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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who says it is easier clearly has never had their kid apply to Oxbridge.

I have two kids in the UK. One at Oxford and one at LSE.

They both applied to Oxford.

Kid 1:  8 AP’s at 5. 1570 SAT 3.9/4.0 UW GPA (top 10% of his class), great interview and did well on the TSA.
Kid 2 had 10 AP’s at 5. 1600 on SAT/36 on ACT. Valedictorian, 4/4 UW GPA. National debate awards, amazing interviewer. Also crushed the TSA.

Kid 1 got in Oxford. Kid 2 didnt. [/quote]

Tell me about your LSE child. My child is 1st year, had a hard time settling in and looking at transferring. I don't know if it was the lousy weather, the lack of campus culture (no gym, no sports teams, all societies meet virtually, a very international crowd that just doesn't have the college vibe). I was told of another American student who couldn't take it either and transferred back to their mid-west state college.[/quote]

My LSE kid transferred from LSE to St Andrews after 1st year. had exact same issues. Amazing school, but zero school spirit, kids living all over the place, I don think DC quite understood how tough of an environment (not academically) it can be. DC felt like this I was a commuter school. DC grades were amazing but socially LSE was not what he thought I would be.
He was worried about going in to a 4-yr school from a 3-yr school and getting in their 2nd year. But in his first year there he made amazing friends and is thriving not only academically as expected, but socially too. He is so much happier at St Andrews. This was a huge move from London to a tiny little town, but it was what he needed in his soul. He still loves the “perception and image and reputation”of LSE, but he feels at home now and it has done wonders for his mental health.[/quote]

Was it the Econ program? Or another program he transferred out of?[/quote]

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