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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for posting this. Can you be competitive with the minimum requirements? Our school limits APs so our DC will fulfill the minimum AP requirement. SAT will be determined soon.

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I am the OP. Yes, if your kid's SAT score is high and they do very well in any Oxford subject tests that may be required. My own DD missed the cut off grade in the subject test by 10 pts. and was told she wouldn't then proceed to interview as a result. Everything else was aligned. No interview = no offers. [/quote]
 
Thanks. I have a kid who is very lopsided - very strong in the humanities, so I was thinking applying to a specialized course could fit his interests. He's taking the SAT soon and hoping for 1500+. They say they no longer require a subject test for his course. So it's basically the APs. I'm just not sure if I want to open up anothee application process as we'll need to let our school know and it looks like very few kids have applied in the past 10 years. And the Oxford essay seems very different from the common app one, so he'll have to write another essay.

I also don't want to regret not trying as the US process seems so random. He also won a prestigious UK based award (maybe it won't weigh much in the process...)[/quote]

So there's a Personal Statement on UCAS but there's no "Oxford essay" that I'm aware of. And it costs about 30 dollars to apply to 5 UK universities so its not like a financial burden. Good luck, whatever happens. [/quote]

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