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What is it like to be an Oxford Continuee?

How was the transition from Oxford to Emory? Did you feel prepared? My transition from Oxford to Emory was a big shift in environment, but I felt very prepared academically and socially. I definitely got lost a couple of times …

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Two Different Worlds, One Great Experience

How both my time at Oxford College and Emory College enriched my college experience and taught me the benefits of a liberal arts education.   I can’t believe it has been three years since I applied to college. When I …

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Independent Research at Oxford

Friday morning, I donned my blazer and spent an hour discussing the preliminary results of a study relating alcohol and second language fluency with interested faculty and students. My brother was there too, presenting about a novel method of teaching …

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How to Become a First-Year Leader at Oxford

Imagine this…Oxford’s many clubs have set up tables all around the Quad, and you, a first-year student, sign up for way too many. This is usually the way it goes for first-years who are eager to get involved, and that …

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Finding Community at Oxford

The summer before I left for college, I started to worry: what if I didn’t find my “people?” Coming from a rural small-town over 700 miles away, I knew I’d have to make Oxford my home, but I had no …