<p>Hi, I have been accepted to Virginia Tech for Management and Oxford College of Emory University. I think the only reason I got accepted to Oxford College of Emory was because my bro went to Emory college with good stats.</p>
<p>My main concern is doing well in college, and I’m afraid if I go to Emory University I might end up getting my butt kicked there at Oxford College. The reason is my weighted GPA at high school is a 3.52 and my SATs were only 560Math, 500CR, and 620Writing. I know its pretty crappy. And that is my reason that I think I won’t do well at Oxford aside from the fact it is a college of arts and sciences and I suck in science. I want to major in business by the way. I mean I have taken AP History i/II, AP French and Honors chem and gotten “B’s” in all those classes. Then I’ve also taken AP Bio, Honors Physics, and Honors Geometry and gotten “C’s”. It was especially hard with wrestling. And I tend to do bad on my midterms and finals. In other words, I don’t think I’m cut out for Emory or VT.</p>
<li><p>What would you recommend for a guy like me wanting to do business?</p></li>
<li><p>What can I do to prepare for Oxford College of Emory - summer programs or books?</p></li>
<li><p>How hard is Oxford College…how is it, the experience, the people, the exams?</p></li>
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<p>I would greatly appreciate it if someone answered these questions with some feedback or advice. I just don’t feel convinced that I will do well at college and I need some advice or something that will help me.</p>
<p>This reminds me of the time when my friend (also asian) was accepted to Harvard, like I, she too wanted to major in Psychology but due to the challenging and quite honestly difficult curriculum, she instead opted for Communications. I understand your situation, and quite frankly if I was in your situation and say I was attending Yale, I doubt I could manage their curriculum. I guess rejection has it's purpose at times. Look, nothing is hard, and although I don't know you...I am confident that you can do it. Just read, attend class, form study sessions and ask questions when needed and you'll do fine.</p>
<p>Practice the absolute basics - reading and taking good notes, memorization, etc.</p>
<p>Remember once you begin to doubt your potential is when you begin the road to failure.</p>
<p>What does the fact that you're Asian have to do with anything?</p>
<p>Initial impact, everyone on these boards seem to assume all asians are extremely dedicated to their schoolwork.</p>
<p>Obviously if they accepted you they think you can do the work. I doubt the adcoms want to see you fail. Go to Emory, it has a much better reputation than VT, although VT is no slouch.</p>
<p>For whichever place you pick, don't kill yourself with your first semester class selection. Take a couple of heavy classes, but then fill in with gen requirements classes that won't put so much pressure on you. Is taking any of the gen ed classes pass/fail an option? I agree with what others say, don't be so down on yourself. Emory wouldn't have admitted you if they didn't think you could do the work. They don't want to set anyone up to fail.</p>
<p>Being asian has nothing to do with it....I simply put it in the title to catch people s attention cuz I couldn't think of anything else. So when ppl read hmmm "what would a dumb asian do," they want to find out. Look, it's just an attention grabber...no harm done.</p>
<p>I think I will attend Oxford at Emory University. I'm willing to put in hard work but I'm afraid what if I put in hard work and it doesn't produce the results that are reasonable. Look, I have a friend going to Syracuse who is doing premed and from what I hear of other kids at my current high school he's doing pretty bad. I saw him last year at high school with his ear pierced and his hair all wacky. Could be doing drugs or not. It's just that I've heard ppl who work hard and have to sometimes drop out or move to other schools.<br>
After all I'm just a hard working average kid who just wants to do well - not party, not get drunk, and not involve myself in inappropriate situations.</p>
<p>Maybe if I take a summer course or read some college preparation books I might gain some confidence...any suggestions y'all? And while we're at it which AP exam is the easiest to SELF study for...I want to take economics or some business related AP.</p>