<p>Thanks! Gamom2.
I heard that less than 10% Oxford students enrolled the business school after sophomore year. Is that true?</p>
<p>Less than 10% of “Emory College” students enrolled in the business school after sophomore year. What does that mean? </p>
<p>Fun thing about statistics, you can use them to make lots of different points. 
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<p>Below is a link to the business school and it’s requirements. </p>
<p>[Goizueta</a> Business School - Undergraduate BBA](<a href=“http://www.goizueta.emory.edu/degree/undergra_adm_requirements.html]Goizueta”>http://www.goizueta.emory.edu/degree/undergra_adm_requirements.html)</p>
<p>sorry guys, I don’t know the stats. What I can tell you is that there are a lot of students at Oxford that are planning premed and prelaw. If the 10% is true, it wouldn’t suprise me.</p>
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It really is not in a small city. It’s in… like… a small town. If even a town! Basically, to get there, I drive 45 minutes as far away from civilization as I can, and then I end up at Oxford. That being said, when I visited, I liked it a lot more than I thought I would. The entire campus would probably fit inside my high school’s main building (we have 3500+ students), but it’s at least pretty nice. The two new dorms (Alpha and Beta) were GREAT, and I really did like them. The rooms aren’t tiny and though they do have community bathrooms, each room (may be wrong about this - but the room in which I stayed did) has a little sink, which is really convenient. However, the other dorms were… kinda gross… lol. The dining hall was (of course) pretty tiny but the food was bearable - they DO have wonderful pastries and lots of fruit (and fruit is… what I eat, lol, so that was good :]). Everyone knows everyone here, and they know everything about them too. Which scares me a lot. That was a huge turn-off for me about this school, it seemed like wherever people walked, they already knew EVERYONE… boring? I dunno, some people like a really tightly-knit community like that, but it’s just not for me.
There are DEFINITELY leadership opportunities here, and study abroad opportunities, etc - this is because with only ~700 other students, everyone has a big chance to get things, and this school has a LOT of things available for the students (lol, their library is… lame… though, but you can go to Emory’s, not too far away).</p>
<p>Anyway, that’s all I can think of, if you have any other questions about it, just PM me and I’ll try to answer - this is all based off of a scholarship weekend there, and they’ve given me a full tuition scholarship, so I’m sorta considering going there.</p>
<p>^^ I am from a school where everyone knows everyone lol. As far as the food is considered, do they have any fast food places inside the campus??</p>
<p>gamom2,
someone on another thread brought up the concern about the GPA. Would it be an unrealistic goal to aim for 3.5-4.0? Obviously it’s almost impossible to get a 4.0 in college but I would like to stay in that range. From experience with you Ds and possibly their friends, what kind of GPA do most students at Oxford have??</p>
<p>^^ same question from here? What is the grading system like (for example is 90 and A or is it curved and only a certain # of people get As)?</p>
<p>I am concern about the place itself. is it completely dead? i heard that 50% of the student body are leaving for the week-end and the college becomes a gost place is it true? is the only place to eat a tiny cafeteria? and can you bike? thank you to answer if you know it will help us.</p>
<p>There are no fast food options on campus, but a short drive away (5 min) there is Chick-fil-a, and some others. You can bring a car to Oxford. I think the parking was only $100 for the year. (much higher on main campus). </p>
<p>The grading system is the same as Emory. I think 90-92 is A- and 93 and up is an A. I don’t like the plus/minus system, but I guess they didn’t think to ask me. It is certainly possible to get a 4.0 GPA at Oxford. (my d has one now). I will tell you that there are only 7 with a 4.0 graduating this year, and 4 from last year. The A- system hurts a little in that area, but there are many graduating with a 93 and up GPA. I have not heard of any limit as to how many A’s they allow, and I don’t think there is one. Curves are up to the discretion of the professor. There are about 700 students on campus, and I am not knowledgeable about the average GPA’s, but I can honestly tell you that the students I do know are comfortably in the 3.5 - 4.0 range. I’m sure there are lower GPAs, but I think if you remember to study and attend class, you will be able to reach your goal. At Emory graduation last year, someone told me there were only 4 who kept a 4.0 for all four years, so that might be a difficult thing to achieve. </p>
<p>The classes at Oxford are challenging. The only classes I have personally heard described as easy are the PE classes, but be warned that Badminton is harder than it sounds. (although my d and her friends had a great time with it). You know you have to take a swimming test, right?</p>
<p>^ good my D is a lifeguard certified here in Florida.</p>