This is the first of a three-part series. Read part 2 here, and part 3 here. You hear all about the high school to college transition in the months leading up to graduation, but how do you learn about the transition from Oxford College to Emory College—a transition unique to Emory University? Well, you can…

Adulting. Culture. Community. These are the important things I experienced during my first semester at Oxford. Coming from Long Island, New York, the small community at Oxford was a big change for me. Oxford made the transition a smooth one with a close-knit and diverse community. Like everyone else when they first come to college,…

Why did you choose Emory (what was the biggest attraction)? In Arizona, we have a running joke that there are only two seasons: summer, and slightly-less summer. When I was applying to college, I knew I wanted to experience a different part of the United States, but avoid places with too much snow. Emory offered…

This is the second of a three-part series. Read part 1 here, and part 3 here. Welcome back! If you read my last post about continuing from the Oxford campus to the Atlanta campus, then you’ve heard my thoughts on some of the benefits of having that experience. But if you read my last post,…

Emory University senior Chelsea Jackson is one of 32 American college students selected as a 2018 Rhodes Scholar. Jackson, a political science and African American Studies double major in Emory College of Arts and Sciences, is the university’s 20th student to be selected for the prestigious scholarship that provides all expenses for two or three…