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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hopefully the UK will resist the urge to taint their educational system with professors and administrators from the US. Will only lead to a loss of standards.  [/quote]

This has to be the most idiot comment of all time. So UCL getting MIT, Princeton and Wharton economics professors means lowering the stds? Get of you UK high horse…..what a joke[/quote]

American and was referring to student admission standards.  Hopeful that the UK will not move to holistic admission standards that only serve to dilute the educational experience.  [/quote]

I dont disagree. But there is no evidence or long term study that indicates Harvard or Yale grads (from holistic admissions) have had a disadvantage in their education experience vs Oxford/Cambridge grads…..Some would argue the opposite has been true for the last 40 years. Until someone can provide a peer-reviewed study that shows any statistically significant difference in both the quality of their education and in their future earnings due to holistic admissions I will continue to call BS on whether one or the other is a better process.[/quote]

True. Plus there are several UK schools now that offer a more holistic approach to international students. Basically all Scottish unis. All Irish unis and several Russell Group unis offer holistic reviews[/quote]

How are they more holistic? [/quote]

They have their typical A levels process for their students, but for most internationals the process takes into account more than just grades. The essay on UCAS becomes more important to foreign students than UK students. Some schools even take essays outside of UCAS. Several Russell group unis no longer are bound to AP test scores, even if officially they ask for it. I know because my kid got into all 5 UCAS unis he applied to without taking one single AP test. Even SAT/ACT are not required by some schools. [/quote]

Not requiring APs or SAT/ACT does not make their admissions process holistic. They are still asking for academic results.  And they still don’t care whether your child won their state figure skating champagne or built a well in Guatemala. [/quote]

Absolutely not true for international students, specially Americans. The only academic results some of these schools ask is the GPA….which they know is inflated….[/quote]

Which Russell Group unis only require GPA? [/quote]

I’m not telling you. There are at least 4 of them, 2 of which my son was admitted to without APs or ACT/SAT…they claim they required it….[/quote]

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