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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Londoner family here.  I don’t think anybody who knows and understands UK unis would be surprised. Outside of Imperial and LSE (as they are STEM heavy and Business/Fin/Econ heavy) that attract kids directly outside of Oxbridge, most Oxbridge rejects end up at either Durham, St Andrews, Warwick, Bath, Exeter unless you want London, then UCL.

we have 3 kids. None of them wanted to stay in London. Didn’t even include one London uni in their 5 UCAS choices.

My 3rd one is applying now. My first two kids had these 5 unis in UCAS. One applied to Econ/Management programs, the other one to History/Politics/IR

1. Oxford/Cambridge (one picked O the other her C)
2. St Andrews
3. Durham
4. Warwick
5. Exeter/Bristol
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Where did your first two ended up? And where does your 3rd one want to apply to?[/quote]

My 1st one went to Oxford, my 2nd one to St Andrews.
3rd one is also applying to US unis. But given the price it is either Ivy/Stanford/MIT or he will stay in the UK. He is looking at Business Mgmt programs and Econ programs although he also likes History.[/quote]

If your 3rd kid didnt get in their top choice (Oxbridge I guess), but was accepted to an Ivy like Cornell (amazing business program) or Wharton without merit aid, how would you justify paying $100k per year vs £9k per year for Durham, St Andrews, Warwick, etc?[/quote]

Do Ivies even give merit aid? To foreigners?[/quote]

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