<p>Hey, like it says in the title, I was rejected from Emory's EDII. I've applied to Oxford College and I know it has lower stats than Emory. </p>
<p>Here's my stats again:
(As of last semester)</p>
<p>I'm a Hispanic Male from Louisiana</p>
<p>GPA: 3.79 (unweighted); 3.81 (weighted)</p>
<p>Rank: 34 of 292 (My school is VERY competitive, it was named in the top 3% of high schools in the U.S. by U.S News and World Report magazine)</p>
<p>SAT: CR-720; M:680; W: 670</p>
<p>ACT: 29</p>
<p>Classes:
Novels (H)
Spanish II
English IV (AP)
Introduction to Business Computer Application
Shakespeare Studies
World History (Honors)</p>
<p>I have one other AP class from junior year in U.S History, and I've taken a great number of Honor classes.</p>
<p>Activities:
Drama Club (on the Executive Board) (4 Years)
International Thespian Society (elected Secretary) (3 Years)
Co-founder and Vice-President of Model United Nations (2 years)
Z-Club Service Organization (2 Years)
Church Choir and Ensemble (2 Years)
National Honors Society (3 Years)</p>
<p>Awards/Honors:
High Honor Roll (Freshman and Sophomore Year)
Principal Honor Roll (Junior and Senior Year)
One of five finalists for my school's Student of the Year
Best Actor for "The Odd Couple"
Best Supporting Actor for "The Crucible"
Winner of the Mary Jane Malone Essay Contest (Junior and Senior Year)
Choosen to attend National Young Leaders Conference
Choosen to attend Global Young Leaders Conference
Certificate of Excellence for National Spanish Exam</p>
<p>All in all, I think it would be my lack of AP classes that will get me rejected. </p>
<p>Sorry, I know everyone's posting "My Chances" but I'd really appreciate some honest feedback!</p>
<p>I think you'd have a very good chance on getting into Oxford. Your stats were in line with Emory's main campus, and it must have been just perhaps a sub-par essay or some other minor flaw that pushed you into a rejection. You'd likely be in the top half of Oxford's class with your stats.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, my school cut a few AP classes this year and my schedule kinda got screwy. We do have some AP sciences that I could have taken but the teachers are horrendous and nearly everyone who took the classes ended up taking a hit on their GPA. So, maybe I was a bit cowardly in that regard.</p>
<p>i agree that class load is your weak point.
EC's and scores are both mediocre/fit for Emory. You certainly had a chance at main campus; I guess you just weren't lucky.</p>
<p>but I think your chances are quite good at oxford. I'll be surprised if you're rejected. So basically I agree with jmw</p>
<p>There is no apparent reason whatsoever that explains your rejection from Emory. Your ECs are fine to excellent as are your SAT I scores. Do not waste your time with Oxford College at Emory. You have earned much better. It is possible that either the tone of your application essays or a teacher recommendation hurt your application. As a Hispanic student from Louisiana with a 1400/1600 SAT I, you should have received multiple fly-in offers from many elite colleges and universities. To which other schools did you apply? Throw everything from Emory in the garbage--right where it belongs! Vanderbilt, for example, would be a great choice for you. Based on your posted profile, Emory was somewhere between a safety and a match for you; hopefully you applied to other schools.</p>
<p>The dean of Oxford said that there was a 275% increase in applications this year, so the admission rate for exford might actually be lower than main campus. You'r stats are decent though.</p>
<p>That's a huge increase, where'd you see that number at?</p>
<p>Traditionally Oxford will accept pretty much anybody as long as you have decent stats. They only reject people who have very low grades or below average test scores.</p>
<p>truth1: Speaking of which, did anybody see any stats released by main campus this year? Usually by now they at least would have put out a press release about the increase in application numbers; last year they released #'s in the beginning of Feb.</p>
<p>I go to Oxford, and it is not a waste of time. It is def. academically equal with main campus. Some courses are even harder here because professors have smaller classes, and push you personally to do your best. High school was a breeze for me, and I had similiar stats to the guy who posted this, and I got waitlisted at main campus. If you want to go to Emory, come to Oxford.</p>
<p>You should have been a match for Emory; there was little reason for you rejection. Move on, find something better. You deserve something better than grinding out 2 years at Oxford.</p>
<p>You have a very good chance at Oxford; don't sweat.</p>
<p>Let us know about your visit at Oxford (you'll get your decision by then since it gets out on 3/15), and also remember to take to photos of campus and dorms for those of us who are not able to drive down there.</p>
<p>honestly, i was rejected EDII by emory and applied to Oxford anyway just because all i had to do was hit a button....</p>
<p>to me oxford seems like going to community college with a guaranteed transfer to emory, sort of like going to community college for two years and transferring to a state university. maybe i'm wrong, but thats what it has always seemed like.</p>
<p>i know several rejected people that also hit the "apply to oxford" button just for the sake of doing it.</p>
<p>Son transferred to Oxford College from a well known NESCAC college. He preferred a campus which was ostensibly dry as his roomate freshman year drank heavily from Thursday through Sunday. Oxford is a quiet LAC with a certain degree of isolation. On the other hand, friendships are formed readily with students and faculty, and there is tremondous opportunity to explore many areas both academically and extracurricularily. It was a great fit for my son. He did not apply for transfer to Emory. His stats were similar to OP and he was an AP scholar. He did well at Oxford, and interestingly, his grades actually went even higher after going to Emory so it is a rigorous curriculum at Oxford even though on average students have somewhat lower stats than at Emory. On the other hand, there are a number of students there that chose Oxford over Emory. Other students, like my son, were positively attracted to it rather than deciding to go there by default.</p>
<p>I went to the main campus, and the Oxford people (when they came in junior year) were really on top of it. A lot of them had had to write long, intensive research papers and had had really small classes the whole time, and they universally seemed to think that it was a rigorous environment. Also, the Oxford campus seemed to have been really international. </p>
<p>I think you have pretty good chances.</p>
<p>If it's an environment that you think will suit you, I don't see too many disadvantages to it.</p>