Oxford College with Tuition-waived Scholarship and Great State Univeristy with Full Ride Scholarship

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Though I will fully agree that an Emory degree after 2 years at Oxford, is no disadvantage in the job market as where you get the degree is what counts, I still stand by what I said. I do believe losing the first two years at Emory when a lot of kids get to know each other there is a damper.

You’ve never been to Oxford, nor have any idea about just how close Oxford students are with one another. Also Oxford students certainly aren’t precluded from becoming friends with Emory students. </p>

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The other issue I have with two years at Oxford is that the offerings there are not equivalent to that of Emory’s and for some programs, that could be limiting.

Well no duh. It’s a liberal arts college. The same critique could be leveled against any number of schools. However, Oxford is only a two year school meaning that when students *continue<a href=“NOT%20transfer”>/i</a> they have the option of taking a huge variety of upper division courses. Besides, the intro courses at Oxford are IMO extremely high quality. From what I’ve seen my geology class trumped the intro one at UC Berkeley (a top 10 school for the major).</p>

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Unless one of my kids really wanted to go there, it’s not something I would consider. I don’t think an Emory degree is worth two years at Oxford.

And I think Oxford is the coolest part of Emory and in fact the only reason I even considered the school. Just because you don’t see the value in a two year LAC followed by two years at a well regarded university doesn’t mean that others feel the same. </p>

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I have no idea what the transfer stats are–what % of the class entering Oxford end up making the transfer to Emory, and what the final grad figures re for them. The web site for Oxford is down so I can’t peruse it.

The overwhelming majority, something on the order of >90%, of students who start at Oxford continue to Main. Those that transfer usually do so because Emory doesn’t offer their intended major (my situation), had some sort of personal and/or financial hardship, or decided to go to a school at or above Emory’s level (USC, Brown, Vanderbilt, etc). Again, Oxford students don’t transfer to Emory’s Atlanta campus, they continue. There’s a huge difference, one that you seem unwilling to understand. </p>