<p>I don’t know anything about the OSAP program, but there are a few things on its website that are red flags to me. </p>
<p>E.g. Students study for 12-13 weeks a term (almost a semester) in one-on-one tutorial courses with 14-18 meetings a term. As a result almost any academic subject may be studied.</p>
<p>This suggests that you won’t be taught the standard Oxford curriculum for your subject - Oxford terms are 8 weeks long. It sounds like you’ll be taught a ‘special’ course for Study Abroad students.</p>
<p>Also, OSAP has made it possible for students of academic distinction, with a GPA of 3.0 or higher after two years of university, to study in Oxford for one, two or three terms as an Associate Member of one of several Oxford University colleges.</p>
<p>An Associate Member of a college is not the same as a Visiting Student - Associate Members are not ‘full’ members of the University and don’t have the same privileges. I believe Associate Members may not be able to borrow books from Faculty libraries. I would strongly suggest you check out the difference between Associate Membership and Visiting Student status in case you get stung. I know that at my college JYA students had Visiting Student status and had all the privileges UK students had.</p>
<p>Things like the above may not result in a lesser experience at Oxford - but they mean you won’t have the same experience as British students at Oxford.</p>