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Anonymous wrote:Rejected
Asian male; first-gen;
GPA: 3.59 out of a 4.3 weighted.
SAT 1410: English 610 Math 800 SAT Subject: 800math2 730chemistry 710physics 700bioE
DS says he wants to appeal his decision. We thought he had a good chance for at least Oxford.

"appeal" to whom? The same Admissions Director that rejected him? It doesn't work like that, move on.

It's worth a try, it's his dream.

Hard to believe Emory is someone’e “dream”.

Hey, my “dream” is to play shortstop for the New York Yankees. But hey...

Good luck with the “appeal”.

Emory is a fine school. It is not on the same level as the names being tossed about here.

If projections continue. Oh brother.

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Anonymous wrote:Accepted
3.6 unweighted GPA
35 ACT
competitive high school
EC's were lackluster

Congrats! Love to hear this re ECs (DS will likely be in same boat in another year).

My kid likely to be in this boat, too, and I'm glad to see a student with this profile getting in. It looks to me like they are yield-protecting, rejecting kids with better profiles who are likely to get into the top tier.

Which schools do you consider the "top tier"?

I would argue: 8 Ivies plus MIT, Stanford, Chicago, Amherst, Willams, Swarthmore.

I wouldn't consider Amherst and Swarthmore better schools to be honest. Emory seems to be just as selective and has just as good of outcomes.

What a strange point of view. In my book, Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore are better than many of the Ivies. Emory is a different league altogether.

Other than Cornell, I just don't see it. I know 2 students from last year receive Tying scholars from Williams but received no money from Emory. And that's just selectivity, I'm speaking to. I agree 30-50 years ago what you're saying may be the case, but not today. However, all of these schools are great.

Cool story. Meanwhile the freshman profile at Williams is stronger. Higher test scores, greater percentage in top decile, on and on.

A true story. And in my original post I was speaking on Amhearst and Swarthmore not being better than Emory, I concede that Williams is probably still a bit better, but not for long. 10 years from now if projections continue. But I consider Swarthmore, Amherst, and Emory at the same level; along with Georgetwn Wash U, and CMU.

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Anonymous wrote:Accepted
3.6 unweighted GPA
35 ACT
competitive high school
EC's were lackluster

Congrats! Love to hear this re ECs (DS will likely be in same boat in another year).

My kid likely to be in this boat, too, and I'm glad to see a student with this profile getting in. It looks to me like they are yield-protecting, rejecting kids with better profiles who are likely to get into the top tier.

Which schools do you consider the "top tier"?

I would argue: 8 Ivies plus MIT, Stanford, Chicago, Amherst, Willams, Swarthmore.

I wouldn't consider Amherst and Swarthmore better schools to be honest. Emory seems to be just as selective and has just as good of outcomes.

What a strange point of view. In my book, Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore are better than many of the Ivies. Emory is a different league altogether.

Other than Cornell, I just don't see it. I know 2 students from last year receive Tying scholars from Williams but received no money from Emory. And that's just selectivity, I'm speaking to. I agree 30-50 years ago what you're saying may be the case, but not today. However, all of these schools are great.

Cool story. Meanwhile the freshman profile at Williams is stronger. Higher test scores, greater percentage in top decile, on and on.

Anonymous wrote:Reject
35 ACT
3.95 unweighted

Has Emory always been this difficult, or is this a new thing?

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Anonymous wrote:Accepted
3.6 unweighted GPA
35 ACT
competitive high school
EC's were lackluster

Congrats! Love to hear this re ECs (DS will likely be in same boat in another year).

My kid likely to be in this boat, too, and I'm glad to see a student with this profile getting in. It looks to me like they are yield-protecting, rejecting kids with better profiles who are likely to get into the top tier.

Which schools do you consider the "top tier"?

These are ED 2 decisions so all of these kids committed to go if they were accepted. Emory is great (I have one kid there now) but it has its issues and there are tons of great schools out there! College admissions are such a crap shoot these days. Hang in there and it will turn out ok once all is said and done.

What are Emory’s “issues”? And what does your kid like about it?

I think the good things are the beauty of the campus and the quality of the professors in certain majors. The poli sci, philosophy and writing departments are stellar. There are almost no fine arts classes to speak of, which at a school the size of Emory was very surprising.

The issues are it is often hard to get into the classes you want to take, the Greek system is way more important to student life than my son expected and the food halls are all closed by 8pm. The food at Emory is notoriously pretty bad.

As a parent, I do appreciate that there are so many flights each day between DC and ATL...makes booking for holidays very easy.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected
Asian male; first-gen;
GPA: 3.59 out of a 4.3 weighted.
SAT 1410: English 610 Math 800 SAT Subject: 800math2 730chemistry 710physics 700bioE
DS says he wants to appeal his decision. We thought he had a good chance for at least Oxford.

"appeal" to whom? The same Admissions Director that rejected him? It doesn't work like that, move on.

It's worth a try, it's his dream.

No, it really isn't. If this were possible, you would see thousands of students, and their litigious parents, suing after appeal failures for spaces that exist in colleges that don't have room for them. You have NO idea why your child was not admitted, but the bottom line is, it could be for any reason from a B+ in freshman squash to 10 points on the SAT to a typo in one of the essays. It is nonsense and you kid should move on.

Anonymous wrote:This was posted on RED-DIT. It obviously caused a lot of stir due to the stats of her peers. She also said she applied as an African studies major, but plans to switch to Neuroscience. She also seems to be South African.
Accepted
"Emory Race :black Score:1280 Gpa:uw :3.9 W:4.22 Did all honours classes but 3 AP classes but did 6 college classes (dual enrolled) Did and initiative called stuff the bus which raised money and school supplies for a local underprivileged school Also volunteer at my local hospital."

Well this is just wonderful considering DS was rejected
GPA: 4.0/4.0 (unweighted)
Tests: (35 ACT, 35 english, 35-math, 35-reading, 34-science, 9-essay)
Varsity Tennis Captain
Started a non-profit etc.
But we're Indian from New Jersey so I'm sure that had a lot to do with it.

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Anonymous wrote:Accepted
3.6 unweighted GPA
35 ACT
competitive high school
EC's were lackluster

Congrats! Love to hear this re ECs (DS will likely be in same boat in another year).

My kid likely to be in this boat, too, and I'm glad to see a student with this profile getting in. It looks to me like they are yield-protecting, rejecting kids with better profiles who are likely to get into the top tier.

Which schools do you consider the "top tier"?

I would argue: 8 Ivies plus MIT, Stanford, Chicago, Amherst, Willams, Swarthmore.

I wouldn't consider Amherst and Swarthmore better schools to be honest. Emory seems to be just as selective and has just as good of outcomes.

What a strange point of view. In my book, Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore are better than many of the Ivies. Emory is a different league altogether.

Other than Cornell, I just don't see it. I know 2 students from last year receive Tying scholars from Williams but received no money from Emory. And that's just selectivity, I'm speaking to. I agree 30-50 years ago what you're saying may be the case, but not today. However, all of these schools are great.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected
Asian male; first-gen;
GPA: 3.59 out of a 4.3 weighted.
SAT 1410: English 610 Math 800 SAT Subject: 800math2 730chemistry 710physics 700bioE
DS says he wants to appeal his decision. We thought he had a good chance for at least Oxford.

"appeal" to whom? The same Admissions Director that rejected him? It doesn't work like that, move on.

It's worth a try, it's his dream.

No it's not. If there were a chance he would've been wait listed or deferred to regular decision (not sure if Emory does that though). Never heard of being able to appeal an admissions decision.

Its a waste of time PP - the focus should be on learning to live with no and moving on in a healthy way. Life is cruel you know and kids need to learn this.

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Anonymous wrote:Accepted
3.6 unweighted GPA
35 ACT
competitive high school
EC's were lackluster

Congrats! Love to hear this re ECs (DS will likely be in same boat in another year).

My kid likely to be in this boat, too, and I'm glad to see a student with this profile getting in. It looks to me like they are yield-protecting, rejecting kids with better profiles who are likely to get into the top tier.

Which schools do you consider the "top tier"?

I would argue: 8 Ivies plus MIT, Stanford, Chicago, Amherst, Willams, Swarthmore.

I wouldn't consider Amherst and Swarthmore better schools to be honest. Emory seems to be just as selective and has just as good of outcomes.

What a strange point of view. In my book, Amherst, Williams and Swarthmore are better than many of the Ivies. Emory is a different league altogether.

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Anonymous wrote:Rejected
Asian male; first-gen;
GPA: 3.59 out of a 4.3 weighted.
SAT 1410: English 610 Math 800 SAT Subject: 800math2 730chemistry 710physics 700bioE
DS says he wants to appeal his decision. We thought he had a good chance for at least Oxford.

"appeal" to whom? The same Admissions Director that rejected him? It doesn't work like that, move on.

It's worth a try, it's his dream.

Anonymous wrote:Rejected
Asian male; first-gen;
GPA: 3.59 out of a 4.3 weighted.
SAT 1410: English 610 Math 800 SAT Subject: 800math2 730chemistry 710physics 700bioE
DS says he wants to appeal his decision. We thought he had a good chance for at least Oxford.

"appeal" to whom? The same Admissions Director that rejected him? It doesn't work like that, move on.

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Anonymous wrote:Accepted
3.6 unweighted GPA
35 ACT
competitive high school
EC's were lackluster

Congrats! Love to hear this re ECs (DS will likely be in same boat in another year).

My kid likely to be in this boat, too, and I'm glad to see a student with this profile getting in. It looks to me like they are yield-protecting, rejecting kids with better profiles who are likely to get into the top tier.

Which schools do you consider the "top tier"?

I would argue: 8 Ivies plus MIT, Stanford, Chicago, Amherst, Willams, Swarthmore.

I wouldn't consider Amherst and Swarthmore better schools to be honest. Emory seems to be just as selective and has just as good of outcomes.

Also, Cornell isn't better either.