@Harryp17 @bernie12 Awards are made from $18k to full tuition to “full ride”. In perusing threads from former years as well as Oxford -issued materials, 2-3 full rides are awarded each year .The rest are either full-tuition , half tuition, anywhere inbetween . $18k appears to be the minimum award as posted by Oxford and from what past recipients have shared. Some people in previous years were very angry that they took the time to go to the weekend to be awarded “only” the $18k.
One has to take with a grain of salt anything posted on a public, anonymous forum as this because who knows what is real? One mom was furious that her child was “promised” big $$ and received $18k. I don’t know if there were actually any promises bandied about as that would be irresponsible, but do understand why $18k just won’t cut it for most of us when looking at 64k for the Oxford years and then 67 K for the remaining two at Emory.
Another note of contention was how the finalists were chosen in the first place, but I won’t touch that one!
There were some very unrealistic expectations out there by those who assumed they would get a full ride as they were one of the 65-70-80 finalists, depending on the year.
Good luck to all and I hope the coming blizzard does not affect travel plans on Thursday. It looks like a real mess near many major airports- Boston, NY, D.C. , etc. for Tuesday and perhaps Wednesday and the inevitable domino effect. I am sure that the admissions office will be inundated with calls tomorrow. Stay safe!