Emory University

You do meet their technical requirements for admission... your current GPA, transcript, and SAT exceed the median incoming freshman. So if you don't apply early, you would most certainly get accepted if you waited for the regular deadline. Early decision DOES mean you have less time to improve your grades. Essentially, when you apply, you are saying you are good enough at that time. From the Emory site, specifically for counselors in high school advising their students... "In advising your students, please remind them of the serious nature of an Early Decision application. If Emory University is not the student’s first and clear choice, please advise them not to apply Early Decision. In last year’s class, 30 percent of our incoming first-year class applied to Emory as an ED applicant." Also of note... "It is essential that students meet the admission and financial aid deadlines. If cost is a factor, students absolutely should not pay the admission deposit until they have learned of their financial aid award. If deadlines are met, Emory will meet a students’ demonstrated financial need. If enrollment does not seem feasible for the student and his or her family after reviewing Emory’s financial aid offer, we will release the applicant from the binding ED application. " Lots of words for... if you have to wait to find out if you are getting financial aid, you should not ED. You should have all your ducks in a row money-wise (tax forms included) when you apply for the Early Decision. "If attendance at Emory is contingent upon receiving a merit scholarship, do not choose either early decision option. Emory Scholar selections do not occur until April. " So, if Emory really is your number one, and regardless of financial aid you are GOING to go there.... apply for an Early Decision. Otherwise, you should wait. Read this FAQ about Early Decision at Emory. http://www.emory.edu/ADMISSIONS/admission-aid/faq-early-decision.htm

Emory College is the undergraduate school of arts and sciences at Emory University, which is a four-year university. Oxford College is a 2-year residential liberal arts college that is part of Emory University. If you want to get a bachelors degree, you would have to transfer to Emory University after your two years there.

If you want to attend an elite undergraduate biology program, you should look into these schools. Stanford University Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of California-Berkeley California Institute of Technology Johns Hopkins University Yale University Duke University Princeton University Cornell University University of Chicago University of Pennsylvania University of California - Los Angeles University of California - San Diego University of California - Davis University of Texas - Austin If you're only considering a decent undergraduate biology program, then look into these schools. University of North Carolina Indiana University - Bloomington Northwestern University University of Illinois University of Colorado Brown University Michigan State University University of California - Irvine Emory University Vanderbilt University Ohio State University University of Virginia Pennsylvania State University Rutgers University University of Arizona

*Guide Pub = Public University Pri = Private University LAC = Liberal Arts College MAS = Masters University (School that offers up to a Masters degree) --Schools To Look At-- Kentucky - Centre College (LAC) - University of Kentucky (Pub) - Berea College (LAC) - Murray State University (MAS) Tennessee - Vanderbilt University (Pri) - Sewanee -- University of the South (LAC) - University of Tennessee (Pub) - Rhodes College (LAC) - Belmont University (MAS) Virginia - University of Virginia (Pub) - College of William and Mary (Pub) - Washington & Lee University (LAC) - James Madison University (MAS) - Virginia Tech (Pub) - University of Richmond (LAC) North Carolina - Duke University (Pri) - University of North Carolina (Pub) - Davidson College (LAC) - Wake Forest (Pri) - NC State University (Pub) - Elon University (MAS) Maryland (might be a bit too far north for you) - Johns Hopkins University (Pri) - Georgetown University (Pri) - University of Maryland (Pub) - George Washington University (Pri) - Howard University (Pri) - Loyola College of Maryland (MAS) - American University (Pri) Georgia (might be too southern for your tastes) - Emory University (Pri) - Georgia Tech University (Pub) - University of Georgia (Pub) - Agnes Scott College (LAC) - Mercer University (MAS) Schools I've Seriously Looked At... Vanderbilt Georgetown Emory College of William and Mary UNC UVA

Since you are working on a Pre-Med degree that means you are going in as an undergraduate. Emory is in Atlanta and it is a beautiful city with tall trees and lots of flowers. The weather is somewhat humid. Atlanta does get cold and has a change of seasons. Usually there is snow maybe once a year that quickly melts. Duke University is in Durham, North Carolina which is farther north than Atlanta. You can expect it to be colder and to snow more, but N.C. is a beautiful mountainous state. When you are premed, you are taking a specific group of courses like lots of biology and chemistry. Keep in mind that if you intend to go to medical school you must have straight A's and have activities, volunteering and whatever else will make you a good candidate for medical school. Emory University is in a suburb of Atlanta called Decatur, Georgia. The University and the Medical School are located in the same place. They are down the street from the Centers for Disease Control known as CDC. The Dalai Lama was named to the faculty a couple of years ago as was former President Jimmy Carter. One thing I really like about Emory is that when they discovered they had possession of the mummy of the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, they contacted the antiquities head and arranged to have the mummy shipped back to Egypt. They said it was, "just the right thing to do." Both Emory and Duke are great universities and are well known to people in medicine. You cannot go wrong with either one of them. Although there is much difference in the institutions they are both wonderful places to go to college. There is not a difference in quality.