Of course, of the four potential outcomes of ED2 applications to Emory/Emory–Oxford (accepted, accepted; accepted, denied; denied, accepted; denied, denied), you will be able to choose between them under only one of them (accepted, accepted).
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I too think that in terms of likelihood of acceptance, you’re shooting low, because you have a good GPA at a top boarding school, you might be a D3 recruited athlete, and because you’re an AA URM. LGBTQ doesn’t affect one’s chances of admission to most schools.
Where I think you’re in for a shock is that you probably won’t be offered financial aid to the degree that you’re expecting, if at all. The boarding school wanted you for diversity and athletics, and they must have seen your academic potential (which you have confirmed by your good academic record), so they offered you substantial fin aid, to attract you, knowing that your family might choose public school if the price were too high at the prep school. This is not going to be a consideration when applying for college fin aid. If you’re expecting virtually free tuition, you’d have to apply to less selective private schools that offer merit aid, if your family’s income is “quite high”.
I think that you need to take a very careful look at the net price calculators for these schools, and have a very frank, open discussion with your parents. Right now, the only financial safety on your list is UConn, at about 34K/yr (without taking the school’s health insurance). Even if they were to give you a 5K honors or “leadership” (multicultural diversity) scholarship, which your record and URM status make possible, but don’t guarantee, you’re still going to be at nearly 10K/yr over what your family think they’re going to be paying for college. I am afraid that you are going to wind up with a string of acceptances but only one affordable option - UConn.
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While I agree that the OP should not take it for granted that colleges will be as generous as their boarding school for financial aid, I disagree that this necessarily has anything to do with diversity and athletics, and frankly we have no idea why the prep school admitted this student. The bottom line is that prep schools have their own standards for financial aid and they don’t necessarily line up with college financial aid standards, so it is important for any prep school FA student to run the calculators rather than assuming comparable aid will continue in college.
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For questions about Emory-Oxford, I would seek out the advice and perspective of @cinnamon1212 , whose son was or is an athlete at Emory who, if I recall correctly, went through the Oxford campus.
I agree with others that the Oxford/Emory track seems like a really great combo. I know several folks who either attended or have kids who attended Emory and they all to a person really liked it. Atlanta is an underrated city IMO.
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A couple of random thoughts: if you have a preread at Williams, my strong advice would be to focus on athletic recruiting. If you get an offer (the coach needs to say 1. You have a spot on the team AND 2. I will fully support your application with admissions) it is pretty much a golden ticket with a high degree of certainty of admission.
This kind of knocks Oxford Emory out, as they don’t have a volleyball team.
Re: financial aid – even if what parentologist says is true, what made you attractive to boarding schools is totally what also makes you attractive to colleges. Selective prep schools basically look for the same things selective colleges do.
Happy to share my perspective on Oxford Emory. The campus is beautiful, and is great for the right kid, which, honestly and though I love it, is probably not most college students. It was perfect for my son. But it is super quiet with not all that much to do. There isn’t a college town within walking distance.
Particularly for my son, the Oxford campus was 3x his high school’s size, he isn’t a wild kid looking for the wildest party, and his adhd meant a small campus was easier to manage, in the transition to college. He’s on the main campus now, and most/all? his friends are from his time st Oxford. Finally, I was told that Oxford classes are harder than the main campus ones, though I don’t know if that’s true. They certainly aren’t easier.
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I’ve heard that too about the Oxford campus classes. I’ve also heard that the Ox students tend to do very well at Emory overall.
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The only thing i’m worried about is less course selection. Emory main campus has a Korean major AND minor, which I’m really interested in. I’d have to check on if Oxford offers Korean courses.
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unfortunately I do not think there are Korean classes at the Oxford campus.
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