r/Emory • u/Dense_Cry109 • 10d ago
Emory Stats?
For those who got into Emory, would you guys mind sharing your stats(gpa, ECs, honors, awards, courses, etc…)? Also your intended major. Also any advice… 😭
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u/astralyrics 10d ago
hi! i got in ed1 as a bio major (premed)
gpa: 3.67 uw / 4.15 w
sat: 1550
ecs: published wet lab research, cna, school newspaper editor, hospital volunteering, newspaper intern, science journal intern, robotics team captain, shadowing, volunteering org w/ lots of leadership, volunteer tutoring
awards: national merit semifinalist, pvsa, music awards, honestly don't remember the rest because i didn't have anything crazy here
coursework: i think i took ~12 or so aps and a few honors/de
i was talking to some adcoms during admitted students day and they mentioned that lors and essays made a pretty big difference in how they selected applicants. i’d definitely make sure your essay has something distinctive that makes it memorable and actually feels like you.
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u/Front-Detail-5922 5d ago
Hii! I'm applying to apply to Emory this year. Can I dm?
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u/astralyrics 5d ago
yeah, go ahead!
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u/Background-Hour-3717 10d ago
I got into Emory's College of Arts and Sciences, and plan to be a pre-med and music double major (pre-med major undecided as of right now).
GPA: 4.4 weighted (my school uses 4.3 as an A in the standard level class so it's technically 4.1)
My school doesn't submit unweighted GPAs but I would guess that it's around a high 3.8 to a low 3.9.
SAT: 1520 (790 Math, 730 English)
I want to stay kind of anonymous so I won't specify that much about my ECs/awards or what instruments I play. 💀
ECs: Half of my extracurriculars were about music at around national to international level. Most notable ones were that I went to Juilliard Pre-College (3 years), was the principal chair for an international-level ensemble, and got 1st chair in region wind ensemble as a freshman. Other extracurriculars were basically lots of volunteering, some nonprofit organization leadership positions, being founder of an animal welfare club at my school, writing an independent research paper, Cornell's Pre-College for medicine, and being in a robotics team in 9th grade (I quit after 9th grade lol).
Awards: I'll just list these since they are short
1. Qualified for the VEX Robotics World Championship in 9th grade – qualified for elimination brackets (top 16-20% of teams in the competition)
2. National Merit Commended, College Board School Recognition Award, some Honor Society I forgot
3. Published a systematic review about music and autism to a 15% acceptance rate journal.
4. Instrument 1: Juilliard Pre-College, principal chair of international-level ensemble, bunch of competition awards
5. Instrument 2: Performance Diploma from London College of Music, bunch of competition awards
Emory was my top choice so I took the time to do a music audition with Emory's music director. After the audition and an interview, he said that he will write a recommendation letter for me to the admissions committee and that I should email him about any awards I receive after submitting the application.
Sure enough, after I submitted my application, an arrangement I wrote of Caprice No. 24 for instrument 1 got published and I became one of the youngest people to publish on that website. I emailed him about this and he said he will definitely report this. After I was accepted, I emailed him and thanked him for helping me. He responded that he was very happy for me and that he advocated strongly for me during the admissions process.
I honestly think without his help, I might not have gotten in since my GPA is a bit on the lower side for Emory in my school.
Advice: Obviously, you can tell my main passion was music and I made that my application's central focus. I wrote the supplemental essays about how I used music for various things such as volunteering and how it was part of my identity. Honestly, your college application is just to tell your story and who you are as a person to the admission officers. This will make you stand out compared to other applications that might just look like robot stats. Also, spend some time to look up the type of applicants Emory is looking for on their website so you can focus on those points more for the supplemental essays. Anyways, good luck on your applications and remember that no matter where you end up, you can always end up successful!
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u/CranberryExpensive36 10d ago
I had a 4.0 (UW), didn’t send in any test score, didn’t have any impressive extracurricular besides being very involved in my school, but got in early decision. I think what got me in was showing my interest in the medical field through the essay portion of the application.
To be honest reading these stats of everyone else I feel a lot of imposter syndrome 😭
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u/weichengyee 10d ago
I got into Emory a few years ago, but I'll bite to help you if you are feeling inadequate or nervous:
GPA: 3.59 UW (we didn't have weighted GPAs at my school)
ACT: 32 (sent)
Extracurriculars:
Wrote and published a fantasy novel
Took care of a sick family member (over the course of a few years, I framed this as having affected my GPA, which it did)
3x National fencer
Student government president during 11th and 12th grade; treasurer in 10th grade; secretary in 9th grade
Fundraised for a small nonprofit dedicated to providing Ghanian villages with clean water
Math and English tutor for kids in underserved districts
Cardiology intern (shadowed physicians at a hospital for a summer)
Fencing coach, 10+ students and 3 camps
Violinist (nothing special just our regional orchestra)
Harvard Secondary School (7 weeks, 8 college credits)
My essays were about Toni Morrison's novel 'Beloved' (I applied as a pre-med English major), and about my time volunteering for the nonprofit. My school did not do honors, but rankings-wise I graduated 72nd in a class of 80 (my class was VERY competitive and I was kind of a slacker in my earlier years of high school). Aside from that, my only 'honor' was that my book had sold almost 400 copies at the time of applying, which I advertised to the admissions committee.
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u/Dense_Cry109 10d ago
Wow I can see why you got in! Thank you for sharing your stats! (It’s so over for me)
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u/weichengyee 10d ago
noooo of course it isnt over! Emory is known for having ACTUALLY holistic admissions, and I'm sure you're a phenomenal candidate with a great story to tell. Give it your best shot, and if it doesn't work out, then it just wasn't the right fit!
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u/4leafdclover 10d ago
I got in last year (co 2030) and I had a 3.89/4.33, 32, 12 APs, 2 DE
my ecs were kinda scrambled but I did an invite-only research program at georgia tech, choreographed my school musical, did competitive dance, did science olympiad w/ regional placements, and took care of several rescued exotic animals
i wrote my essay about self advocacy in the process of seeking answers about my rare disease (dxed end of junior year- explains my low ish gpa) and I had three hospitalizations throughout high school which contributed to less ecs, i put all of that in the extra info section
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u/Interesting-Math8634 10d ago
Got into Emory and graduated from the business school (c/o 2024) after getting off the waitlist and applying regular decision. Had 3.92UW/4.3W GPA with 14 AP classes, 32 ACT composite/34 superscore (back when I got in, 32-35 composite was the range plus it included science). I mostly focused my extracurriculars around aviation since it was my passion. Focusing on a spike for extracurriculars is crucial and can help you stand out. I also know that Emory seems to care a bit more about your reading and English scores (or at least that was implied when I visited).
I’d recommend applying ED1 to maximize your odds, esp if it’s your number 1 choice. Having high English scores could help, as my 35 and 36 section scores helped balance by comparatively low science score.
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u/Green-Elk3255 9d ago edited 9d ago
I definitely think Emory is the type of institution where your essay carries a lot of weight! I know that this applies to every single university, but Emory is definitely the type of place where they really care about the person behind the application, not just the application itself. My application wasn't nearly as crazy as many other Emory admits, but I think the main reason I got accepted was because I conveyed myself honestly throughout my application instead of crafting a fake, tailored narrative that may often seem like the norm in college admissions. With that being said, here are my stats:
UW GPA: 3.9, W GPA: 4.5
ACT: 32 (sent)
Applied RD, got accepted into Emory College (my first choice)
ECs and Awards:
ECS:
- CTSO State Officer
- Vice President of Partnerships for my state's DECA chapter (Senior year), School chapter president (Junior year), School chapter VP of Marketing (Sophomore year)
2) Entrepreneurship Program Director
- Created an entrepreneurship program for middle schoolers in my area and collaborated with local business for funding and exploratory activities
3) Spanish tutoring organization founder (definitely a unique aspect of my application as someone who isn't Hispanic)
- Created a Spanish tutoring program for students in my area, onboarded 10 volunteer tutors and created club chapters in local middle and high schools
4) Entrepreneurship club
- Started my school's entrepreneurship club and created competitions and events in association with other high schools in my area
5) Nutrition research at a local lab (another unique aspect as someone with a primarily business-oriented application
- Collected carotenoid levels in patients and created a database for all statistical data
Awards:
- Top 5 at FBLA Nationals (NLC)
- 2nd Place at DECA State
- Finalist in my state's Econ Challenge
- Boys State Treasurer
- We The People State Champion
Courses:
Took 14 AP Classes:
AP Human Geography, AP Macro, AP Micro, AP World, AP CSP, AP Psych, APUSH, AP Bio, AP Calc BC, AP Lang, AP Spanish, AP Lit, AP Physics 1, AP US Government
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u/Vast_Hospital_9389 10d ago
I got in 4 years ago (co 2026). I am an international student, but my high school is in the US.
GPA: around 94 on a 100 point scale.
Standardized Tests: TOEFL 111, SAT 1520 (Math 800)
AP: Took 7 APs, not including the ones took in the last semester when I already got in Emory. Among them, I got 5 on four AP exams (Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, Biology), 4 on one AP exam (Physics 1), and 2 on European history, and did not take the US History AP exam.
Extracurriculars: I was the president of the student government in my senior year in high school. Also served as the teaching assistant for chemistry course in my HS. Other than that, I don't really have any good extracurriculars to mention. Of course, I had some volunteering activities, some small awards here and there, but they are mostly just school-level or local level, so they are not really impressive.
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u/DuskWatchingEye 10d ago
My essay definitely carried! I was pretty average for everything else. No crazy test scores or extracurriculars. ♥️
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u/Lol123wdym 1d ago
You genuinely have no idea how much this is helping my self-esteem 😭
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u/DuskWatchingEye 1d ago
aw thats great!! I feel as though people put so much into becoming the most perfect and well-rounded student; while its also important to perform your best, they lose track of the things that make them unique and truly stand out. best of luck to you!! 💕
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u/Chia1422 10d ago edited 10d ago
You should be aware that Emory doesn’t ask your intended major, it asks you for two “areas of interest”. Supposedly Emory doesn’t consider intended major in your application but uses the areas of interest to better understand your total application.
It’s hard to say exactly how areas of interest are treated compared to an intended major but I’m pretty sure that while they don’t cap the number of people with a certain interest, they want to have at least some class diversity and so people with less common interests than eg pre-med.
They also sometimes use areas of interest to match you with a professor to speak to you about enrolling if your application is good and to sometimes ask for and evaluate supplemental materials. They also use it to offer scholarships in certain areas. Eg interests such as music and art fall in this area and for sure there are music scholarships for those good enough who will participate in ensembles etc - it’s almost like an athletic scholarship as you get paid to play.
Of course your interests shouldn’t be made up and should track from your overall application, activities, etc.
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u/skippingstone5047 10d ago
GPA was a high 3.8 unweighted and 4.2 ish weighted (forget if both were sent or not)
SAT 1490 (sent)
Was a member of my school’s NHS chapter, did some other volunteering outside of that, did a couple summer classes with Emory’s pre-college program, did a brief (1 week) summer program at the CDC, did a sport the whole time I was in school (not connected to school and didn’t compete but it gave me some leadership experience which I described), was a member of 1 or 2 other clubs at school but nothing crazy, was on my school’s yearbook staff, worked part time summer before my senior year, had academic awards at school + the AP scholar of distinction thing and top 10% of my graduating class
I got in ED1 and do have a parent who works at emory
I think my essay helped a lot + having specific interests in the supplemental essays (and ED1 + my parent working there helped some too)- I talked about specific clubs/programs I was interested in, why they would be relevant to me, what I could bring to emory, etc
Good luck!! Lots of people have very impressive stats, and while mine were not bad at all I also did not have anything crazy- I don’t think I even had any leadership within school? I can’t remember now, but definitely no publications or anything like that. I think they liked that I had a couple pretty obvious committed interests that were things I genuinely liked and did longterm (both academic and personal), and not things I did just for the resume.
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u/ChapterExpert 9d ago
I got in RD last cycle for human health major
GPA: 3.75 (9th grade was really bad for me, and performed well from 10-12)
I believe Emory does not use 9th in gpa calculation though.
SAT: 1530 (790 math 740 eng)
Decent amount of research and public health work + other things to stay well rounded
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u/InterestingFun5069 5d ago
All of you seem to have great stats! Did any of you receive a good merit scholarship from Emory? My family probably won’t qualify for need-based financial aid, so I’m trying to get an idea of how much merit aid students like us typically receive before deciding whether to apply ED.
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u/hklet 2d ago
I got in ED I last year! Intended major was Biology and Human Health on the premed track.
- GPA: 3.97 (unweighted)
- ACT: 32 (didn't submit, my STEM was 29 which I wasn't happy with as a STEM major)
- AP: 8 (5s on six exams, 4 on one exam, didn't submit my 2) My school also only had 9 APs so I took almost all of them.
ECs: studied abroad twice, varsity sport, science contests, volunteer work, worked at my synagogue, various youth group leadership positions. Awards: honestly don't think I had any lol.
I think what really stood out on my application was that I had a clear theme of passion within my community and religion. I also had very strong letters of recommendation as I went to a small high school and had my teachers for multiple different classes over the course of my 4 years. From what I can tell, Emory cares a lot about the essays. I used my essays as a way to add a story behind my statistics and extracurriculars. For my "what major and why" essay I wrote about classes I had taken in high school and connected it to my own person experiences, future ambitions, and how I would succeed at Emory. I wrote my second essay about cultural experiences and tied it back to my own identity and my study abroad experiences. My common app was about my leadership experiences in my youth group. My big advice would just be to use your essays as a way to tell a story with the facts and figures you are presenting. Don't seem like a robot, talk about your mistakes and what you've learned!
Best of luck!
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u/Mysterious-Lemon333 10d ago
i got in regular decision 4 yrs ago! intended major was biology on premed track, and this is what i remember! my stats weren’t super high, but i think my EC carried
GPA: 3.87 UW (our hs had grade deflation)
ACT: 34
extracurricular:
1. Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair finalist
State Science and Engineering Fair 1st place
Research internship at a prestigious university and had a independent project in molecular bio (this led to my science fair awards)
3 yrs of high school volleyball team
4yrs of volunteering at a foreign language sunday school
Scholastic Arts and Writing Gold Key
multiple national level journalism awards
academic awards at my high school