<p>cant compare admission rates, anyone with half a brain knows thats like comparing apples with oranges - read alexandres post. and the factor IS 4x, not the 30x crap. look it up. + remember get state funding.</p>
<p>Ideal combination: German/French/Russian/AsianCountry/etc. "High School" / Top British Uni Ugrad / US Grad.</p>
<p>Citizenship is not a factor in UK admissions, but the suitability of your high school qualificatins is.</p>
<p>I don't think it is easier or harder to get into HYP or Oxbridge. They are all equally hard to get into, or equally easy to get into!</p>
<p>Actually Sam Lee, I applied to the UK as a European. I am Lebanese but I hold a French citizenship. And I was in a well respected high school in the Middle East that follows the British curriculum. I had 7 As and 3 Bs on my O Lvel and 2 As on my AS Level exams before even applying and I was set to take 5 A Level exams. I got offers from LSE and UCL, but Cambridge and Oxford are significantly more selective. </p>
<p>And the 4 Ivies I got into were Brown, Columbia, Cornell and Penn. </p>
<p>In short, I would say that we are comparing apples to oranges, but the quality of the students who get into Oxford and Cambridge is extremely high and I would say that they are comparable to the "Big 5" in terms of selectivity.</p>
<p>Pick up a history book?</p>
<p>In all seriousness, this is ludacris. Why are you comparing two countries?</p>
<p>Sam Lee, most UK students are not interested in applying to US universities, mostly because of the huge expense compared to domestic tuition fees, but also because our high school system complements the UK university system better (of course!), so it would be interesting to compare the applications to acceptances ratio.
I guess it's more of an issue for people like you who are applying to a number of different places for school, without having particular ties to them, but generally I would say that most US h.s.ers would be happier at a US college, and most UK h.s.ers would be happier at a UK university. Naturally there are a few that buck the trend, and we have a hard and difficult road to follow. ;)</p>