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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]

I’m not sure if we would qualify for any need based aid unfortunately. But if my son do not get in Oxford, for us to agree to let my son go to the US vs attending Durham, St Andrews or Warwick, it would have to be Princeton, MIT or Stanford. And even then, my husband might not agree if there is no aid.[/quote]

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