<p>Anyone apply there? Anyone going?</p>
<p>Anyone who got waitlisted going to apply there?</p>
<p>I hardly know anything about it other than what I read on the letter from Emory saying I got waitlisted and I can apply to Oxford College.</p>
<p>Does anyone know much about it? Is it worth applying?</p>
<p>Daughter applied to Oxford after submitting her Emory application and info started pouring in on the school. We visited both campuses in March. Daughter fell in love with Emory. Oxford, however, was as small as many high schools. It's way out in the middle of no where. She too, was waitlisted at Emory but even with her Oxford acceptance, it's not a viable option for her.</p>
<p>I think most of the students have a negative opinion of the school . . . I've heard there's zero school spirit as most of the kids are just waiting to go back to Emory after the first two years.</p>
<p>I went to a college fair a few weeks ago, and the rep for Emory was a 1978 alum. He told me (or rather, whispered to me) that he thought Oxford had a bunch of hicks and hillbillies. He didn't really like it. Then again, that was in the 70s, but it seems the negativity still lives today.</p>
<p>My son transferred from a well known liberal arts college in NE to Oxford several years ago. He had a very positive social experience at Oxford. Although most students are from the South East, the college is more diverse ethnically and racially than the main Emory Campus so I think the previous generalization does not hold currently. The academics were rigorous and on par with the main campus and his previous school. He felt he had the advantages of attending an excellent LAC and university. His younger brother is a National AP Scholar and applied to Oxford but not Emory. I think if a student values close community, diversity, and interactions with profs., Oxford can be an excellent choice. A family friend had merit scholarships at both Oxford and Emory, and she chose the former. She was quite happy with her choice. Oxford certainly is different than Emory but its strengths may ourweigh any potential negatives (perhaps rural location, ?isolated) for some students.</p>
<p>I come from a small high school myself (600 students, all-girls) and I like tight communities, so that's why I asked about Oxford to the alum I spoke with in the first place. I told him I was a bit concerned with Emory's rather large size (well, large to me even though it's essentially a "medium-sized" university), but he said he couldn't "feel" the largeness himself.</p>
<p>Of course, pmyen, I'm 100% on for whether a school fits right to a particular student (and not just focusing on "prestige" or the popular opinion). I totally respect and am actually happy that the kids you know have had great experiences with Oxford (I'm considering Oxford myself but I'll only know for sure when I visit this summer). I'm just giving another perspective to this, and after reading negative comment after negative comment on CC about Oxford, I just assumed that "the negativity still lives today." I kinda forgot that that could just be a gross generalization, and that I need to take all of this with a grain of salt.</p>