University of Oxford (Uk)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is it an easier admit than Harvard?

Let’s put it this way.

Top student from UK, often 30% chance, depending on field

Top US student (unhooked) at Harvard? I’d give it 2%.

Oxbridge for an American student is lower, but way higher than 2%!

This is misleading - to even apply to Oxbridge there are mins like: 1400 SAT or 4 AP classes with a 5. Depending on the major some mins can be in the 1500s SAT. And you can only choose one to apply - Oxford or Cambridge. If you are hitting the mins for Oxbridge you are in range for Harvard. Oxbridge just filters people out first so the top 2-3% can only apply. Harvard wants the low acceptance rate numbers like all other US schools.

Common App makes it easy for anyone to apply to the Ivy even if you have a 1000 SAT - why not take the 2% lottery ticket?

Oxbridge interviews are by the professors and don't care if you played a sport or were part of the Yearbook club. Harvard will take into account life stories especially those that traumatized you which you eventually overcame.

Said “top student” in US, unhooked. Nothing misleading about it.

The vast majority of American Harvard applicants with “only” a 1400+ and four AP 5s have a zero, yes, 0% chance of Harvard admission.

You are apparently unfamiliar with the tons of supplemental essays required by most schools, including Harvard, in addition to common app essays.

Stop making up numbers; https://college.harvard.edu/resources/faq/do-i-need-minimum-required-sat-or-act-score

Harvard doesn't publish info on applicants who got rejected. That is anecdotal evidence that people post on this forum or provide the source.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it an easier admit than Harvard?

Let’s put it this way.

Top student from UK, often 30% chance, depending on field

Top US student (unhooked) at Harvard? I’d give it 2%.

Oxbridge for an American student is lower, but way higher than 2%!

This is misleading - to even apply to Oxbridge there are mins like: 1400 SAT or 4 AP classes with a 5. Depending on the major some mins can be in the 1500s SAT. And you can only choose one to apply - Oxford or Cambridge. If you are hitting the mins for Oxbridge you are in range for Harvard. Oxbridge just filters people out first so the top 2-3% can only apply. Harvard wants the low acceptance rate numbers like all other US schools.

Common App makes it easy for anyone to apply to the Ivy even if you have a 1000 SAT - why not take the 2% lottery ticket?

Oxbridge interviews are by the professors and don't care if you played a sport or were part of the Yearbook club. Harvard will take into account life stories especially those that traumatized you which you eventually overcame.

Said “top student” in US, unhooked. Nothing misleading about it.

The vast majority of American Harvard applicants with “only” a 1400+ and four AP 5s have a zero, yes, 0% chance of Harvard admission.

You are apparently unfamiliar with the tons of supplemental essays required by most schools, including Harvard, in addition to common app essays.

Stop making up numbers; https://college.harvard.edu/resources/faq/do-i-need-minimum-required-sat-or-act-score

Harvard doesn't publish info on applicants who got rejected. That is anecdotal evidence that people post on this forum or provide the source.

I’d engage with you further, but your cluelessness as to how difficult a Harvard admit is for the unhooked has already been exposed. Maybe you could start a new thread, entitled “How hard is it to get into Harvard?” It’s not my job to educate you; perhaps others will be more patient.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it an easier admit than Harvard?

Let’s put it this way.

Top student from UK, often 30% chance, depending on field

Top US student (unhooked) at Harvard? I’d give it 2%.

Oxbridge for an American student is lower, but way higher than 2%!

This is misleading - to even apply to Oxbridge there are mins like: 1400 SAT or 4 AP classes with a 5. Depending on the major some mins can be in the 1500s SAT. And you can only choose one to apply - Oxford or Cambridge. If you are hitting the mins for Oxbridge you are in range for Harvard. Oxbridge just filters people out first so the top 2-3% can only apply. Harvard wants the low acceptance rate numbers like all other US schools.

Common App makes it easy for anyone to apply to the Ivy even if you have a 1000 SAT - why not take the 2% lottery ticket?

Oxbridge interviews are by the professors and don't care if you played a sport or were part of the Yearbook club. Harvard will take into account life stories especially those that traumatized you which you eventually overcame.

This is really nice—academic for its own sake. I’m seeing more academically strong kids applying to Oxbridge, and it makes me wonder how UK colleges think about applicants like these from the States.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DS's bestie was admitted to Oxford PPE and rejected SCEA from Yale. FWIW

And PPE is probably the hardest major for an American to get into.

It is a cliche major and, anyhow, Americans, what is your problem: any college in the United States enables you to double major or take as many courses in those 3 disciplines as you want. It is ironic you would go to the UK to do what America already does best (studying more than one thing)

Go to the UK for a specific subject; that I can understand.

well the kid applied, and was denied, from Yale. and I assume he's applied to more than two schools.

but if options come down to Oxford and Tufts - you Tufts?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS's bestie was admitted to Oxford PPE and rejected SCEA from Yale. FWIW

And PPE is probably the hardest major for an American to get into.

It is a cliche major and, anyhow, Americans, what is your problem: any college in the United States enables you to double major or take as many courses in those 3 disciplines as you want. It is ironic you would go to the UK to do what America already does best (studying more than one thing)

Go to the UK for a specific subject; that I can understand.

well the kid applied, and was denied, from Yale. and I assume he's applied to more than two schools.

but if options come down to Oxford and Tufts - you Tufts?

No, I would pick Oxford. But a lot of American PPE get rejected when, if they really wanted to go to Oxford, another programme would have been an easier admit and no worse fit.

[Anonymous]

What a lot of you forget when comparing acceptance rates is that in the UK you can only apply to 5 Unis…not 500 like in the US. This is why US acceptance rates are completely inflated….PLUS you can either apply to Oxford or Cambridge, NOT both.

I was the poster with the kid that got in Econ/Mgmt last year. He is there now. He didnt apply anywhere in the US. He wanted to Oxford. His dad went to Oxford and that was it.

But in HS class, the valedictorian didnt get in (same program) but got in Princeton and MIT. He valedictorian had a better GPA and also aced the SAT. But I guess his TSA and/or interview wasnt as good…..very unlikely for Oxford to admit two kids from the same US HS for the same program….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS's bestie was admitted to Oxford PPE and rejected SCEA from Yale. FWIW

And PPE is probably the hardest major for an American to get into.

It is a cliche major and, anyhow, Americans, what is your problem: any college in the United States enables you to double major or take as many courses in those 3 disciplines as you want. It is ironic you would go to the UK to do what America already does best (studying more than one thing)

Go to the UK for a specific subject; that I can understand.

well the kid applied, and was denied, from Yale. and I assume he's applied to more than two schools.

but if options come down to Oxford and Tufts - you Tufts?

No, I would pick Oxford. But a lot of American PPE get rejected when, if they really wanted to go to Oxford, another programme would have been an easier admit and no worse fit.

but if you want to study PPE, there are few better places to study it. Yale might be the other one (although there's is EPE)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS's bestie was admitted to Oxford PPE and rejected SCEA from Yale. FWIW

And PPE is probably the hardest major for an American to get into.

It is a cliche major and, anyhow, Americans, what is your problem: any college in the United States enables you to double major or take as many courses in those 3 disciplines as you want. It is ironic you would go to the UK to do what America already does best (studying more than one thing)

Go to the UK for a specific subject; that I can understand.

well the kid applied, and was denied, from Yale. and I assume he's applied to more than two schools.

but if options come down to Oxford and Tufts - you Tufts?

No, I would pick Oxford. But a lot of American PPE get rejected when, if they really wanted to go to Oxford, another programme would have been an easier admit and no worse fit.

but if you want to study PPE, there are few better places to study it. Yale might be the other one (although there's is EPE)

Don’t be silly. Every single college in America you can double major in one of the three fields (which is all PPE is), take courses in the other, and suppplement with, say, rel math courses, computer science etc.

[Anonymous]

CMC probably has the best formal PPE program; it’s actually integrated, not like piecemeal at Oxford; only current CMC students can apply and many don’t get it.

Of course, a tougher admit than Oxford…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS's bestie was admitted to Oxford PPE and rejected SCEA from Yale. FWIW

And PPE is probably the hardest major for an American to get into.

It is a cliche major and, anyhow, Americans, what is your problem: any college in the United States enables you to double major or take as many courses in those 3 disciplines as you want. It is ironic you would go to the UK to do what America already does best (studying more than one thing)

Go to the UK for a specific subject; that I can understand.

well the kid applied, and was denied, from Yale. and I assume he's applied to more than two schools.

but if options come down to Oxford and Tufts - you Tufts?

No, I would pick Oxford. But a lot of American PPE get rejected when, if they really wanted to go to Oxford, another programme would have been an easier admit and no worse fit.

but if you want to study PPE, there are few better places to study it. Yale might be the other one (although there's is EPE)

Don’t be silly. Every single college in America you can double major in one of the three fields (which is all PPE is), take courses in the other, and suppplement with, say, rel math courses, computer science etc.

You do realize that PPE was created (as a major) in Oxford, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CMC probably has the best formal PPE program; it’s actually integrated, not like piecemeal at Oxford; only current CMC students can apply and many don’t get it.

Of course, a tougher admit than Oxford…

It has a 90% acceptance rate at CMC. Most students just drop it after a while, because it’s consuming and if you like one field better than the others, you just major in that.

[Anonymous]

The beauty of Oxford is that they only care about your academic credentials and potential. They don't care about your squash ranking or ability to use an epee. Or your made up non-profit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The beauty of Oxford is that they only care about your academic credentials and potential. They don't care about your squash ranking or ability to use an epee. Or your made up non-profit.

Ah, the perspective of someone clearly not from the UK.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:CMC probably has the best formal PPE program; it’s actually integrated, not like piecemeal at Oxford; only current CMC students can apply and many don’t get it.

Of course, a tougher admit than Oxford…

It has a 90% acceptance rate at CMC. Most students just drop it after a while, because it’s consuming and if you like one field better than the others, you just major in that.

Don’t spread lies. If you are not intentionally lying, if you think there are only 27 applicants for the 24 kids who get into CMC’s PPE program as sophomores every year, you are simply a nutso.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The beauty of Oxford is that they only care about your academic credentials and potential. They don't care about your squash ranking or ability to use an epee. Or your made up non-profit.

Ah, the[url] perspective of someone clearly not from the UK.

No, they are correct