NYC private parents: is your school pushing Oxbridge / St Andrews to your top/competitive kids?

[Anonymous]

counselor at our TT seems to be pushing Oxbridge pretty hard (to multiple competitive kids), even though historically, we send about 1 to Oxbridge per year (at most), 1-3 to St Andrews per year. That was interesting to see (junior parent here)

[Anonymous]

St. Andrews is a safety in ours. Not for top kids.

Oxibridge. We don't offer AP, kids interested will take AP exams on their own.

[Anonymous]

St. Andrews is a really easy admit if you have money as an American student, no where near Oxbridge. There's a st. Andrews booster, but it's really the truth. The type of kid who gets into St. Andrews at DD's high school is a pitzer/skidmore kid. Oxbridge is a much harder admit, but it is a very prestigious college that will lead you to a good outcomes, especially if DC is interested in staying in Europe or even venturing outside of the US in general.

[Anonymous]

Oxibridge are for kids that have good stats but lacking in ECs. Often for academically advanced kids who want an ivy-level education but have difficulty getting one in the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oxibridge are for kids that have good stats but lacking in ECs. Often for academically advanced kids who want an ivy-level education but have difficulty getting one in the US.

My stats are a few years old but my DC’s private had five applicants to Cambridge the year my DC graduated. Two turned down ivies to attend Cambridge (Columbia and Dartmouth), one pulled their application after getting into an ED top 10 non-ivy, and two were rejected from Camb. One of the rejected got into Stanford for Comp Sci.

[Anonymous]

At an nyc tt and nope. I've oftened wondered why not, esp for kids with high stats and not the ecs that some of these kids have.

had one who turned down Oxford for Harvard last year. I think no apps to Oxford or Cambridge this year. St Andrews and Trinity Dublin both safeties for half a dozen kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oxibridge are for kids that have good stats but lacking in ECs. Often for academically advanced kids who want an ivy-level education but have difficulty getting one in the US.

My stats are a few years old but my DC’s private had five applicants to Cambridge the year my DC graduated. Two turned down ivies to attend Cambridge (Columbia and Dartmouth), one pulled their application after getting into an ED top 10 non-ivy, and two were rejected from Camb. One of the rejected got into Stanford for Comp Sci.

Oxy are great schools. No offense intended if your DC went to oxy.

The title asks for NYC, which could be a lot more ivy-central than UMC.

[Anonymous]

St Andrews is a great alternative school for those kids that didnt get in Ivies.

Every UK based rankings over the last 3 years show St Andrews holding their own and always in the top 3-4 in the UK. But yes, it is an easier admit for US students than Cambridge and Oxford. This is not true for English and RUK kids. We are in London. My son was admitted to Oxford and not St Andrews for History this year.

[Anonymous]

St. Andrews/Trinity are both safeties.

Oxbridge and Imperial are for the kids with top stats.

[Anonymous]

nyc private doesnt have APs, but about a third of the class takes a few every year - for possible credit and to leave the door open to int' schools. but few pull the trigger on going abroad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:St. Andrews/Trinity are both safeties.

Oxbridge and Imperial are for the kids with top stats.

In America….because they like your money.

In the UK Trinity is several steps below St Andrews. Here in the UK, getting in St Andrews is just as difficult as getting in Oxbridge. Even harder on some subjects. You Americans have it easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:nyc private doesnt have APs, but about a third of the class takes a few every year - for possible credit and to leave the door open to int' schools. but few pull the trigger on going abroad

Unless you are interested in public universities, the majority don't take many APs. Most private colleges allow for transferring four credits or less. Some kids may take two or three then done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:St. Andrews/Trinity are both safeties.

Oxbridge and Imperial are for the kids with top stats.

In America….because they like your money.

In the UK Trinity is several steps below St Andrews. Here in the UK, getting in St Andrews is just as difficult as getting in Oxbridge. Even harder on some subjects. You Americans have it easy.

This is ridiculously untrue. St. Andrews is nowhere near Oxbridge in the UK. I'd be virtually any amount of money you're American.

[Anonymous]

Echoing what others have said here - St Andrews is considered a safety at our school for kids with good (not top) stats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:St. Andrews/Trinity are both safeties.

Oxbridge and Imperial are for the kids with top stats.

In America….because they like your money.

In the UK Trinity is several steps below St Andrews. Here in the UK, getting in St Andrews is just as difficult as getting in Oxbridge. Even harder on some subjects. You Americans have it easy.

This is ridiculously untrue. St. Andrews is nowhere near Oxbridge in the UK. I'd be virtually any amount of money you're American.

You're absolutely clueless, aren't you? Loads of RUK kids, including my own, get into Oxford and get rejected by St. Andrews. It happens all the time, love. If you can't wrap your head around that, don't worry about it. Just stay in your American bubble. it's definitely easier for you lot, but it's a completely different ballgame for us RUK students over here.