Emory University Scholarships

Emory University offers partial to full merit-based scholarships through the Emory University Scholar Programs, including the Woodruff Scholars Program. Emory positions the programs as more than financial support, stating that Woodruff Scholars gain access to resources, programming, and a community designed to help them grow, lead, and make an impact at Emory and beyond.

The programs include Emory College Woodruff Scholars and Oxford College Woodruff Scholars. Emory College Woodruff Scholars receive merit scholarships and are described as having early course registration, exclusive programming, and a Scholars community. Oxford College Woodruff Scholars receive merit scholarships, early faculty mentorship, a Scholars community, and a transition to the Atlanta campus in the junior year.

Emory states that selection for merit-based scholar programs is administered by the Office of Admission in partnership with Emory faculty. Emory reports that more than financial support applicants apply to be scholars, and it selects 175 to 200 students as finalists. Scholar finalists located within the US are required to attend an on-campus Scholars Finalists Visit held in the spring, at no cost to the student, with activities and interviews. Applicants not selected as finalists are still fully reviewed for admission under their selected application plan and are automatically considered for other merit-based scholarships. The scholar selection process is separate from the financial aid process, and when students are eligible for both, merit scholarships are awarded first.

Emory states that scholarships are renewable for a total of eight regular academic-year semesters of undergraduate study, provided students maintain high standards of personal and academic excellence and meet semester and annual requirements of their program. Emory also states that students who applied for financial aid may be eligible for need-based grants and loans if there is remaining need beyond the merit scholarship award.

• First-year applicants can apply to be a Woodruff Scholar.
• Homeschooled applicants can apply to be a Woodruff Scholar.
• International applicants can apply to be a Woodruff Scholar, regardless of citizenship.
• Applicants must apply to be a Woodruff Scholar through Emory admissions and answer “Yes” to the Scholars Question (“Are you interested in being considered for the Emory University Scholar Programs?”).
• Students are not considered otherwise if they do not answer “Yes.”
• Scholar finalists located within the US are required to attend an on-campus Scholars Finalists Visit held in the spring, at no cost to the student.

• Merit scholarships (partial to full).
• Early course registration (Emory College Woodruff Scholars).
• Exclusive programming (Emory College Woodruff Scholars).
• Scholars community (Emory College Woodruff Scholars).
• Early faculty mentorship (Oxford College Woodruff Scholars).
• Scholars community (Oxford College Woodruff Scholars).
• Resources and programming (Woodruff Scholars).
• Community designed to help them grow, lead, and make an impact at Emory and beyond (Woodruff Scholars).
• On-campus Scholars Finalists Visit (for scholar finalists located within the US) at no cost to the student.

1. Select your Admission Plan: Early Decision I, Early Decision II, or Regular Decision, and submit all required application materials by the appropriate deadline.
2. Answer “Yes” to the Scholars Question in the Emory Application: “Are you interested in being considered for the Emory University Scholar Programs?”

• All required application materials (submitted as part of the admission plan application).