<p>O.K. I am not an Emory student but my little sister really wants to go to this school.</p>
<p>Now what we are trying to figure out is why does the thought that "oxford kids do better at Emory" exist.</p>
<p>It just doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever how a school with significantly lower stats can somehow trump the mother institution.</p>
<p>I want to see proof of this claim and not "anecdotes" or another rumor.</p>
<p>If there is no concrete evidence, then I am going to have to assume that Oxford kids are just spreading this to dismiss the "backdoor" attacks made on them, and that Oxford is INDEED a backdoor.</p>
<p>If this is my conclusion, then I know Oxford is definitely not going to be on my sister's list.</p>
<p>Hey, I was worse in criticizing this Oxford stuff than you, but guess what? Emory University accepts them and they don’t give a crap. In fact, they give the same financial treatment to Oxford as Emory College and do not even complain. Why not just trust their judgement? They’ve outcompeted over 99% of institutions and lets Oxford live. And Oxford is not hampering the University in anyway.Maybe Oxford is part of the reason that Emory is as good as it is today. You ever thought about it that way?</p>
<p>If you wanna pass up an Emory education because of this bullsh@# go ahead. All I know is that the benefit is greater than the cost. Oxford is part of Emory University. It existed for a long time and sent countless students to Emory College junior year because it WORKS. </p>
<p>If they can turn low stat students into top 20 college level students in 2 years then why are you criticizing them? Sure they go in with lower stats and a lot of us feel bitter about it in the beginning but in the end it works out just fine. </p>
<p>They do the same level of work as Emory College and complete the same requirements. It’s not like they go easy on the students because of lower stats. And admissions is not solely based on stats. Lots of other factors in work. </p>
<p>I believe that logic is enough to override wthe evidence you are strictly demanding in this case. If you like the college, go. If you don’t, then don’t. No one will care about this backdoor stuff once you graduate from Emory anyway.</p>
<p>Dude, chill out. Unfortunately there will be no numerical proof. At least not from this forum. If you are so concerned, how about contacting the university and inquiring in a less egotistical manner than the way you approached this forum. We don’t have that information. And, no offense, how about letting your little sister decide. She will end up with an Emory degree in the end. She will not be ostracized once she gets to main campus. Nobody actually has enough time for that. She will probably perform well on the Atlanta campus. She probably wants to go there for a reason. </p>
<p>What you’re proposing right now is that “I don’t want my little sister going to an institution, where students think…”, despite the fact that she will graduate with two degrees, including the same one as those on main campus. How about worrying about the actual quality of the education. Actually go down there and check it out, and see if its suitable. Letting the perceptions of a few somewhat elitist students govern your decision is silly. Our opinion does not influence the quality of that institution.</p>
<p>I haven’t been to Emory except a 4 hour visit but the stereotype of students being elitist is pretty false from what I’ve heard. It’s suppsed to be a collaborative environment. The people you are worried about are in the minority, and hopefully the few who are will change by the time they get there.</p>
<p>Like I’ve said in the other thread, the Oxford students can just give you the middle finger and graduate with an Emory degree and you can’t do anything about it. You can try shoving your 2nd/3rd tier college degree in their face with “I Legitimately Got In My College” and they will laugh their asses off. I would do the same thing. They work just as hard, if not harder, as those at the main campus.</p>
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<p>It just doesn’t make sense to me that you believe people who got lower stats in high school on average can’t change and release their true potential once they get into college and outperform others with higher stats.</p>