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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are no academic and logistical barriers.

If you dont 5 x APs at 5 you shouldn’t be applying anyway. Then an Interview and then  an admissions test depending on course. There is no barriers here. Once your grades made the required min, they look at your personal stmt. if it intriguing and articulate, you get a shot at an interview. If you course requires a test, you just sign up and take it. If you do extremely well and interview well then you have a good shot. Is it easy? no. But it is a much more clear process than the typical IVY BS process.[/quote]

Yes, the process is much more clear. The barriers are clear but they do exist.

The SAT minimum and demand for 5 APs ARE the barriers. Lots of kids without those stats throw a hail mary at Harvard or MIT. Also, lots of kids apply to all T10 schools, whereas you are only allowed to apply to Oxford OR Cambridge, but not both. These realities reduces the acceptance rates at Oxbridge, making them appear much higher than Ivies.

And many private schools in the US do not follow the AP curriculum, which means that students interested in UK universities have to self-study for those tests. That is a BIG logistical barrier for many students.

(The exception to the last is St Andrews, which will give offers to US students from private high schools without demanding AP scores.)[/quote]

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