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[quote=Anonymous]I have degrees from Harvard and Oxford (undergrad and masters, respectively).

The systems are different enough that the admissions comparisons make little sense.  Oxbridge care very little about anything other than academics, and even for academics, they are looking at a narrower set of qualifications than HYP would.  This is because you are admitted directly to a degree; if you are doing physics, they don't really care what your foreign language results were.  You are competing with British students who are usually only doing 3-4 A levels, specialized to the degree they plan on applying to.  So, someone who is quite talented in the humanities or math/science can get into Oxbridge even if they aren't doing particularly well in the other subjects, and even if they don't have much going on in terms of extracurriculars.

By contrast, HYP are looking for excellence across the board, even though individual US high school courses (even APs & similar) are usually not equivalent in depth to a British A-level.  They also care about extracurriculars and evidence of leadership, etc.

Different profiles of students will therefore find one or the other an "easier" process. [/quote]

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