<p>wait. Everyone who got the invite got in? But not all people that got in got the invite, correct?</p>
<p>I’m an AA student but I got no invite. Pretty sure I got rejected lol</p>
<p>Yes that is correct. Everyone invited was accepted, but not all minorities that are accepted get invited </p>
<p>Thursday cannot come fast enough lol. I’m gonna have pizza and cookie dough ice cream ready so I can celebrate or eat myself happy when I get rejected</p>
<p>GOT IN TODAY! I’m so happy. When can we post credentials (GPA, SAT. EC’s)?</p>
<p>CONGRATS everybody! So just to confirm, everybody who was accepted today was a minority? I’m not trying to single anybody out… just trying to understand the notification process.</p>
<p>yes, black or Latino so don’t worry.</p>
<p>AHHH tommorow we’re getting our decisions…So nerve-wrecking!</p>
<p>@vandemory1342 what if you are black? THen worry with no notification? </p>
<p>@summerAus No not every minority was accepted yesterday.</p>
<p>Well by this time tomorrow, we’ll all know our decisions! Good luck to everyone, I hope we can all celebrate there together!!</p>
<p>So is it possible to be accepted into Emory but not Oxford, Oxford but not Emory, both, or neither? I hate to say it, but I feel like I’d be disappointed if I only got into Oxford and I want to prepare myself.
When I accepted the option to apply for Oxford, would that have affected my chances at Emory?
Sorry guys, I’m stressin’ 
Any answers would be much appreciated!</p>
<p>@tothefullest I was wondering that too but I read on their website that they are treated as two separate colleges and I don’t think it will affect your chances (obviously their website didn’t mention anything on it). Less than a day to go guys good luck just remember that the decision has already been made probably and that you know you did your best </p>
<p>I agree… good luck everybody! Crossing my fingers for all of you (and my daughter too)! :-bd </p>
<p>I never quite understood what Oxford was so I didn’t apply there. </p>
<p>Cant wait any longer! [-O< </p>
<p>@tothefullest Yes, it is certainly possible. Indeed in my year over 100 Emory CAS admits were not offered a position at Oxford. Many others are rejected by both schools. Also you’re not settling if you go to Oxford. Far from it! While your peers at other institutions sit in large lecture classes, you get to enjoy being in small classes taught by professors who were hired partly for their teaching abilities. You get to become incredibly close with people from all over the world and get two totally different campus experiences during your time in college. </p>
<p>Isn’t emory decisions coming after 6 pm EDT? Right now isn’t it 12 pm EDT? Ahhh…time zones are so annoying. </p>
<p>@whenhen: A lot of students do not really consider the actual educational quality of the institution, nor do they like smaller classes with more pressure. Student who go to huge (or even medium sized) universities seem to have a love-hate relationship with large lectures. As in, you seem like a number, but yet often you have to do much less work/stay on top of things. Most students will not be called upon or challenged on the spot in a large lecture. Also, workload and exams tend to be less demanding because teachers don’t want trouble grading it. For example, we at selective universities love our multiple choice exams, it’s what got us in. More large lectures will heavily (50% or higher of the exam) employ that format than smaller courses/seminars. It plays right up our alley. I remember overhearing a conversation between 2 girls at Georgia Tech where one complained about how she wished she chose the calculus section with multiple choice…wants multiple choice for calculus. Go figure. “Rich” educational experience as you define it is not among the values of this student. Don’t think too many Emory students are much different. </p>
<p>Seems many people primarily consider branding and extracurricular life. A huge chunk of us are guilty of it. It’s kind of why it seems certain sorts of students seriously entertain liberal arts colleges and others don’t. You won’t convince many students wanting to go to Emory that Oxford could potentially be better for them, because they would have to value the reasons why that may the case. If prestige, easily managed workload, and a huge city/fun (as in students buy into hype of being at top 20 or Ivy) are primary factors, then don’t even bother unless a person has already been denied Emory and admitted Oxford and is now “concerned”. Let’s be real, people who don’t really see the values you mention will likely entertain an offer from UGA more than Oxford unless the Emory attachment to the name is enough to swing them. </p>
<p>I have basically given up on trying to explain what you did to people. I can’t even convince some on main campus (literally, one girl I tutored told me that she believes that the Oxford campus brings our rank down. How silly?!). I tell them that much of it is actually more rigorous, and they say “that can’t be, we’re way smarter” (kind of like: “Georgia Tech can’t be harder, it’s a public school”). I simply rebut by saying that Vanderbilt students are way “smarter”(they don’t get that the problem with Emory’s ranking is that the selectivity on main campus is lower than peer institutions and that our graduation rate could be a little higher) than Emory students, yet the coursework (especially for most sciences) is a bit more intense. Needless to say, they can’t rebut, but they cling to their beliefs because they’ve bought into the rankings game and view educational quality as a function of prestige and branding (there is of course a lot of noise in this function). </p>
<p>1.5 hours and counting!</p>
<p>Oh my goodness just one more hour!</p>