Release date: Aug. 9, 2005
Contact: Elaine Justice at 404-727-0643 or elaine.justice@emory.edu

Record Numbers Apply for Emory College Class of 2009

Admissions officials for Emory College, the main undergraduate division of Emory University, had their work cut out for them this year as they faced the largest applicant pool in the school's history with 12,004 students. Among them are a record number of Hispanic, African-American, international and Georgia students.

"I'm particularly pleased that as our applicant pool has grown, so has the number of students for whom Emory is top choice," says Daniel Walls, dean of admission for Emory College. "We enrolled 35 percent of the class with early decision applicants. These are students who have done their research and are sure Emory is the right choice for them." Emory offers two rounds of early decision; students accepted in this way commit to withdraw their applications from other schools.

This class also marks the largest percentage of Georgia students in several years. "I'm very pleased about the number of Georgians in the class," says Walls. "We've been working hard in our backyard to recruit great students who will be a good fit and be at home here."

Here is a snapshot of the Emory College class of 2009. Official numbers will not be available until the registrar's date of record Sept. 21, but the preliminary profile of the incoming class is:

1,268 students (The goal was 1,240.)
55% female
45% male

18.6 % Asian American
8.7% African American
5.8 % International
3.9 % Hispanic
Total minority and international freshman enrollment: 37%

The median range of SAT scores is 1290-1400.

Among students awarded merit scholarships through national competition:
the average SAT score is 1470 and average ACT score is 34;
the average GPA is 3.95 (unweighted).
There are 65 such students, or 5 percent of the incoming class.

There are 48 states represented in the incoming class. The geographic breakdown of students is:
40.4% are from the South
22.8% are from the Middle Atlantic
10.8% are from the Midwest
7.7% are from New England
7.3% are from the West
5.7% are from the Southwest

The top states represented include:
21.1% Georgia
10.1% New York
8.8% Florida
5% New Jersey
5% Texas
4.7% Maryland
3.9 % California
3.5 % Massachusetts
2.5% Illinois
2.6% North Carolina

There are 74 international first-year students enrolled representing 18 countries. The countries represented include Australia, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Granada, Hong Kong, India, Jamaica, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Pakistan, Romania, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey and United Kingdom

Emory University is known for its demanding academics, outstanding undergraduate college of arts and sciences, highly ranked professional schools and state-of-the-art research facilities. For nearly two decades Emory has been named one of the country's top 25 national universities by U.S. News & World Report. In addition to its nine schools, the university encompasses The Carter Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Emory Healthcare, the state's largest and most comprehensive health care system.

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