Emory University
PAE-10: Affordability and Access Programs

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Emory Advantage, instituted in 2007, is Emory University's financial aid initiative to help students from families with total annual incomes of $100,000 or less who demonstrate a need for financial aid. The program reduces the amount of money borrowed to pay for an undergraduate Emory degree. The goal is to make an Emory education attainable for any qualified student, regardless of income. 879 students have benefited from Emory Advantage with over $11.3 million awarded to date. In 2009-10, minority students represented approximately 70% of the Emory Advantage population and males comprised 40% of total recipients. Emory also participates in the QuestBridge scholars program. QuestBridge is a non-profit program that links bright, motivated low-income students with educational and scholarship opportunities at some of the nation’s best colleges.

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Emory is a participant in the QuestBridge National College Match program, which helps outstanding low-income high school seniors gain admission and full four-year scholarships to some of the nation's most selective colleges. In addition to providing application and college admission assistance, QuestBridge provides information about preparing for college and paying for college through their online Student Resource web page: http://www.emory.edu/admission/admission/questbridge/index.html

Emory College Grant is awarded on the basis of demonstrated financial need using the information from the Profile and FAFSA. Awards are made to full-time students only, unless fewer hours are required. In this case, Emory College Grant will be prorated.

Emory offers several programs directed at helping parents, including those of low-income students, with an introduction to the institution and higher education in general. Emory offers aid programs to organizations that target their members based on certain economic factors. There is also the Exito Emory program, which brings in Latino families from the area, usually first generation college bound students from the metro area. Emory's WorkLife Program, run by the H.R. department, also provides a general "Pay For College" workshop open to all Emory employees. These along with other events are used to offer information to the general public about Emory and insight into the general aid process.

QuestBridge is an initiative of the non-profit Quest Scholars Program that identifies high-achieving, low-income students nationwide, assists them with their applications and helps them connect with competitive colleges they would like to attend. Emory University is a member of a select coalition, including Princeton, Yale, Stanford, Columbia and Rice universities, as well as liberal arts colleges such as Bowdoin, Oberlin and Wellesley, that partner with QuestBridge. Through the College Match Program, high school seniors chosen as finalists have their names and applications submitted by QuestBridge to college “partners” during the early admissions cycle in lieu of submitting their applications directly to schools. The colleges then rank the students they are interested in, and the students rank their top-choice colleges. If there is a match, the student may attend the school and receive a scholarship package that includes full cost of tuition, books and room and board. Students who do not find a match during the early admission cycle may apply to their choices regular decision by completing the Common Application Supplement.

Emory uses the Common Application. Students may submit one application and $50 admission fee for joint application to the Emory College and Oxford College (Emory's 2-year Associate's Degree undergraduate college). Admission to graduate programs is run through separate admission offices in each of Emory's seven professional schools. Emory is a need-blind institution, which means a student's ability to pay for an Emory education is not considered when admission decisions are made.

Courtesy Tuition Benefit: Dependent children of eligible Emory faculty and staff hired before January 1, 2003 may receive full-tuition scholarships minus the amount of the HOPE Scholarship and Georgia Tuition Equalization Grant (GTEG). Employees hired after December 31, 2002 will receive graduated benefits based upon the employee's year of service. Students eligible for Courtesy benefits, who also receive Emory merit awards, cannot receive awards that exceed their eligibility. Courtesy awards are applied prior to Emory merit awards. Emory also participates in Federal Pell Grants and the Georgia Hope Scholarship for Undergraduate Georgia Residents.

Emory Scholars Program: Scholarships are awarded to incoming freshmen and are renewable provided the student maintains high academic standing. Merit awards are not selected by the Office of Financial Aid nor are recipients selected based on any need component. Emory’s Office of Admission offers merit-based scholarships to incoming first-year students who are nominated by appropriate high school officials through the Emory and Goizueta Scholars programs. Other scholarships are available through Martin Luther King Jr., debate and music programs. Emory scholarships are renewable for four years of undergraduate study, provided the recipient maintains high standards of personal and academic excellence.