular decision. This is the exact M.O. of Tulane.

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Anonymous wrote:No, that number is taken from the Common Data Set and Emory. The 945 is ONLY for Emory (ECAS) not Emory Oxford.

https://provost.emory.edu/planning-administration/_includes/documents/sections/institutional-data/Emory-Common-Data-Set-2023-2024.pdf

For the Fall 2023 entering class:
Number of early decision applications received by your institution: 3,924
Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan: 975

Also, that number is in accord with the following direct from Emory:

Emory admitted 705 to ECAS (Emory College of Arts and Sciences) for EDI

Emory admitted 267 to ECASfor EDII


https://www.emorywheel.com/article/2023/12/emory-admits-early-decision-i-applicants-into-class-of-2028
https://www.emorywheel.com/article/2024/02/emory-oxford-admit-345-early-decision-ii-students-to-class-of-2028#:~:text=In%20total%2C%202%2C147%20prospective%20students,from%202%2C088%20applicants%20last%20year.

So basically since Emory takes such a huge percentage of their class ED, that's pretty much the only way to get in. This is what Tulane has done.

No they'll accept about 2k students RD

Anonymous wrote:Apps are up 21%. While other privates saw decreases.
Emory college accepted 805
Oxford College 400
And over 200 to both campuses
https://news.emory.edu/stories/2024/12/er_ed_class_2029_12-12-2024/story.html

On,y schools that went back to test required saw decreases, otherwise numbers are up pretty much everywhere.

Apps are up 21%. While other privates saw decreases.
Emory college accepted 805
Oxford College 400
And over 200 to both campuses
https://news.emory.edu/stories/2024/12/er_ed_class_2029_12-12-2024/story.html

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Anonymous wrote:This happens every year that someone swears Emory isn't as selective as it appears to be as they confuse Emory and Oxford. I've seen the 32% posted throughout the forum concerning Emorys ED rate not knowing it was for both campuses and not just Emory. 26% ED1 is low and lower than Amherst. Also the ED rate likely fell again this year too.

It’s one school and these kids have agreed to go if accepted for whichever campus they chose. All schools will likely go down again this year, including Vandy, which is already reported to have record number of apps.

Vandy and Emory are peer schools. Not Vandy and Oxford. Nothing wrong with Emory having a satellite campus, but you're using said campus to knock Emory down a peg, which isn't fair. No one counts UVA wise in UVa stats, nor do they count NYUs 2 other campuses in its acceptance rate or do they count Barnard into Columbias numbers. You all only do it to Emory because you all are biased.

Vandy and Emory are definitely not peer schools.

They are sorry to say. Vandy, Emory, Rice, WashU all in same bucket.

Yes, they certainly are.

Anonymous wrote:No, that number is taken from the Common Data Set and Emory. The 945 is ONLY for Emory (ECAS) not Emory Oxford.

https://provost.emory.edu/planning-administration/_includes/documents/sections/institutional-data/Emory-Common-Data-Set-2023-2024.pdf

For the Fall 2023 entering class:
Number of early decision applications received by your institution: 3,924
Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan: 975

Also, that number is in accord with the following direct from Emory:

Emory admitted 705 to ECAS (Emory College of Arts and Sciences) for EDI

Emory admitted 267 to ECASfor EDII


https://www.emorywheel.com/article/2023/12/emory-admits-early-decision-i-applicants-into-class-of-2028
https://www.emorywheel.com/article/2024/02/emory-oxford-admit-345-early-decision-ii-students-to-class-of-2028#:~:text=In%20total%2C%202%2C147%20prospective%20students,from%202%2C088%20applicants%20last%20year.

So basically since Emory takes such a huge percentage of their class ED, that's pretty much the only way to get in. This is what Tulane has done.

Anonymous wrote:Congrats to all admitted and ignore the comments about no football, no school spirit, no fun, pre-med factory, etc. Emory/Atlanta offer a ton of social and cultural opportunities. My kid has enjoyed many parties and performances organized by different campus groups.

Completely agree. Emory has so much to offer as PP stated.