Do people usually get accepted to both Emory and Oxford or is it one or the other? Does anyone have ideas on how to get off the Emory waitlist? The test score ranges for Oxford and Emory are basically the same (Oxford’s is only 10 points lower), and my scores fall within the middle 50%, so idk if my stats are necessarily why I didn’t get into Emory. Of course, there are probably a lot of different factors, but would explaining why I would be a great (better( fit for Emory be something to write to the admissions committee in my continued letter of interest?
I don’t want to be a downer but last year, not a single person got off Emory’s waitlist so I wouldn’t bank on getting off it. Emory and Oxford do admissions separately so it depends on the person but I usually see Oxford acceptance + Emory waitlist. Have you visited Oxford? At first, I wasn’t too sure about it but after visiting the campus, I ended up liking it a lot.
Oh I did not know that. This website has the 2017 waitlist stats so I thought at least a small percentage would’ve been admitted last year (https://www.college-kickstart.com/blog/item/class-of-2022-waitlist-notification-dates-and-stats). And nope, I have not visited Oxford yet.
@stressedsen19r you should visit Oxford before writing it off. But yes getting off will be very difficult. They won’t accept more than 100 if we’re lucky, and they wait list 4000.
I would think last year (zero accepted from waitlist) is an outlier. The yield was greater than expected or where it usually was for the types of students who were admitted. They probably adjusted this year and offered less RD spots for admission.