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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Considering admission for a top student to Oxford is far easier (even for an American) than Yale, I can’t imagine wanting to be joined by Brits in your Oxford programme (who enjoy a 30-40% admit rate) and a bunch of internationals, not when you could go to Yale, where a top American student who is unhooked probably has a single-digit admit rate…[/quote]

The UK admission rates are misleading. In most cases you need minimum A level grades to apply. For most majors, you need atleast 3 A* and an A in A-levels to even apply. In Yale, you will be surrounded by athletes, donor kids and other institutional priority admits who are not necessarily top students. [/quote]

This is not true. At Yale you will be surrounded by top students. They may be athletes, donor kids and priorities, but that doesn't mean they are not also top students. The caliber of the student body at Yale is very high. [/quote]

That’s not what they are saying. They are saying that Oxford is more of a meritocracy and only the best students from the UK apply after A-Levels whereas at Yale you DO have institutional priority students such as athletes, internationals, URM, first gen, national award winners, spectacular musicians, legacies, and other presidential priority students. That is undeniable[/quote]

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