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August 24, 2009
Welcoming the class of 2013

By Beverly Clark

Emory’s undergraduate colleges welcome a highly selective and diverse freshman class to their campuses this fall.

Emory College
Emory College’s Class of 2013 — 1,315 in all — was chosen from 15,610 applicants. The class hails from 45 states and beyond, with 12 percent (up from 9.7) of the students representing 22 different countries. About 39 percent of the class hails from the South, with about a fifth from the Mid-Atlantic region and the rest spread among the West, Southwest, Midwest and New England. Georgia enrollees make up 19.6 percent of the class.

Academically, the admitted class earned an average, unweighted GPA of 3.85 (up from 3.71) in high school. The middle range of SAT scores run from 1320 to 1460 for the combined critical reading and math sections. The number of students for whom Emory is a top choice also remained high: Early decision applicants make up 35.7 percent of the class.

Oxford College
Oxford College, Emory’s two-year undergraduate division, saw its largest applicant pool ever.
The Oxford class hails from 36 different states and 11 countries. Most of the Oxford class is from the Southeast (57 percent), with 17 percent from the Mid-Atlantic region and the remaining from around the country. International students make up eight percent of the class.

Diversity remains strong
The Emory College class includes another consecutive year of record minority enrollment. Students of color represent 43 percent of the class, including Asian Americans (30 percent), African Americans (9 percent), Hispanics (4 percent) and Native Americans (less than 1 percent) along with 22 percent not reported or unknown.

At Oxford, 45 percent of the class is made up of minority enrollment, including Asian Americans (25 percent), African Americans (14 percent) and Hispanics (5 percent).

QuestBridge Scholars
The class also includes Emory’s second group of QuestBridge Scholars, represented by 10 students in the College and one student beginning at Oxford. Emory joined a select coalition of universities and colleges in 2007 that have partnered with QuestBridge, a national nonprofit that links highly qualified, low-income students with full four-year scholarship opportunities at some of the nation’s best colleges.