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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any BTDT advice?  What kind of stats did your DC have? How was the process?  Did your DC interview?  If accepted, is your DC going?  Is DC a UK or American citizen and do you think that played any part in your DC's acceptance/rejection?

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Yes, my DC applied this year through UCAS and was admitted to all five of the schools to which she applied (Cambridge, University College London, Durham, Univ of Edinburgh, and St. Andrews). We are US citizens with no ties to the UK. She will be attending Cambridge in the fall. In general, I don't think that there are any real disadvantages to being from the US, in fact many claim that it is easier to get in from the US. Oxbridge is a bit of a different issue (it can be harder for US students due to a variety of issues). If your DC is interested in applying to either Camb or Oxford (you can't apply to both), I'd be happy to explain the admissions process in further detail. If your child is not interested in Oxbridge, than the application process is rather easy, transparent and fast.
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Please share the App process.  Exclude Oxbridge[/quote]

The British equivalent of the Common Application is called UCAS, and all UK schools use it. You are allowed to apply to up to five universities at a time. UCAS is fairly easy to fill out. You are required to submit personal information as well as a personal statement. The statement is different than the common app essay, however, because it is more academic and course-specific than a well-written anecdote. It should read a bit like a resume in paragraph form - what has your student done in school (and maybe outside of school if there is a summer program, research project, etc. that is especially related) that has prepared them to succeed in that course. This personal statement will go to each of the schools that DC applies to, so there is no need to highlight why specific attributes of a specific university appeal to them. Because you are only writing one personal statement, each course that you apply to should be more or less the same thing (though not every course is identical at every uni).

You also will need only one letter of recommendation from a teacher in your student's area of study. Your teacher or college counselor will have to create a UCAS account as well in order to submit this letter and other school information.

Non-Oxbridge universities tend to have rolling admissions, so you will hear back quickly. Our DC heard back from each of his non-Oxbridge schools before the New Year.

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