Anonymous
Post 02/04/2025 20:37     Subject: Re:If you applied to colleges outside the US, why?
Anonymous wrote:Don't want to hijack the thread - What is the admission's process for Oxbridge?

Is it just scheduling that test and then submit your grades/SAT/AP Scores? They seem to write a lot on their site and feel like I missed some small print some where.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2025 20:34     Subject: If you applied to colleges outside the US, why?
Anonymous wrote:1. Cheaper
2. Growth by living in a different country and getting a more global (non US only) mindset.
3. Language if applicable.
4. Avoid US admins that are worrisome (i.e., Trump)



Haha! Thise currently at Oxbridge, St Andrews, etc. and Canada are there precisely because they are sick of wokeisn, DEI and admissions run by race and social mobikity. Oxford admissikns are still a meritoceacy which is why my kid is there.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2025 20:26     Subject: If you applied to colleges outside the US, why?
Anonymous wrote:Dd had strong grades and test scores from a top private, but not top grades and test scores - think 3.6 and 1500. Also extracurricular were meh. This left here with mediocre options in the US. Like really smart kid but best US school they got into was Lafayette/villanova/JMU which is totally fine but not the level they were hoping for. Internationally they got into McGill, trinity dublin, st Andrews, and Edinburgh.


I’m assuming your daughter is going abroad. Which Programme ? My son is in a similar spot. So far got into Bristol and Exeter. Waiting on Edinburgh and St Andrews. He is 100% going to the UK or France if he gets in the SciencePo/Columbia dual BA.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2025 09:09     Subject: If you applied to colleges outside the US, why?
Dd had strong grades and test scores from a top private, but not top grades and test scores - think 3.6 and 1500. Also extracurricular were meh. This left here with mediocre options in the US. Like really smart kid but best US school they got into was Lafayette/villanova/JMU which is totally fine but not the level they were hoping for. Internationally they got into McGill, trinity dublin, st Andrews, and Edinburgh.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2025 06:53     Subject: If you applied to colleges outside the US, why?
Anonymous wrote:Anybody here heard back from Edinburgh yet?


Yes, my DC got an unconditional offer in November, I think. Applied in early October.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2025 02:42     Subject: If you applied to colleges outside the US, why?
It is MAGAless
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2025 00:59     Subject: Re:If you applied to colleges outside the US, why?
It's cheaper, safer and visits are vacations. Winning
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 21:15     Subject: If you applied to colleges outside the US, why?
Trump is scary and it’s not a good environment for women, LGBTQ, minorities and intellectuals.

The U.S. isn’t a desirable location at this point. Trump plans to defund education and he and Vance want to target colleges and universities. College funding might be determined by their adherence to project 2025. Too much emphasis on females preserving fertility rather than getting an education.

Hopefully we find a way to slow or stop this but I know many kids who applied to Canadian schools
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 18:23     Subject: Re:If you applied to colleges outside the US, why?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Don't want to hijack the thread - What is the admission's process for Oxbridge?

Is it just scheduling that test and then submit your grades/SAT/AP Scores? They seem to write a lot on their site and feel like I missed some small print some where.

Apply through UCAS in the Fall. Need SATs and at least 5 APs at 5. Additional testing and interview are usually by invite.


BTW, you can only apply to one of the two…
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 18:22     Subject: Re:If you applied to colleges outside the US, why?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Don't want to hijack the thread - What is the admission's process for Oxbridge?

Is it just scheduling that test and then submit your grades/SAT/AP Scores? They seem to write a lot on their site and feel like I missed some small print some where.

Apply through UCAS in the Fall. Need SATs and at least 5 APs at 5. Additional testing and interview are usually by invite.


Son is about to graduate from Oxford. The decision for us was easy. It was easier for him to get in Oxford to study economics than HP/M. Denied at Harvard, Princeton and MIT. Accepted at Penn, Northwestern, UCLA and Michigan.

No brainer for him.

Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 18:06     Subject: Re:If you applied to colleges outside the US, why?
Anonymous wrote:Don't want to hijack the thread - What is the admission's process for Oxbridge?

Is it just scheduling that test and then submit your grades/SAT/AP Scores? They seem to write a lot on their site and feel like I missed some small print some where.

Apply through UCAS in the Fall. Need SATs and at least 5 APs at 5. Additional testing and interview are usually by invite.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 17:49     Subject: If you applied to colleges outside the US, why?
trump governing the way that he is making my son consider other countries.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 17:22     Subject: If you applied to colleges outside the US, why?
If this is for 2025 then it is too late. Oxbridge applications have to be in by Oct 15.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 11:00     Subject: Re:If you applied to colleges outside the US, why?
Don't want to hijack the thread - What is the admission's process for Oxbridge?

Is it just scheduling that test and then submit your grades/SAT/AP Scores? They seem to write a lot on their site and feel like I missed some small print some where.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 09:54     Subject: If you applied to colleges outside the US, why?
Anybody here heard back from Edinburgh yet?