<p>UNC.</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and this summer I would ask people at Emory if they went to Oxford, and they would jump back and say "no way" as if they were offended.</p>
<p>slipper 1234,</p>
<p>Sounds like the academics were too much for your brother at Oxford. You never said where he ended up transferring. Oxford has a reputation for being harder than Emory the first two years. It is my understanding that Oxford students do extremely well when they continue on to Emory. Certainly no one should feel shame for working hard in college!</p>
<p>i don't disagree with you, emoritamom, however, working extremely hard in oxford and having a track record of sucess after transferring to emory but still get looked down on or shunned by emory kids is pretty pathetic. i think emory, during their admission info sessions, should state the fact that 'oxford is for those not quite ready for emory but they all prove to be as successful if not more than their emory peers'. anyways, having nothing to do in the middle of nowhere is one thing, in my opinion it's temporary, you can make it one year and transfer or put up with it for 2 years. getting a good education is a permanent thing, having a second citizen feel is a permanent thing also. it all comes down to a person's choice.</p>
<p>bty, i happen to know slip1234's brother ended up in unc/chapel hill. i said he did pretty good in oxford.</p>
<p>yc54,</p>
<p>We have heard from lots of Oxford kids who did not feel shunned at Emory and embraced their two years there. I think life is what you make of it. Not everyone is going to like such a small environment as Oxford is, and as the admissions people told us when we were there for visitation day, if you like blending in with the walls, you won't like Oxford because students get involved there to be successful. I would like to hear from more Oxford students on this post. I just don't think it is fair to try and turn people off on Oxford when there are lots of positives that have not been addressed.</p>
<p>hey everyone, i had a question about oxford. recently i was denied acceptance to Emory University, but i got a letter on April 6 encouraging me to apply to Oxford. It's April 6! Isn't the college admissions process almost over? What's going on? Can you still apply or something?</p>
<p>oxford has rolling admissions until the class if filled.</p>
<p>Emoritamom,</p>
<p>I have no incentive to make Oxford look bad, it really is nothing like a normal liberal arts school though. The two pluses I see are its an easier was to get a diploma from Emory, and its a good place to transfer from (people see Emory and it helps to come from a good school). Any other criteria in choosing this place over another liberal arts school seems off.</p>
<p>after u graduate from oxford and graduate from emory university, do you get a four year degree from emory university? or two two year degrees?</p>
<p>You get a four year degree from Emory AND a two year degree from Oxford</p>
<p>I think students applying to Oxford are self-selective as they desire a small college experience in a quiet rural location (or at least do not mind it). It is possible that many students at Emory would not want that experience; hence they choose a mid-size university in an urban location with all the attendant attractions. I would imagine that most of Oxford students prefer the tight community with a lot of personal interaction with profs and students over a mid-size university during their first two years of college. We were alerted about Oxford by a family friend and felt it offered many of the positive features of a top NE LAC. My impression is that Oxford students (in general) may not have the same pre-college records as students at some of those LACs or Emory for that matter. On the other hand, they are hard-working and intellectually curious, and seem to blossom in a nurturing environment. Many have gone on to become leaders at Emory despite spending their first two years at Oxford. I believe there are some top students interested in Emory who prefer the Oxford environment intitially. These students choose Oxford over Emory, or many of them only apply to Oxford. I know of at least one strong candidate who visited both campuses and followed the second option.</p>
<p>Emory University must feel that it is worth the cost and expense of maintaining two campuses. I believe that Oxford brings students to Emory University that may be late bloomers, unconventional learners (e.g. home schoolers), students from disadvantaged learning backgrounds, and passionate learners seeking a LAC environment. These students eventually go the the Emory campus and enrich the quality of student life there. It is possible that many of these excellent students would not be at Emory otherwise.</p>
<p>i understand that this thread has long since been dead so this message probably is completely useless. regardless, i want to say that i have read all posts in this thread and i want to express my view.</p>
<p>I am currently a senior in high school. I was accepted to Emory among a few other schools. I'm still not sure where i will go next year but one of the main cons i have against Emory is that students from Oxford are fed into Emory their junior and senior year. Frankly, i wonder how this is fair. in response to an earlier poster who wrote that standardized test scores don't mean anything and don't access a student's intelligence because anyone can score well if he/she studies for it, I'm pretty sure it's still the best indicator that colleges can use to measure a candidate's intelligence despite its flaws. There are a lot of people who can study all they want for the SAT and not be able to pull off a 2100 out of 2400. Or a 1500 out of 1600 or whatever. The first time I took the SAT, I scored a 640 on the critical reading portion and 710 in the math and writing. So i bought a couple of review books and studied the CR moderately for a couple months and took the SAT for the second (and final) time and scored an 800 on the critical reading. There IS intelligence involved in order to score well. I probably sound like a jerk right now, I realize that. Sorry, it's just how i feel. The Oxford factor at Emory bothers me. (there are tons of grammatical errors in this post, sorry, it was written hastily)</p>
<p>if one is applying to competitive grad schools, does the fact that one went to oxford for the first two years make the candidate less appealing? Be honest:)</p>
<p>so oxford shows up on the transcript? I was under the impression that no one would ever know unless I told them</p>
<p>What percent of Emory graduating class are Oxford transfers though? Oxford is small enough that I'd only guess around 15-20% or so. If you don't think the system is fair, it's not too big of a worry since a vast majority of your classmates will have been from the bigger campus anyways.</p>
<p>Who cares if people at Oxford have an advantage or not? Everything boils down to how you prepare and how much you know, not how much everyone else knows. People at Oxford are generally less intelligent than those at the main campus, unless they went there for financial reasons, so the emory(main campus) crowd will likely score higher on standardized tests on average anyway. However, that doesn't mean that someone can't go to Oxford, work hard, and be just as successful. You shouldn't worry about whether the system is fair or not, because if you look at the admissions game from that perspective, then inequality runs rampant throughout the entire process. I can relate to this personally, as I transferred out from a very easy high school (where I was on the verge of gaining val or sal within a year) to a very rigorous boarding school, where my gpa dropped around .2 points on the UW scale. This probably slightly detracted from my chances at my top choices, but I still got into all the schools I wanted to get into with strong essays, interview skills, and standardized test scores. However, I can assure you that having gone through what is undoubtedly a better school, I am much more prepared for college, and thus will attain a better cgpa than I would have otherwise received. </p>
<p>In retrospect, it all depends on how hard you work, not where you go.</p>
<p>I'm going to Oxford next year, and I could care less about what other Emory students think of Oxford students. CNI is right. As long as you work hard, it doesn't matter where you go. </p>
<p>I am more than content with my decision to go to Oxford. I chose it over UGA and Furman, which are pretty good schools. </p>
<p>Also, I don't think competitive graduate schools will look down on applicants from Oxford. As long as the applicant has a constant or rising GPA after the first two years, there should be no difference between a student from Emory and a student from Oxford.</p>
<p>i feel kind of stupid and arrogant for what i said. CNI/Rooner, I totally agree with what you're saying.</p>
<p>My son was a sophomore transfer from a NE LAC to Oxford. He did not consider Emory for his second year. Several family friends were accepted at both and chose Oxford. During Parent's weekend, I also met a number of Emory faculty kids also attending Oxford (I would think they would know). I think there are a lot of bright kids at Oxford, although on average they may not be as high as the main campus. As a cohort, they attain GPAs higher than the Emory average after going to Emory College. My son's was on the honor roll at Oxford but his GPA increased after going to Emory. He did not find it any more difficult than Oxford. I would try to look at Oxford as a different type of Emory experience. May be good for some but not for others. My son really found his time there to be an amazing experience.</p>
<p>some people (like me) choose oxford over atlanta due to scholarship reasons. others choose it for the smaller community, but this is a minority. many people are at oxford because they could not get into Atlanta--it's a fact
faculty kids (they're so lucky!) choose oxford because many of them are not good enough to get into main campus.
I do find the GPA thing interesting, however. I think it says something about the environment at Oxford.</p>
<p>I agree that Oxford is a great place, and the 2+2 program is very unique. Still, I do not think it is unreasonable to be concerned about prestige and how Oxford will affect employment chances.</p>
<p>I recently emailed emory. Oxford WILL show up on the transcript. it is still unclear to me, however, whether it will show up on the diploma.</p>
<p>so for applying to top law schools, would having gone to oxford for the first two years as opposed to emory college all four years affect admission? To what degree would it?</p>