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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For US parents whose kids applied to both US and UK/EU universities.

If you kid planning on going abroad? If so, which US schools are you giving up offers to go abroad?[/quote]

DS is going to Oxford. Was accepted at Stanford.[/quote]
Oh, my. This is a big mistake. Like picking Cornell over Stanford…[/quote]

I dont have a dog in the fight….but since the OP never mentioned the program, one can only assume you are comparing universities. Show me one World Ranking where Stanford is ranked higher than Oxford….[/quote]
+1[/quote]
Chances of a top, genius unhooked American kid getting into Stanford: 2% (give or take 1 percentage point).
Chances of a top, genius UK kid getting into Oxford: 60% (give or take 10 percentage points).
Chances that UK apologists will protest this because they are nostalgic for Old Europe: 100%.[/quote]

Sure, Stanford rejects a much higher percentage of applicants.  But keep in mind that Oxford applications are limited, bc 1) students must choose to apply to Oxford OR Cambridge, and apply to both (whereas, Stanford students can and do apply to MIT and Harvard as well), and 2) UK students are only allowed to apply to five universities in total, which discourages applications to Oxbridge from many students who rationally assess their admissions chances as low.  The denominator for Oxford is much lower.
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