<p>Your 3/2 plan is not feasible for two reasons: 1. the 3/2 program with Georgia Tech does not include computer science (only computer engineering), 2. It is not possible to graduate from the business school in three years (you must attend for two years before you can even be admitted to the business school, which is two years more).</p>
<p>However, you’re probably better off coming to Emory and doing Business/Computer Science than going to the other schools you mentioned.</p>
<p>Also, business/computer science from Oxford is going to be a super-human feat unless you’re bringing in a reasonable number of science AP/IB credits.</p>
<p>“Also, business/computer science from Oxford is going to be a super-human feat unless you’re bringing in a reasonable number of science AP/IB credits.”</p>
<p>I got a 4 in AP US History and I’ll be taking/ expecting to achieve a 4 in AP Statistics and AP AB Calc at the minimum. Admittedly, I haven’t taken that many APs, but I think I can thoroughly map out my academic career so I can graduate accordingly. Also, computer engineering, from what I can gather, is basically computer science with a second helping of electrical engineering. You learn how to code, but also how to put the infrastructure in place into physical components. Correct me if I’m wrong.</p>
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<p>I’m not even referring to Emory/Georgia tech; I’m referring to business/computer science only at Emory to be superhuman.</p>
<p>If you bring in credit for those you expect, you will need Calculus II, Calculus III, Linear Algebra, Chemistry, Physics I, Physics II, a Science Elective, Computer Science I, and two English composition courses. At Oxford, many of these courses are only taught once per year (and, at that, they’ll only be one section of the course that you hope you can get in or fit within your schedule). Because of the credit hour system at Oxford, you will take 4 courses per semester (for a total of 16 courses in four semesters). Note that you already need 8 courses to fulfill the GA Tech requirements–half of all the courses you’ll take. That doesn’t include additional prerequisite courses required for business school.</p>
<p>In addition to those courses, you’ll need to complete the general education courses for both Oxford and the College of Arts and Sciences (or the business school). You will also need to either graduate Oxford early or attend summer school to meet the minimum residence requirement to graduate from the College or the Business school.</p>
<p>Since the business school is a two-year program (after your first two years), it’s not possible for you to start at Oxford and graduate with a BBA in three years (even if you graduate from Oxford a semester early)–though that’s also impossible if you start at the College. Even if you didn’t go to the business school and did computer science, it’s impossible to graduate with a computer science degree in three years starting from Oxford.</p>
<p>The BBA program also requires a lot of core courses, so making it through the BBA program and the computer science program would still be very tough because there are a lot of courses to complete and there are few sections of the upper-level computer science courses.</p>
<p>A few notes people might find interesting: </p>
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<li><p>With 30% of the class admitted under ED this year, I’m predicting a 29-30% acceptance rate this year, a significant drop, by extrapolating with last year’s yield rate.</p></li>
<li><p>While the admissions rate should decrease, the average GPA is down from 3.71 to 3.6 and the average ACT dropped from 29 to 28. This is probably a function of getting rid of need-blind admissions at Oxford.</p></li>
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<p>Question related to Emory! What’s the difference between the Laney Graduate School and say their School of Medicine? Thank you in advance!</p>
<p>The Laney Graduate School grants the liberal arts graduate degrees, such as English, French, economic, mathematics, and computer science. It also technically the home to all PhDs (even in business and public health), though this is largely for administrative reasons. The School of Medicine grants the medical degrees: Bachelor of Medical Science (and imaging program with like 10 students), Master of Medical Science (Medical Imaging and Physician Assistants program), and Doctor of Medicine.</p>
So I’ve taken most AP classes at my high school but didn’t score above a 3 on any. Since Oxford is a Liberal Arts will I practically be repeating the same material? Is it worth going here vs going to another school knowing I already want to be a Biology major? (Still deciding bc fin aid)
@Isoglesbee: Huh, what do you mean? You would likely have to repeat general biology and just about any intro. course you got a 3 or lower in at another school if you are a science major. Usually when 3’s are accepted, they are only for classes for non-science majors, even at less selective institutions. If fin. aid turns out good, Oxford is certainly an excellent place to pursue biology. BTW, College, especially liberal arts and selective private and public schools, is not like the AP classes you took. Often, these places don’t even offer courses with the name of, for example, “World History” (which to the view of a LAC or selective school with a legit history department, is all of history). In addition, for the classes that are offered exactly as the AP, you don’t have to take them over, especially the non-sciences. The non-sciences are irrelevant as the non-science courses you take in college will primarily be used to fulfill a second major or general education requires. The gen. ed. requirements include a wide array of courses such that the ones you took as an AP need not be included in the course work that you choose. But again, any sciences with 3 or below will likely have to be retaken no matter where you go. Oxford experience in biology or science is >>>> AP anyway, especially if you do INQ versions. If not the lecture, then the lab is certainly very different. This kind of goes the same for main campus biology, but goes more so for all of Oxford’s science courses in general. You will know some things from AP, but not as much depth as required by the Oxford course, and the lab will require different types of skills as you’ll have to design and carry out your own experiment (and maybe even make a poster). You’re not likely to get that at non-LACs.
To compare to your experience in AP, which may have been more test driven, I encourage you to look at recent syllabi for certain Oxford courses. Do not pay attention to content so much as style of the course:https://app.oxford.emory.edu/WebApps/Directories/EResources/index.cfm
sigh. praying that I get into Oxford. Been quite a depressing road so far.
So it’s come down to money… who knew. I’ve asked many people about my current situation but need advice from you people in cyberspace. After being accepted into Oxford, I found out I don’t receive any fin aid (besides loans) bc of money in savings which my parents nor I knew would affect our aid amount due to our “low” income 50,000-70,000 (by Cappex lists). I’d have to pay ~55,000 at Oxford compared to paying ~17,000 at a Public University in Illinois. My question here is what do I do? Working at the CDC (goal) I think would be easier since after Oxford I’d go to Emory which is literally right down the street. However, another concern comes up with how many students actually continue on to Emory after Oxford in that they pass required courses etc.? I’ll have to go to Graduate School if I plan to work in Immunology (goal) but again I don’t see how I could afford this if I did choose Oxford. Do I just stay in state and then hope I can get into their graduate school? Am I not understanding Emory’s financial aid? 
Honestly, if you want to work at the CDC, you’re going to need a graduate degree. Also, nearly everyone from Oxford continues to the Atlanta campus. Everyone who graduates from Oxford is eligible to continue to the Atlanta campus by virtue of graduating. I’m not sure what kind of graduate school you’re trying to go to, but I’d go to the cheaper option and then apply to our top public health school here at Emory.
My D has been accepted to Oxford and Emory, with some merit contingent on starting at Oxford. She loves the main campus for the vibe and proximity to the city, but also likes the small LAC opportunities at Oxford (small classes/community feeling). So that seems like the best of both worlds. However, I am reading posts about the heavy workload at Oxford, and that doesn’t seem to fit the LAC environment that we’ve seen described at some other places…When I think of an LAC I think of a more relaxed environment, so the focus can be on learning for learning’s sake and not filled with the stress of trying to meet lots of large project deadlines. To this end, some schools even start with the courses being pass/fail… to encourage course exploration, etc. She is just finishing up the IB diploma program in high school and is not excited about jumping into another program with large workloads…if it’s just for the sake of piling it on. She has said she looks forward to being more responsible for her own success…in that, if she knows the subject, she doesn’t have to do a bunch of ‘homework’ to prepare anyway; leaving more time to work on the subjects she does need or wants to spend more time on.
Another concern I have is reports of people being cut-throat. D’s intended major is Anthropology, not pre-med/pre-professional, and she does not need to be surrounded by students who just need a grade to get into med school. I’ve understood that this is going to be some percentage of the students at any good college, but does that really describe the majority of students at Oxford and Emory?
@whenhen,and @aigiqinf and @bernie12 'm hoping you might chime in, as well as well as anyone else who might have good insight on this. Thanks!
Thank you for posting this!!
@shoeboemom: Actually, I know you got a different “vibe” when you went to other LAC’s, but it isn’t the reality. The reality is that LAC’s are known to be good at education because they have a much higher non-examination workload than at research 1 universities. In other words, by making the students actually do work in a course, they are making them engage that material at a higher level than needed by merely studying for a quiz or examination every now and then. The key to having a higher than normal workload spark intellectual curiosity is to have a “meaningful” workload and not just busy work. For example, instead of the R1 unis that are large and would perhaps often give kind of cookie cutter projects (as in they lay out exactly how they want people to adress issues for ease of grading) and exercises, an LAC will make it much more open ended and allow you design a project or approach something in a different way. I imagine some of the work at Oxford (perhaps in some of the INQ) classes have this in mind and their science curriculum has always had the exploratory type of projects in mind. Because, let us be honest, what is the point of taking courses so soft that the material and the students’ engagement only scratches the surface. A light workload sounds like it would encourage “exploration”, but often it doesn’t because students just take advantage of the situation to simply not engage the subject yet expect a solid grade (like in many low workload courses, most will not do readings even if class is discussion based because they essentially view them as optional because the one assignment does not relate directly to them).
A higher workload actually ends up signaling if you like a particular subject more because you ultimately choose if you will engage with that workload to a high degree and if you really are enjoying the subject, you can pour your heart into the assignments and do really good work that may perhaps catch the attention of the instructor. I think one has to rethink what “academic exploration” means because if I had, for example, chosen a bunch of “gut” political science, history and religion courses instead of the courses that I had chosen, which were more rigorous, I am pretty sure I would care less about these courses and would have merely viewed them as somewhat interesting “easy A’s”. Instead I got to do very close readings, legit research projects, lead discussions, participate in debates, and do things that required a high level of engagement and generally keeping up with material. Having a course that keeps you on your toes and is interesting is just completely different. As for anthropology, it would hardly be cut-throat. That is probably were the least cut-throat people go. And also, while students at selective institutions are obsessed with grades (especially when pre-prof), it doesn’t usually make them competitive to the point where they do not willingly collaborate, though I would argue that less collaboration will occur in courses graded on a curve (even one where everyone’s grades will ultimately increase), which is apparently much rarer at Oxford. And even in the case of curved courses, much collaboration still exists, it just won’t happen as often with the A students as it would otherwise (they will often work alone).
Hi, I just got into Oxford and have been doing some research on Oxford for a few days already…
I just have a few questions to ask 
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I want to major in business, however, when I looked at the course catalogue on Oxford’s site, there are only a few/ limited business classes. What should I take in freshman & sophomore year that would best prepared me if I want to apply to emory’s business school in junior year? cuz I took AP macro and micro and got 5s on both of them in high school already, do I still need to take principle of micro?
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How many classes/ semester hours do we need per semester? If I have taken 6 APs in high school and got 5s for all of them, what should I do with the scores?
I know my questions might seem dumb… but I’m in the process of selecting college right now 
just want to find one that’s fun and can also offer the best acedemic opportunities !
@tiffany0623 I got accepted to Oxford too. I have the same questions.Did they offer to get you in contact with a current Oxford student? There doesn’t seem to be a whole lot of information out there, so that might be your best bet.