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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, great opportunity to get in one those schools for any kid here that would be a t20-t50 admit. [/quote]

This is how we are looking at it at our household with our 3 kids (two Juniors and one Freshman). Following the OP’s list:

1. Oxford/Cambridge - If not accepted to any IVY or MIT/Stanford, then these two.
2. Imperial/LSE - Same as above, but add Berkeley and a few others.
3. UCL/St Andrews/Edinburgh - If not accepted to any t20, then UCL/St Andrews
4. King’s/Durham - If best US acceptance is in between any t25-t50, we would pick Kings/Durham
5. Warwick/Bristol/Exeter/Bath - If best US school is t-50 and up, that these would be prioritized.

Obviously this is just a general guidelines that we have discussed internally. We would clearly focus on each subject and fit. but the general idea stays. US schools are way too expensive to pass up these cheaper UK options. [/quote]

How do UK private school kids view this decision table going the other way, to the US?

We met a few posh local parents while touring UK schools listed under 2-3. They were exasperated that their counselors were saying Ivies were unrealistic and they were disinterested in the US T20-50. Small sample.[/quote]

My son is still applying to Harvard/Princeton and Stanford. But if he gets in Oxford, it just does not make any sense for him to go to America and spend a fortune (even if we have the money) vs spending the equivalent of $37-38k for all 3 years of Tuition at Oxford. But my son’s boarding school counselor is telling everyone that for this upcoming cycle it might actually be easier for UK students to get acceptance to these US schools since they believe the number of Chinese and other Asian applicants to the US will decrease dramatically….[/quote]

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