Public forum lol. do you debate?
Just applying to Oxford! I will copy the same posting format as OP: I’ll also say where my scores lie on the most recent freshman profile for Oxford.
Class of 2021
ACT: 33 (75th)
SAT: Did not even take it so don’t worry about it 
GPA: 3.76 when I apply (A tiny but above average so like 52th) 4.27W
APs: 8, but will graduate with 12.
Resident of CA, goes to a top public school an is Asian .
Pretty good and unquiet ECs and Leadership.
Good luck to everyone!
Hooks: Upward GPA Trend. I have a good explanation for 1st semester freshman year grades, without them my GPA is a 3.86 and a 4.40 so you can see I pretty bombed first semester freshman year. I guess another hook is grandfather went there and is a pretty big donor don’t know the exact figure but from what I have been told 250K+ . Low income family.
Side note: My grandparents recently passed away and left me and my brothers each a fund that we can use for college/grad school so although I am in a low income family we can afford all 4 years of college.
Comments: Emroy is my top choice, that is why I am applying ED1. Backups: NYU LSP, USC, UCB/LA/SB/SD/I, Babson College, Boston College, University of Washington, SDSU, Chapman, and a couple more listed on previous boards.
Feel free to let me know if you think i’ll get into Oxford ED1 or not!
@BigDawgzTV
Please make a new thread this is class of 2020 you are class of 2022. Also Oxford has not released there freshman profile yet.
@BigDawgzTV Your GPA is pretty solid for Emory. However, your essays and your interview maybe another facter that would affect your final decision.
I think you have a solid chance, and good luck!
@Icychacha Your ECs are great, and you have joined the Emory Summer Program which would be a slight advantage. Your standardized tests are a little low among accepted students… If I were you, I will still look forward to the good news, but I will start to prepare for a backup plan.
@BigDawgzTV : UCB and UCSD are backups? Their selectivity is almost the same so don’t view them as admissions backups. You could view them as second choices, but that is all. Also, do not list how many APs, list the scores. They care to see that you did well grade wise and on the actual exams. Also, unlike an SAT or ACT, a GPA shouldn’t be compared directly to those brackets. If anything, a class rank is more informative. Either that or the difficulty of the high school. They will scrutinize the GPA more heavily than whether it falls at the top or bottom end of the range they post.