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[quote=Anonymous][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 it  will protest this because they are nostalgic for Old Europe: 100%.[/quote]

DP:  "Unhooked" is the key word here.  Holistic admission makes things more difficult for unhooked geniuses in the US than in the UK.  Are you saying that's a good think? Different systems have different priorities. Oxford gives zero preference to athletes, children of donors, chess champions, etc. Some will argue that is a bug, others think that is a feature.

But I take your point that Stanford rejects a much higher percentage of applicants than Oxford does [/quote]
No, you missed the point. Kid is an unhooked genius and is a top applicant, that is, has fantastic extracurriculars to boot. In other words, the best possible student for American holistic admissions (barring recruited athlete, first gen, and geographic diversity, which the UK also has the equivalent of).

Yes, I am saying that kid still has only a 2% admissions chance. That’s how hard it is. If you don’t believe me, it is because you are a Brit and don’t know Stanford or are from a previous generation when Oxford and Stanford could be in the same breadth.

The best UK student only has to be a genius and will get into Oxford. Easy. It’s simply not as competitive, period.

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