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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DC will be interviewing for Oxford next week.  Two separate colleges have set up interviews, and it is cross-disciplinary so two interviews each.

DC is also waiting on an ED that will come out likely next week.

Any thoughts on the odds of Oxford acceptance when you get to this stage and does more than one college showing interest mean anything positive?

DC is preparing for the interviews and is likely a strong interviewee.

Any insight appreciated.  [/quote]

Sounds like your kiddo is academically strong. Just curious did your child compare the curricula to make such a decision to apply to both top schools in the US and UK? Does Oxford fare better in terms of academic or research output than the top schools in the US? My child is young but we are also considering schools in the UK[/quote]

She was very focused on the specific programs she was interested in along with personal location criteria and she did her own research, she was not focused on comparing the academic output of institutions.

The reality is there are many strong unhooked students applying to elite US schools with abysmal acceptance rates and opaque admissions criteria.  I don’t believe getting in is a lottery but it takes both strategy and luck.  Easiest strategy is to be a strong student applying from South Dakota.

There are great UK and Canadian schools with a much more straightforward process so she cast a wide net.  Oxford is a reach for most including her. Her other international schools were very strong target schools that she would attend over most US safeties she is considering but they were effectively safeties because of how clear their admissions standards are.

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