The Emory College of Arts and Sciences admitted 26 percent of the record-high 17,502 applicants for its Class of 2016.
Emory students are well represented among competitive academic honors such as the Fulbright, Goldwater, Institute for International Public Policy, Luce, Marshall, Mellon, National Science Foundation, Rhodes, Rockefeller, Rotary, and USA Today programs.
One in four college students participated in the honors program (2011 Emory College Senior Survey).
A team of Barkley Forum debaters won the prestigious Rex Copeland Award -- the national title -- as the top two-person debate team in the country for a second straight year in 2011.
Emory's athletic program finished seventh in the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup Division III standings in 2011, marking the program's 10th top-ten finish in 11 years. Emory is one of only a handful of schools in the nation to rank in the top in both the Directors Cup of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics for best all-around athletics program and the U.S. News & World Report rankings of best national universities.
More than six dozen student-athletes have been awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships, more than any other NCAA institution except Stanford University.
Emory Eagles' varsity swimming and diving teams teams posted strong finishes at the 2012 NCAA Division III championships: the women were crowned National Champions and the men finished third, both for the third straight year.
Virtually all senior medical students are matched with one of their top internship choices.
Six students from Candler School of Theology were awarded 2010 Summer Fellowships by The Beatitudes Society. These fellows serve as interns at selected social change organizations across the United States, where they explore the links between social change advocacy and Christianity.
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