<p>Oxford kids definitely aren’t as smart as Emory kids. I know a friend who got into Oxford but decided to stay at a local school because he hated the campus so much. But he definitely wasn’t top-40 school material. Oxford is a good school in its own right, but it doesn’t have the same kind of student body as Emory’s main campus. And since Oxford is less selective, I don’t see how it is able to magically choose “more intellectual” students. </p>
<p>Also, the plural of anecdote is not data.</p>