@cattledog do you mind stating your daughter’s state and what major was she wait-listed for and finally accepted?
@Nonomom Emory/Oxford doesn’t admit by major.
Hey @kp2023 I don’t know if you’ve officially made your decision yet (it’s a difficult one) but if you end up declining their offer let me know how the phone call goes! Thank you again btw for mentioning me 
I don’t think mentioning someone that one meets on CC is going to help anyone. I don’t think they are taking recommendations from students in general.
@collegemom9 if Oxford does not admit by major, then what criteria they use to admit from wait list?
We live in San Antonio and has collegemom shared, there’s no major specified for Oxford. I’m not a college admissions officer, so I am only parroting what I’ve generally heard about waitlist acceptances, which is the school uses them to sculpt out their incoming class to whatever criteria they set. Some universities may use a student’s declared major for that purpose, but since there is no major declaration at Oxford it’s likely ethnicity, geography, gender, interests, strengths, etc.
@Nonomom I have no idea how they admit off the wait list.
Emory does not admit by major for Emory or Oxford. Admission from the waitlist is no different than regular decision admission. It would make sense that the last person eliminated in the RD round who accepts a spot on the waitlist is probably the first admitted off the waitlist.
Just got a call that I was admitted off the waitlist for Oxford! Have to see how financial aid is but I’m considering it. Do I still have a chance to be admitted off the waitlist for Emory as well? If so, do you guys think this might raise my chances? I’m excited!
Congratulations on Oxford! Unfortunately, I do not think this helps (or hurts) your status with Emory’s Atlanta college as they have a different admission team and may need to fulfill a different criteria with their waitlist. Let us know if you accept their offer!
@SHQIPTARE for sure! Thanks!
I just got off the waitlist for Oxford and was waitlisted at both. This is a difficult decision because I’m already in love with Boston U and their eng program (oxford doesn’t have engineering!!!)
Emory is like my family’s school so they’re all expecting me to go to Emory and stay close to home (we’re Georgians)
Honestly, I’m torn. I prefer the smaller school and the campus, but have no idea about my major 
@luckyluckyduck Congrats on the acceptance! I was also accepted today… I think I’m going to go if Oxford gives me enough aid. You should do what you want though! I personally really dislike the university I’m committed to so getting that call from Oxford was a life saver.
Oxford doesn’t seem to have a political science major either. I was somewhat concerned about this. Do you know if we are able to continue finishing our degree at Emory if Oxford doesn’t offer it? I’m a bit confused on how it works.
@katnissjul : Huh? Oxford technically doesn’t have ANY majors. You can’t complete a major at Oxford. Oxford has sufficient political science courses so that you can complete the major at ECAS (or wherever). It offers both the intro. courses as well as some special topics and the methods class required for the major. I wouldn’t be concerned about that.
The following is full of syllabi from about half of the courses they offer: https://app.oxford.emory.edu/WebApps/Directories/EResources/index.cfm?FuseAction=List&Criteria=Semester&Semester=2019.Spring
In this listing, maybe 5 of the political science syllabi are listed already. Fall 2018 with 204 syllabi had 8. Again, these are lower bounds because not every instructor will submit their syllabus to this system.
@luckyluckyduck : If BU was affordable, maybe go there (but what happened to the possibility of say…Georgia Tech which has excellent engineering?). Also, you can do the 3-2 or engineering science program in physics. Neither Emory nor Oxford have engineering, but both (including Oxford) have all of the STEM pre-reqs you would need to do the 3-2 program with Tech.
Also unless y’all are diehard for your majors, calm down. You do not need to have everything figured out now. It is perhaps more important for the pre-engineering person to have a plan than someone majoring in social sciences which allows for a great deal of flexibility.
@bernie12 According to other Oxford kids I have talked to, you complete your AA at Oxford and move on to Emory. There are major listings on Oxford’s website.
http://oxford.emory.edu/academics/programs/index.html
http://oxford.emory.edu/catalog/academics/degree-requirements.html
@katnissjul : Those major listings aren’t relevant at all. What is relevant is whether or not they offer the courses for you to complete a bachelors at ECAS or GBS. Those are NOT majors but “academic programs” (areas where they offer lots of courses related to an ECAS major). In the context of Oxford they should not be conflated.
Please read this one again:
http://oxford.emory.edu/catalog/academics/degree-requirements.html
Nowhere does it say you must specialize in a specific area (an AA would not be a specialized degree in this case). It is basically just gen. eds and courses towards credit hours. A pre-engineering or pre-pols person would take courses that progress them in those areas to fulfill the extra credit hours. Notice how it called them “electives”. Engineering at ECAS/oxford is merely a pathway. Either way, they shouldn’t be listing any majors and minors because they don’t matter at the level of Associates in this case.
You’re argument is confusing. The classes you take at Oxford- or any school in this case- play a major role in forming a major. Not to say that you can’t take all humanities courses and then decide you want to become a nurse, but if a student is interested in studying political science they are better off attending a school where there are programs that focus on that intended major so that they can ensure that is what they’re really interested in by their sophomore year (which is when you need to declare your major at Oxford.) @bernie12
There is really no argument. You are essentially reiterating what I am.trying to say. You do not complete a major at Oxford. You take courses toward it. For political science, there are enough course offerings to make progress towards that major’s completion at ECAS without having to overload or scramble. Same for.engineering, though I would not reccommend pursuing the latter at EITHER (starting from ECAS or Oxford) unless you come in with at least a calculus AB credit. Ideally you’d have BC though as it will lighten your STEM course load per semester. However, both campuses have the courses that go towards Tech’s engineering majors. Most students at either will likely be taking courses towards it up to junior year. I am just pointing out that Oxford’s course offerings in neither area would cause someone to “fall behind” on a major relative to starting at ECAS. The way Ox is presenting stuff is what is confusing. The students merely need to see if Ox offers enough courses in the right areas to ensure that a student stays on track to complete their Bachelors in whatever area in 4 years. Whether Oxford labels certain things minors or majors is not relevant. What should happen is a student should go to ECAS (GBS, nursing) and look up requirements for each major and take courses that make progress at Ox. The posters are getting caught up in whether or not Oxford, on their website labels something as a major or minor. That doesn’t matter and with engineering, only engineering sciences and dual degree options are available from Emory as a whole which is why I am apprehensive about that one. Political Science is definitely not a problem.
@tennisninja : Wanna clarify how this may work. I didn’t start there but am pretty sure that is how it works.
Sure. So you don’t major in anything at Oxford (though you can declare a major that you will graduate with from Emory if you want). You just take the classes relevant to graduation and your intended Emory major. This may be a bit more difficult for those looking to go into business and other specific majors like Japanese but Oxford is designed so that you will graduate within 4 years–provided you don’t change your major to something completely different during junior year or fail a bunch of classes.
My son just got off the list Media Studies … any information about this major… between UCSC film and digital Media and this major