What is Oxford?

bernie12
Fri, 26 Jun 2015 21:33:19 +0000

@mat324 It explains to yoiu how oxford is perceived by many individuals. Am I just supposed to yes or no? Are you taking a survey. I am giving you a perspective from a person who is from Georgia. Mercer is solid at the regional and state level, UGA is very good, and GSU is more “up and coming” and has some work to do. Among those from Emory who would not apply to Emory because of their grades/scores or whatever, these would be the most likely company of Oxford. Those who apply from outside view it as more of a backup/backdoor option that will get them to Emory. As for junior college…I don’t think I can agree on this. Even a “good” junior college will not compare to the level of Oxford. I feel like that designation would have been appropriate when both campuses were less selective, but now that Oxford is much more selective (honest, minus GPA threshold, not too different from main) and functions on more a liberal arts model, you simply cannot say that. I feel as if it should be viewed in the same light as ECAS even though it isn’t. It is very much like a pre-bus student who spends 2 years in ECAS filling out pre-reqs and then going off to the business school. It is too immersive to be considered a junior college, and also is residential in nature. Anyone who views it as a junior college and goes there, will likely be royally smacked by the academics. Given this, I consider as just another entity of Emory. Also, they don’t have to “get their grades up” as the threshold to continue on to main is a 2.8 (which is indeed much higher than the 1.7 of needed to stay at main). So you’re answer is: It is viewed that way, but that isn’t what it is. The only thing we can say is that it is a “backdoor”, one that educates more solidly than many other places that consider themselves “first rate”.