<p>is one college more competitive than another? do they differ significantly?</p>
<p>Well, the first and most obvious difference is that Oxford is a two-year institution, and Emory College is a four-year institution. The former grants AA degrees and feed students into four year schools, most commonly Emory itself, and the other is a traditional four year institution offering BS and BA programs. </p>
<p>There is a huge difference in statistics. For Emory College:</p>
<p>Admission: 14,222 applied; 4,535 admitted; 1,665 enrolled (32% accepted)
Average high school GPA: 3.7
Test Scores:
SAT critical reading scores over 500 98%
SAT math scores over 500 100%
SAT writing scores over 500 99%
ACT scores over 18 100%
SAT critical reading scores over 600 83%
SAT math scores over 600 92%
SAT writing scores over 600 85%
ACT scores over 24 97%
SAT critical reading scores over 700 29%
SAT math scores over 700 46%
SAT writing scores over 700 31%
ACT scores over 30 46% </p>
<p>Whereas Oxford College has:</p>
<p>Admission: 1,421 applied; 1,030 admitted; 248 enrolled (72% accepted)
Average high school GPA: 3.5
Test Scores:
SAT critical reading scores over 500 93%
SAT math scores over 500 98%
ACT scores over 18 99%
SAT critical reading scores over 600 54%
SAT math scores over 600 63%
ACT scores over 24 75%
SAT critical reading scores over 700 15%
SAT math scores over 700 13%
ACT scores over 30 13% </p>
<p>Oxford is outside the city (38 miles from Atlanta) on its own campus, has a much smaller student body, and costs a fair bit less to attend.</p>
<p>My father works at Emory and said that in-state students will probably be more comfortable at Oxford. It is becoming more competitive at Oxford especially with Georgia residents.</p>
<p>does emory figure in the writing section of the SAT?
sherbear</p>
<p>They haven't officially said they don't look at it (that I know of), but I've talked to a few different college admissions people from Oxford and they said that neither college looks at writing scores for admissions yet. They only compile them to look at later to determine how writing scores will correlate with success in college.</p>