<p>@whenhen: That could be the reason. I’ve heard of weird stories at some other elite schools (one in Nashville that I love picking on in particular. I didn’t believe them at first, but apparently there could be some merit) where transfer students are kind of treated strangely (some think that they maybe got in unfairly because the threshold for transfer admission is less intense than freshman admission). Like apparently in private, some would say things like: “That person got a low grade, but it’s no surprise because they are a transfer”. At Emory that just doesn’t happen because a) people aren’t as conscious/critical of others’ performances (and even if they were, they would probably try to help instead of dismiss the person) and b) many (possibly most) transfers, including Oxford students outperform freshman admits (they also tend to take more challenging courses and instructors, often because some transfers were looking for a more challenging environment), whether they came from a lower or similarly calibrated institution.</p>
<p>At Emory, it’s possible for a transfer to never be found out to be a transfer because no one cares at all. And also, while Emory is social, it’s also very academic, so often the transfers will integrate into the student body via the academics/some class, if not through the social events initially. I think some schools are more “social” first and academic a close second, so it may be harder to integrate at such schools. At Emory it’s kind of like: “If you can collaborate on homework or help me study, it’s worth knowing you”. And in general, students at Emory don’t tend to dwell on each others past experiences (or accomplishments) before coming. I guess some of us are “stuck up/snooty” without necessarily being conceited/competitive. A culture where students try to one up each other or believe they were entitled to be in such an “exclusive” environment is more likely to breed anti-transfer sentiment. Main campus doesn’t really have that much of it. There are the few annoying Oxford haters (again, I tutor one of them. They have no idea that Oxford is about as selective freshman stats. wise as UCLA or some other top publics and even decently ranked privates and is not all that much different from main anymore, especially taking into account the correction)-you know, the silly people that actually think Oxford numbers effect our rank…but for some reason, even these folks are not anti-transfer in terms of non-Oxford students. But I guess these students are very dizzy minded in the first place, so I should expect that sort of contradiction. </p>