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Feeder college program or end-of-freshman-year transfer?

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I'd all but set my mind on attending Rutgers this coming fall, with an intention to transfer up into a higher ranked school (I have been waitlisted from most of my first choices, and don't expect to be coming off the waitlists), when I received word that I was accepted to the Oxford College program at Emory.

My question to you, the fine folk of SF, is whether it would be better (more feasible, and looked more favorably upon in terms of grad school or future employment) to continue with my current plan or to put a deposit down at Oxford? I don't know much about the Oxford College program, but what I can gather from their website is that, while it is NOT a "junior college", it is a "two-year residential college", whereby after one's freshman and sophomore years, one would be automatically enrolled in the full Emory University.

The school's I'd be looking at transferring into would be at or around the selectivity level that Emory University is at, but I was just wondering which would be more favorable.

Also, if any Emory alumni on the board could help me better understand just what Oxford is, and most importantly whether or not attending would be tantamount to social suicide when one enters into the regular campus, that would be much appreciated...
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Highlighter, I would be happy to answer your question. I graduated from Emory in 2009 but did not go to the Oxford location. The Oxford campus is the original site of Emory University before it moved the main campus to the Druid Hills area in Atlanta. The fact that a graduate of Emory University started his academic career at Oxford College would not diminish your chances at grad school/future employment.

The classes taught at Oxford are just as rigorous and demanding as those at the main campus. When I was a student, some of the professors would actually drive there to teach a few classes. I'm not sure if this practice still continues though.

Going there would not be tantamount to suicide but the people that do go there are known for being cliquish when they transfer to the main campus. This has more to do with the fact that most social groups have already been made by the end of freshman year than being ostracized for having started there.

If you don't mind me asking what are you looking to major in?
 

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What will it say on your diploma?
 

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I'm looking to major in political science, which I've heard Emory is quite good for. I've also heard that they tend to be quite cliquish, which is why I at first feared that there would some sort of a stigma about the Oxford students, but thank you so much for answering! You explanation makes a lot more sense, and is very reassuring!
 

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I heard its the community college of Emory. Dont go. And sucks to be at RU.
 

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Also in the same vein, has anyone here ever transferred to a higher ranked college? If one has relatively high SATs and maintains an A-/B+ college GPA, is it an easy process to switch up at the end of one's freshman year?
 

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I know a few friends who went from community college --> University of Texas (Austin)

I think it's all about maintaining GPAs.

Warning: I know a ton of people who were "CAP'd" (Texas' feeder program) and they just stayed at their feeder schools. You have to be motivated to get outta there, imo.
 

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Originally Posted by highlighter
Also in the same vein, has anyone here ever transferred to a higher ranked college? If one has relatively high SATs and maintains an A-/B+ college GPA, is it an easy process to switch up at the end of one's freshman year?

I thought this was the main reason people transferred?
 

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I live in within close proximity to the area, it's a very small town...you know I had no idea this was where Emory was first established.
 

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Emory's a fine school, but I feel like it has a tendency to be a little overrated by high school seniors.

As far as transferring goes, people do it all the time, and all that matters is your GPA (and a bit of SATs if you plan to do so right after frosh year), but I don't think you should ever choose a school based on your intentions to transfer. Chances are, and this is no dig against you, that you won't, for whatever reason.

Heck, if your endgame is to transfer, you might as well look into Cornell's guaranteed transfer programs and double-major once you get there.
 

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Heck, if your endgame is to transfer, you might as well look into Cornell's guaranteed transfer programs and double-major once you get there.
this is only offered at the freshmen application round for those who apply to certain schools within Cornell
 

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yep, that other option is a little different. Keep in mind that it's limited to only a certain number of majors and not the "popular" ones in the ag school (bio, business w/ finance, etc.)
 

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does anyone know if its possible to transfer to a top tier college like harvard after the freshman year of college?
 

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