Colleges like Emory's Oxford College?

juillet
Fri, 07 Jul 2017 22:20:51 +0000

Oxford is really rather unique. There are only two analogs I can think of and neither of them is really much like Oxford.

The first is Deep Springs College. Deep Springs is a very small college in a very rural area - an isolated cattle ranch in the Deep Springs Valley which is an hour away from the nearest town (not major city…town of any size). The college is a two-year college and only admits around 26 students a year. It is a highly prestigious two-year college, and after their two years many students transfer to elite universities. Deep Springs also produces a high rate of PhDs and other graduate degrees. But it’s not affiliated with any specific university, so there’s no guaranteed transfer to another university. (Also, Deep Springs used to be men’s only. They are trying to go co-ed, but there are some legal complications so I’m not sure they have.)

The second is the University of Virginia’s College at Wise, a small public liberal arts college. It’s part of UVa, so you get many of the benefits and amenities of the university, but Wise is a four-year college - you can go to Wise and finish up there without ever going to the main UVa campus. It’s not really intended for you to transfer to UVa, and I don’t know how difficult it would be for you to transfer from Wise to UVa after two years. They’re also much farther apart - Wise, VA is 4.5 hours away from Charlottesville.

I’m not sure there really is anything like Oxford out there.