@bernie12 thanks for your replies (I was actually hoping you’d comment cause your replies are usually very insightful). I actually have been admitted to Oxford College since last year but because of a family situation I’ve been forced to take a gap year but I can return to Oxford amongst others in Spring if I wish (its a very extenuating circumstance regarding my mother’s health which is why many colleges I was admitted to including NYU and UMiami are allowing me this opportunity, though these places are starting to have less of an appeal to me didnt to my inclination towards a LAC model for my pre-med Education, I was thinking of Vassar since it’s close to home).
So basically what you’re telling me is there is more of a “de-facto curve” at places like Oxford and Vanderbilt (although I was under the impressions some Vandy profs for Biology did curve) which tends to land at B-? I’m inclined to this type of system because if you’re saying there’s are more graded assignments and less challenging finals etc it would make it theoretically a bit easier to make high grades. I guess this clears up my worries about making high grades. Though I’m still confused on what Oxford shares academically and socially with Emory. I get the feeling that they’re in essence two separate entities rather than one uniform educational/social unit
As far as parties that also does help, you did clear this up a lot for me. Now just one more question, is Oxford still a commuter school? In that, do students typically go home/off campus on the weekends? This is something that doesn’t appeal to me because it’d ruin the sense of community (that I am looking for at a LAC) and would probably render campus life relatively boring in that regard — another concern of mine. I guess I just don’t want to end up feeling constrained at Oxford socially because it’s already relatively isolated and I wouldn’t want the campus to be basically half empty on weekends on top of that!