I’m still really shaky on the concept of what Oxford is exactly so let me tell you what I have gathered. I’m probably totally wrong about this and I really have no intention of offending anyone who is attending Oxford. So is Oxford for people who can’t get into Emory straight out of high school so it is like a better version of a junior college where you work to get your grades up and eventually are admitted, into Emory in this case? Or am I totally wrong on that? Thanks!
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A significant portion (but not all) people who attend Oxford didn’t get into the main college. I’d bet a lot of Oxford students wouldn’t attend if they weren’t guaranteed to continue on to (not “get admitted to”) Emory after two years (it’s expensive). For those reasons, it’s a backdoor.
That being said, I’ve met some very bright and successful Oxford continuees, and I am friends with a lot of them. So it really does a good job preparing it’s students for the real world.
College is really what you make of it - at a certain point (like where I am at currently), we kinda stop caring about dick measuring contests and just try to learn and earn a living.
@aluminum_boat alright don’t know where that last paragraph came from but thanks!
I know exactly where it came from…it’s the response you get when you ask a question like this in that way.
Oxford is kind of a “backdoor” (I think it has something great going on, but it can’t stand alone because it pretty much rides off of its “Emory” roots and doesn’t really market itself as much of a separate entity. If it did, then it could, over time, get a decent amount of students to consider it in a vacuum), but I think many students in Georgia, for example, don’t necessarily view it that way as it would be one of the better/best educational environments (especially for privates) in Georgia (so there are likely some of those who did not even apply to main because it wasn’t in their “league” of schools to apply to…they viewed it in league with places like Mercer). I have reason to believe that plenty of people would turn down Mercer, GSU or UGA for it they could afford it, partly because of Emory and partly because it is better in many respects (but actually, it does educate better in many areas than those, and is also more selective).
@bernie12 still think that paragraph didn’t pertain at all to the question or the way I asked it but thanks. Also I’m not familiar with what regards mercer is held in, I’m assuming not high.
@mat324 It explains to yoiu how oxford is perceived by many individuals. Am I just supposed to yes or no? Are you taking a survey. I am giving you a perspective from a person who is from Georgia. Mercer is solid at the regional and state level, UGA is very good, and GSU is more “up and coming” and has some work to do. Among those from Emory who would not apply to Emory because of their grades/scores or whatever, these would be the most likely company of Oxford. Those who apply from outside view it as more of a backup/backdoor option that will get them to Emory. As for junior college…I don’t think I can agree on this. Even a “good” junior college will not compare to the level of Oxford. I feel like that designation would have been appropriate when both campuses were less selective, but now that Oxford is much more selective (honest, minus GPA threshold, not too different from main) and functions on more a liberal arts model, you simply cannot say that. I feel as if it should be viewed in the same light as ECAS even though it isn’t. It is very much like a pre-bus student who spends 2 years in ECAS filling out pre-reqs and then going off to the business school. It is too immersive to be considered a junior college, and also is residential in nature. Anyone who views it as a junior college and goes there, will likely be royally smacked by the academics. Given this, I consider as just another entity of Emory. Also, they don’t have to “get their grades up” as the threshold to continue on to main is a 2.8 (which is indeed much higher than the 1.7 of needed to stay at main). So you’re answer is: It is viewed that way, but that isn’t what it is. The only thing we can say is that it is a “backdoor”, one that educates more solidly than many other places that consider themselves “first rate”.
@mat324 It explains to yoiu how oxford is perceived by many individuals. Am I just supposed to yes or no? Are you taking a survey. I am giving you a perspective from a person who is from Georgia. Mercer is solid at the regional and state level, UGA is very good, and GSU is more “up and coming” and has some work to do. Among those from Emory who would not apply to Emory because of their grades/scores or whatever, these would be the most likely company of Oxford. Those who apply from outside view it as more of a backup/backdoor option that will get them to Emory. As for junior college…I don’t think I can agree on this. Even a “good” junior college will not compare to the level of Oxford. I feel like that designation would have been appropriate when both campuses were less selective, but now that Oxford is much more selective (honest, minus GPA threshold, not too different from main) and functions on more a liberal arts model, you simply cannot say that. I feel as if it should be viewed in the same light as ECAS even though it isn’t. It is very much like a pre-bus student who spends 2 years in ECAS filling out pre-reqs and then going off to the business school. It is too immersive to be considered a junior college, and also is residential in nature. Anyone who views it as a junior college and goes there, will likely be royally smacked by the academics. Given this, I consider as just another entity of Emory. Also, they don’t have to “get their grades up” as the threshold to continue on to main is a 2.8 (which is indeed much higher than the 1.7 of needed to stay at main). So you’re answer is: It is viewed that way, but that isn’t what it is. The only thing we can say is that it is a “backdoor”, one that educates more solidly than many other places that consider themselves “first rate”.