Emory's freshmen represent diversity, strong academics

By Laura Diamond

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Emory University officials said this year's freshmen class is one of the institution's most diverse and academically strong group of students.

More than 15,500 students applied and 1,348 are on the Atlanta campus for fall semester, officials said.

Their average unweighted high school grade point average was 3.84 and they averaged a combined math and reading SAT score of 1399 out of 1600, according to the freshmen student profile.

The students come from 47 states -- with the top five being Georgia, Florida, New York, California and Texas -- and 24 foreign countries.  Fifty-six percent of the students are female, with 44 percent male.

The freshmen student body is diverse -- 41 percent of the students are white, 33 percent are Asian, 9 percent are black, 6 percent are Hispanic and 3 percent are multiracial, according to university data.