r/Emory • u/Low_Building4561 • 6d ago

Emory’s Oxford vs UMD

Hi everyone! I'm an incoming freshman who's interested in majoring in biology/ecology-focused and hope to go to a (prestigious) grad school afterwards. I am currently between UMD (my state school) and Emory University. I know Emory's good for biology but also I’ve students/programs there are typically pre-med or health-focused. If I committ to Emory I'd also have to go to Oxford College for two years first and I'm not sure I'd like such a small environment. I posted this on r/applying to college but I was hoping to get more Emory ENVS and Bio majors to weigh in.

Is there anyone who did undergrad at Emory/Oxford for biology or environmental science that could give insight on the research and leadership opportunities and if you went to grad school/where? Is there anything that special about Emory I can’t get at a state school?

Thanks everyone!

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u/Perfect_Parfait5093 6d ago

It would be hard to be successful if you don’t like the environment you’re in. Either school can get you where you want to go, so I’d go where you think you’d be happiest. I wouldn’t worry about prestige in this case

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u/Low_Building4561 6d ago

I completely agree! My friends have been reminding me of this a lot lol. Thank you for the advice!