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Emory University Scholar Programs (including Woodruff Scholars)

Emory University

Partial to full merit-based scholarships for first-year, homeschooled, and international applicants, selected through the admissions process.

Award
Partial to full merit-based scholarships (amount not stated)
Who can apply
Open worldwide
Where
Atlanta, Georgia and Oxford, Georgia, USA
Deadline
15 Nov

About the programme

Emory's merit-based scholar programs, including the Woodruff Scholars at Emory College and Oxford College, offer merit scholarships plus early course registration, programming, and a scholars community. Applicants opt in on the Common Application; about 10,000 apply yearly and 175 to 200 are named finalists who attend a spring campus visit. Scholarships are renewable for up to eight regular academic-year semesters.

Duration: Up to eight regular academic-year semesters of undergraduate study

Eligibility

  • Apply as a first-year, homeschooled, or international applicant, regardless of citizenship
  • Answer 'Yes' to the Emory Scholars question on the Emory application (required to be considered)
  • Finalists within the US must attend the on-campus Scholars Finalists Visit in spring
  • Sign in to check these against your background.

What you receive

  • Partial to full merit-based scholarship
  • Early course registration
  • Exclusive scholar programming
  • Scholars community
  • Renewable for up to eight regular academic-year semesters

What you will need

  • Emory Common Application with Scholars question answered
  • Common Application personal statement
  • Emory additional short-answer questions
  • Official high school transcripts
  • Secondary school report
  • Two teacher recommendations
  • TOEFL or IELTS if English is not first language (recommended)

How to apply

  1. Choose Early Decision I (deadline Nov 1), Early Decision II or Regular Decision (deadline Nov 15 for scholar consideration)
  2. Answer 'Yes' to the Emory Scholars question on the application
  3. Finalists selected by end of February and notified (decisions by March 1)
  4. Finalists visit campus in late March; scholarships awarded

Applications are submitted on Emory University’s own site. Open Doors helps you prepare; it is not the official application portal.

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Emory University · Application
Last checked
11 Nov 2026, read automatically from the official page

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