@Fulfilling : You need to figure out the unweighted GPA. Selective Colleges are well aware of the pattern of, say taking more APs or honors to just boost the GPA, so they unweight the GPAs and then will kind of apply their own scheme for weighting which is usually less than the high schools’. If your school overseas is just deemed as very rigorous in comparison to most even top U.S.high schools, then perhaps you will be cut slack.
*Do not comment on the strength of your essay. That is purely up to how the admissions readers see it. Write about yourself the best you can and let them decide. I am sure that anyone who hasn’t rushed their writing thinks it is fine, but we really just don’t know how it will compare to over 1000 (or thousands) applications.
What AP, IB, or A levels did you take? Is their any evidence of academic well-roundedness or passion in your profile outside of an interest in business in a somewhat generic sense. Have you started an actual business (one year, it was cited on the BBA admissions stats website that 25% of incoming GBS students had started some sort of business. And keep in mind many likely came to ECAS or Oxford with stronger GPAs and similar SATs, if converted to the new scale. This was like 4-5 years ago. In the past two years, the stats have creeped up some) or have done research in economics or a business related field. While Oxford is less selective than Emory, it emphasizes a more full academic immersion/liberal arts experience, and they really value applicants/students with higher than normal academic orientation and passion (and if this is obvious, it can maybe cause them to see potential past a weak statistic in a key area). Given the emphasis on this full immersion academic experience at Oxford, please make sure it is much more than an alternative to Emory main because you do not think you will be admitted to main. Make sure you want this type of experience or else there isn’t a legit reason to be there over some other places you are considering. There is no reason to suffer through a school for two years just to get to the one you like when you can be at one that fits well for all 4 years.
Either way, you have some shot at Oxford as it is less GPA sensitive than main campus (SATs are extremely similar from a statistical/educational standpoint), but please stop describing your stats. The UWGPA wouldn’t be good at all if not from a rigorous school, and at Oxford, I suspect the SAT would be above average, but neither campus over-emphasizes the SAT over subject based ability. Course selection, AP/IB/A-level performance, and other academic/co-curricular endeavors will be more of a deciding factor in the academic category. Your chance will not be the best, but I would not say it is remotely impossible. You could definitely be admitted.