<p>Which would you pick if you got in to both?
Please give me justification.
Uf is cheaper
oe would be more expensive from me</p>
<p>2468,</p>
<p>I live in Florida like you (as I am assuming you do). However, I did not apply to UF, or any other state school for that matter. Personally, if I had to choose between the two I would choose oxford (Please note that I am incredibly biased). </p>
<p>My brother actually went to Oxford, and is now at Emory. He loved it, although it is something as he would say, different from the typical. I can’t remember the numbers, but I think Oxford has only around 1,000 kids, so right off the bat it’s a lot smaller than Florida. That is bad, if you want to be meeting new people all the time and would just prefer a greater student population, but it is good in that the community is very close, and you are often very connected and involved with those around you (students AND professors AND deans etc.). You also won’t be getting the crazy huge party scene like you will be at Florida, but when I visited Oxford a couple weeks ago, I still got the vibe that there is definitely a fun social scene, and plus, Emory is not that far away, and there is a lot to do over there as well.</p>
<p>There are a lot of things I haven’t touched upon, but overall, oxford is a lot smaller than UF, which gives it both advantages and disadvantages. Hopefully an oxford student will comment on this and help you out. But best of luck with your desicion.</p>
<p>About 730 students.</p>
<p>Oxford, definitely. I know a ton of people that went the Oxford-Emory route and loved it. I’m probably a prospective student there next year.</p>
<p>Wow, sorry that totally lacked justification. You get a lot of one on one with your professors and I have actually heard from students at Oxford compared to Emory (for undergrad) that the course load is definitely tougher at Oxford. This gives you the upper hand once you attend Emory for junior year. Not to mention the small class size helps you earn some amazing leadership roles!</p>
<p>If you mean tougher in the sense that they must complete all GERs plus any major requirements offered, then fine. If you mean, each individual course is harder, probably not. The “rigor” (don’t get this confused with difficulty of getting an A here because curving will be more prevalent since we have larger classes. Only referring to content) of individual courses is the same I bet. Plus, by time they get here, they are taking upperlevel courses for their major, which are often less intense (or equally/tougher with a curve) than introductory courses meant to weed students out. It is an awesome option though. Most Oxford students do well once they get to Emory, and then they get to take only classes that they want since they complete most (or all) GERs. I would imagine that having to manage a larger course load could easily help Oxford students perform better in upper-level courses. I’m taking a science major point of view, but I could believe that humanities are more intense at Oxford though, as it tries to model itself as a serious liberal arts programs. Such programs tend to be tougher. I imagine Oxford as having more of “Swarthmore” (like the GT of liberal arts programs lol) feel, while Emory is more laid back in terms of actual workload. Exams can be really tough though, and having less of a workload could hurt as one is not forced to constantly practice and expose themselves to material. There are the cases where an upperlevel course (sciences especially, where it’s rare) here will have a serious graded workload, and we won’t be used to it, so we don’t do as well. For example, I’m surprised at the workload in my human genetics class right now. It’s certainly manageable, but I really didn’t expect it. So used to classes where you only study for the exams/quizzes. My Oxford friends probably anticipate things like this I guess.</p>