<p>Hey! I've noticed there are a lot of questions about Oxford College of Emory. </p>
<p>For the most part, these questions are pretty predictable. (Frequently Asked Questions, even. Maybe we sticky a thread?). Also, few Oxford students seem to post here.</p>
<p>So, if you're an Oxford Applicant, Student, Alumnus/Alumna, or just interested in learning more about the school, post here. I'm only an applicant (RD, so I haven't gotten my decision), but I've visited Oxford, read the online catalog, and done a bit of research. </p>
<p>Feel free to post decisions, stats, and questions. Who's been admitted, who plans to attend? Who's applying RD?</p>
<p><em>Prays thread doesn’t embarrassingly die after this post</em></p>
<p>Status: RD Applicant
Prospective Major(s): Math/Political Science or Sociology BA/MA<br>
Visited: Yes
Will Attend if Accepted?: Yes, unless I’m admitted to one of my super-reaches. I liked what I saw at Oxford. Also, my aunt and uncle attended Emory for grad school and really loved it. Oh, and there’s a 45% tuition scholarship for dependents of Methodist clergy (like me).
ACT: 30
GPA: 3.54 (Oxford Recalculated)
EC’s: Pretty Cool.</p>
<p>does oxford accept dual enrolled credits? i know emory will only accept them if you took the class at an actual college but i have about 20 dual enrolled credits from classes i took at my high school and i dont want them to go to waste!</p>
<p>I’d recommend that you contact someone in Oxford admissions for clarification… I can’t find anything on Oxford’s site that requires the course be taken on a college campus, but 1. When I spoke to an Oxford admissions person this summer, I believe she mentioned the courses did have to be taken on a college campus, and 2. Emory college of arts and science requires that course was taken on a college campus. I’d imagine the credit policies would be the same.</p>
<p>I would make this note: I’ll graduate from high school with over 64 hours of college credit earned on college campuses. I’d be willing to give (the majority of) this credit up to attend Oxford because I don’t believe that the knowledge and experience gained in community college courses or high-school-based, dual-enrollment classes can equal what Oxford offers. Also, even if you don’t get formal credit for a course, you can often register for an upper-level course with the permission of the instructor. I’m sure they’ll make sure you aren’t “wasting your time.” Also, a year might seem like a lot of time that you want to “skip” in college, but you only get to go once–don’t wish it by too fast!</p>
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<p>I can’t imagine that it would have any sort of negative effect. Some students enter Emory through the college of arts and science, others start at Oxford–they’re both Emory. The schools aren’t fighting over students with each other, and they don’t have any reason to. I’m applying to both, even though the Atlanta campus is a super-reach for me. </p>
<p>In fact, Emory seems supportive of students applying to both schools: you can apply to both schools with one application fee and I understand that there’s an option to apply to Oxford if you’re denied or waitlisted by the Atlanta campus. Since the two campuses consider your application and render decisions independently, if they happened to see that you’re applying to both campuses, I can only imagine it would be positive–reinforcing your interest in Emory.</p>
<p>3.37-3.40 UW GPA…
670 SAT Bio M
26 ACT composite (28 superscore)…the only reason I didn’t score a 28 is because I bombed English (highest section last time)</p>
<p>In this case, the poster means college classes taken on a high-school campus. Most top schools only accept college classes taken on a college campus with degree candidates. Emory college of arts and sciences says on their website they don’t take college classes taken on a high-school campus. Do you have a link for Oxford?</p>
<p>^^ any college credit from a qualified institution is acceptable. I also talked to an admissions counselor. I wouldn’t even apply if they didn’t accept it. That will be nearly 30 semester hours down the drain.</p>
<p>When I visited Oxford, the admissions counselor told me that the coursework had to be taken on a college campus. Of course, she also told me that they only accepted 16 hours–when I mentioned that the catalog limited AP credit to 16 hours but limited transfer credit to 32 she went to go check and found that I was right. I’m sure they’re well-meaning, but I’m kind of wary of admission’s officers knowledge of policy at any school.</p>
<p>This situation affects me too because some of my college credit is online, although most is face-to-face. I’ll see if I can contact the person who’d be evaluating transcripts for credit… because there really needs to be a clear answer to this. =/</p>
<p>Unfortunately, at any college, employees make mistakes in policy and, if the employee is wrong, it only hurts the students. A lady at one of the colleges I’ve taken classes at swore up and down the first time I met her that they did not accept AP credit. She then pulled out the catalog and gave this speech about how it was the “Bible of [blah-blah-blah] college.” I then took her “Bible” and showed her in the catalog that they accepted AP credit. She still insisted that they didn’t. The college did, in fact, accept my AP credit and that lady still gives me a nasty look every time she sees me. The amazing thing is this lady had a prominent “Employee of the Year” plaque on her desk.</p>
<p>Lol, on my college transcript it doesn’t state whether or not it was online, face-to-face, at the college, or taken at my high school. I’ve taken 1 course at the college (they don’t like to be called a community college), 3 courses online, and the rest on my high school campus. But I don’t see how it would make a difference? Either way, I’m learning the same material, taking the same test, and getting the same grades as someone who takes it on campus. My high school dual-enrollment courses are taught by professors who are employees of the college. They have classes at the college and classes at my school. Although, it doesn’t really make a difference anyways. My transcript is identical to a student who took all of their classes at the college.</p>
<p>I have a question. I know that oxford recalculates gpa when they receive your transcript, but my weighted gpa (determines rank) was horribly miscalculated. I had a 4.03 W a few weeks ago, complained and almost had a heart attack because I was out of the first quarter… when my grades were pretty decent…so my registrar called the administration building, who then learned that for the past year or so, they’ve been miscalculating my rank and gpa… -.- just my luck…but anyways, it recalculated to a 4.493…and I’m in the top 10% (well 1 or 2 people away, but my counselor said that she was sure I would be in top 10% after this semesters grades were put in…possible top 8%…cuz my semester average is like a 4.98)…does this make a difference to oxford? I know they recalculate, but do they look at rank too?..bcuz one school might be easier than another. I know if I would have stayed at my homeschool rather than going to an intense magnet school, I would still have a 4.89 right now…</p>
<p>I think, for the most part, colleges would just rather not give you any credit and would like to just take your money. =P What concerns me the most is that Emory College of Arts and Sciences has a ton of restrictions on what they’ll take from first-year and transfer students. It’s hard to imagine that Oxford is going to have a wildly different policy and that the College of Arts and Sciences just goes along with it. Transfer credit can get really complicated in some of the more picky places. Some want syllabi, forms signed by a college official stating that the courses were on-campus with regular faculty members and that the majority of the students in the class were not high-school students, and forms signed by your principal stating that the courses you want credit for were not used to meet a high-school graduation requirement.</p>
<p>Miscalculating your GPA? That’s crazy… of course, my school does those kinds of things all the time too. <_< I think pretty much every school looks at rank. You might want to contact them to let them know there was an error and to see if they’d like another copy of your transcript with the correct information.</p>
<p>Thanks. Did you guys get everything in yet for your application? And has anyone been to oxford before? It looks soo boring…like a boot camp. I watched the 30 minute tour video on YouTube twice. How can you have fun? I won’t even have my car until (if I get a 3.75+ first semester) the second semester of college. I saw people climbing trees and doing that rope swing thing on the website…I was like, “omg, how am I going to survive…”</p>
<p>But anyways, it will be worth it for an Emory degree. I’ll just have to live with it…</p>
<p>And I didn’t even submit an application to the Emory campus…I thought it would show “more interest in Oxford” if I only applied there. Lol. Now I’m regretting it. My EC’s are excellent, my essay brought tears to my english professors eyes, and my rank shot up…is their anyway to submit an application to Emory if I didn’t check them on my supplement?</p>
<p>I’ve sent everything in, but OPUS hasn’t said they’ve received my transcript or teacher recommendation yet. </p>
<p>I visited Oxford this summer and really liked it. I’m sure it would look like the middle of nowhere for someone from NYC or something… but Oxford has twice has many students as my high school and more people than the entire town that I went to elementary school in had. lol And I think the tree climbing stuff was some adventure group that’s completely optional… I’m definitely too scared to do that! I know you’re frustrated, but I hope you don’t just see Oxford as a backdoor to Emory. </p>
<p>They moved the application deadline back to February 1st, so you might want to contact your regional person at the Atlanta campus and see. Your ACT score is a 26, right? That’s just above Oxford’s 25th percentile (25) and well below the Atlanta campus’s 25th percentile (30). I’m not saying you shouldn’t apply–heck, I checked off both–you should just keep that in mind. And I have no idea what colleges Feb. ACT results. =/</p>
<p>A 26.25 lol! a 27 is in the 50% tile, so I’m kind of in the 35%-40% tile…how do you like the oxford campus? In my mindset I see it as a summer camp…like a boy scout camp. And I live in the suburbs of Houston, Texas…lol…big isn’t a problem, I just want a social life as well</p>
<p>I was fortunate enough to get a 30 on the ACT (twice, actually lol). I’m still in full freak-out mode though… I even took the SAT this past Saturday. Someone should slap me back into reality. @_@</p>
<p>I’ve never been to boy scout camp (though I have been to generic summer camp), but I guess I can see the parallel. lol My case is that anything will be better than where I am… but I’m sure there’s a healthy social life. It definitely seemed to be a close-knit community.</p>
<p>Well you should get in though. Lol…I have a friend who is in my AP Chemistry class. She was accepted to Emory (main campus) ED I. She had a 19…something…on her SAT. I scored better on her on the SAT Subject Test though… lol. I think my SAT subject test will possibly make up for my low ACT score. That and my essay. I want to apply to Emory, because even if I don’t get in, at least I won’t always wonder what if…especially when I commit social suicide by going to Oxford. That will just make me think of it more and more…</p>
<p>I definitely hope I get admitted. I’m just hardcore freaking out about the whole college application process. I was literally freaking out about my safety-school application–and according to their statistics, I have a higher ACT score than anyone who’s attended in like, six years. (Needless to say, their admissions letter arrived before I’d even submitted all of my application materials). </p>
<p>I don’t know how Emory views essays/subject tests, but I’m wishing you the best. I’ve actually been looking into the Educational Studies major more (I included my interest in the Educational Studies major in my “Why Emory” essay), and it’d really be better for me to start at the Atlanta campus (they’re are no education courses at the Oxford campus)… but I’ll count myself lucky to get into Oxford–and if I don’t get in, my academic life will be over (forget my social life)… I’ll be attending the University of Nowhere at Middle if I don’t get in Oxford. @_@</p>
<p>so, since oxford will accept 32 of my dual enrolled credits, is it possible to go to oxford for just one year then transfer to the main campus and be a junior? do many people do that?</p>
a 27 is in the 50% tile, so I’m kind of in the 35%-40% tile…how do you like the oxford campus? In my mindset I see it as a summer camp…like a boy scout camp. And I live in the suburbs of Houston, Texas…lol…big isn’t a problem, I just want a social life as well</p>