<p>So as I think about my gpa and sat...likely 3.1-3.3 and 2100 and up respectively...I realize I will get rejected from Emory by a good margin right? So, I know there's the Oxford campus which is significantly lower than the Emory one. Is it still good to attend Oxford and transfer later? What are transfer requirements? Also...even with my stats...do I have a chance at the legit Emory?</p>
<p>have you looked at schools like</p>
<p>butler university
drake university
wofford college
birmingham southern where you would do all four years in the same place.</p>
<p>emory is a good school… as is oxford but, i think 4 years straight threw at schools like the ones I mentioned above may be better. (IMO of course)</p>
<p>Both of them are the “legit Emory,” Emory Oxford campus is just a different curricular option - mostly for people who want the small, intimate environment their first and second years and then to join a prestigious research university their third and fourth. Your diploma will still say Emory.</p>
<p>Straight from Emory’s website, they say that 41% of their Oxford applicants were accepted. The middle 50% range of their GPAs was a 3.5-3.92 and their middle 50% for SAT score is 1830-2170. SAT scores are hard to predict: do you have a basis for your SAT score? Your GPA will be far below their 50% range, but your SAT score would be near the top of it if your estimate is accurate, so it’s hard to tell.</p>
<p>On the other hand, Emory College’s SAT total scores range from 2020-2240 in the mid 50%, and the GPAs range from 3.76-4.0. So the admissions statistics for Oxford College are not <em>significantly</em> lower - they are a little lower, particularly the SAT scores. I feel that your chances would be slim at Emory especially with a sub-3.5 GPA. A 2100 is near the bottom of their 50% range, so with a low GPA and a so-so SAT score as far as their range is concerned, your chances aren’t great. However, apply anyway - you never know.</p>
<p>Is it still just good to attend Oxford and transfer to the Emory campus? OF course. All Oxford students are automatically enrolled in Emory College when they finish their 2 years there, or they can apply to transfer to other schools if they like. Starting your junior year, you’ll be in Atlanta-campus Emory classes just like the folks who began at Emory College, so Oxford College has to prepare their students to do well there. You’ll still get an Emory education and your resume will still say Emory University when it is all said and done.</p>
<p>Here are the Oxford graduation requirements:</p>
<p>[Oxford</a> College - Graduation Requirements](<a href=“http://www.oxford.emory.edu/audiences/current_students/Academic/graduation-requirements.dot]Oxford”>http://www.oxford.emory.edu/audiences/current_students/Academic/graduation-requirements.dot)</p>
<p>In order to transfer, you probably only need to satisfy Oxford’s requirements to stay in good standing, which is a 2.0 and fulfilling the distribution requirements.</p>
<p>Upon completion of Oxford, students with more than 64 credit hours, who have completed all of Oxford’s graduation requirements are automatically eligible to move on to Emory’s main campus. Oxford students who’ve moved on to the main campus are not known as transfers, they’re called continuees, seeing as Oxford is one of Emory’s four undergraduate schools, albeit one that’s 38 miles away from the others. </p>
<p>You need to evaluate whether you’d be comfortable going to a small school in a rural environment for two years. If you come to Oxford just so you can move on to the main campus, you’ll likely be miserable for two years. If on the other hand, you’re comfortable with the setting (which isn’t as rural as I make it out to be), then apply. </p>
<p>Emory would be a huge reach for you, and I wouldn’t count on Oxford as a safety either. Oxford’s admissions are much more holistic in nature, because the school’s admissions department doesn’t have to play the ranking game, so they’ll often admit lower stats students who show the potential to succeed at the exclusion of underachievers. </p>
<p>With your stats, you’re competitive for quite a few schools similar to Emory, although lower in the rankings.</p>
<p>If you have any more questions about the school, feel free to post here, or PM me.</p>