<p>About those recommendations: I hope it is clear that most top schools in the US require 2 teacher letters of recc plus one from the guidance counselor- and it is customary for the GC to include a “profile” of the school.
To my knowledge, it is not sufficient for the GC to merge others’ comments.</p>
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You obviously have no idea what you are talking about.
If you are not applying to the UK, please stop making assumptions.
It has annoyed me greatly.</p>
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Please, I beg to differ. Oxbridge requires all the forms submitted by October 15th.
Surely, you have no idea what you are talking about.</p>
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You are correct.</p>
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Check UCAS.
There is only one space for a single recommendation letter.
In order to highlight my academic strengths in various subjects, my counselor has merged them.</p>
<p>Please, this is really annoying.
The aforementioned users are trying to find any blemishes within my argument, in order to elicit the image of a ■■■■■.</p>
<p>Please be cognizant of the fact that I am not a dummy.
I did what my counselor told me to do, and I am sure that she knows more about UK admissions that the posters here.</p>
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<p>No, but if you look at my location, I’ve lived in Singapore before, and as a former British colony, its local school system mirrors that of the UK’s very closely. I’ve also known PLENTY of people (more than 20) who applied to (and were accepted to) schools in England, so I’m pretty sure I know what I’m talking about. A quick Google search for the University of Cambridge’s admissions requirements brings up this: </p>
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<p>(taken from: [Undergraduate</a> Admissions: Cambridge Admissions Office - Other qualifications](<a href=“http://www.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/apply/other.html]Undergraduate”>Study at Cambridge | University of Cambridge))</p>
<p>The assertion that UK universities disregard the SAT is false. And as for the October 15th thing, that is the deadline, but that does not mean you are not allowed to submit application materials any earlier than the 15th. My previous point still stands. You can submit your application anytime before the deadline as long as you’re pleased with it.</p>
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Thank you, but I wouldn’t make the grave logical fallacy of using that as your main argument.
I see that you have lived in Singapore.
I see that you have plenty of friends.
Well, great. I have plenty of friends who applied to UK too.
Actually, half of my class applied to the UK.</p>
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<p>Young man, be careful there.
I did not apply for engineering.</p>
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False? I would choose a better word there, young man. Do you know how much work it is for the professors to come up with predicted scores for the respective exams?
Many fail to apply to Oxbridge because they don’t have their predicted scores yet.
I worked diligently with my professors and my counselors, so I know how stressful it is to apply by the deadline.</p>
<p>So, I am guessing you are also applying to the UK?</p>
<p>Jozhekryx is sooooooooo funny! Probably a community college student wanting to play “smart”.</p>
<p>“Check UCAS.”</p>
<p>My reference is to top schools in the US. </p>
<p>“Please, this is really annoying.
The aforementioned users are trying to find any blemishes within my argument, in order to elicit the image of a ■■■■■.”</p>
<p>In fact, posters are trying to understand your practical understanding of the process. Perhaps they do not understand some of your comments, in light of their own experiences.</p>
<p>Λthanks for quoting the cambridge website.jozheryx,the only person who has no idea what they are talking about is you.If you did,you wouldnt be putting 17 so called A levels on your UCAS form and awarding yourself Astars on the basis of getting a teacher rec in the subject lol! Get real and come down to mother earth-You disregard good advice,and insist that something as bizzare as equating 17******* to 7Alevels is not enough to get a rejection.LOL! Which admissions officer would be delusional enough to buy that baloney?LOL dude get serious please!I keep wondering if you are for real.</p>
<p>why are we all “young men” all of a sudden in this ■■■■■’s eyes?</p>
<p>Okay, this is the last time I am going to respond.
If everyone keeps calling me a ■■■■■, then I guess there is nothing for me to say anymore.</p>
<p>good… now off to work with you.</p>
<p>I agree completely with macmill. You are the one who has no idea what he is talking about. I am telling you what I know as a fact.</p>
<p>I have done my UCAS application a while ago, and yes I have applied to Oxford as well. (not that I’m getting in.) I sent my application in on the 15th of October. I know plenty of people who sent their applications before me. </p>
<p>SAT scores DO matter at UK colleges. That’s how I received my unconditional offer from Edinburgh. It is also possible to apply to Oxford with just an SAT score and three SAT subject tests.</p>
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When will you believe me?
Should I upload my screenshot of SAT scores?</p>
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Give me your email, and I will send you a screenshot of my UCAS application.</p>
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I will ignore this statement.</p>
<p>With Intel Talent Search winning under your belt, you will likely to get into MIT, Harvard, Yale, etc.</p>
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Well, great for you. Thank you for your pertinent point.
However, my counselor decided not to send the SAT scores since my other two schools were my safety schools.
Those ones will give me unconditional offers, no matter what.</p>
<p>Does anyone want to point other stuff out, so I can be seen as a ■■■■■?</p>
<p>Do you think I have time to ■■■■■ more than 205+ posts, just so that I can trick innocuous posters in HSL?</p>
<p>If your stats aren’t as good as mine, I become a ■■■■■?</p>
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Thank you for your sarcasm, and I will ignore your stupidity.</p>
<p>“If your stats aren’t as good as mine, I become a ■■■■■?”</p>
<p>No. That’s not it. </p>
<p>And your stats are indeed better than mine.</p>
<p>i just find it hard to believe that an applicant to the UK with your stats would know so little about the process.</p>
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I am not sure. There are a plethora of qualified applicants.
I was just extremely annoyed at posters who played the devil’s advocate.
I am not a ■■■■■.</p>
<p>Well, I applied as an international too, so that seriously affected my chances.</p>
<p>Good luck to you, impetuous!
So which schools did you apply to?</p>
<p>My take is that this guy just flat-out exaggerated on his UCAS application and the UK colleges he applied to could see right through it. Cambridge and Oxford are still conducting candidate interviews and NO Cambridge or Oxford college will give an offer earlier than January 2011. So, if Jozhekryx is sadded by some rejection he has received from a UK university, it is from one of the “redbricks” or from an Edinburgh or a St. Andrews, which usually lets their international applicants know early. And as far as SATs and the UCAS form are concerned: heck, the UCAS form even has spaces for you to fill in your ACT scores and subscores. UCAS also has a place to fill in Arbitur or other foreign scores, if you are not someone who took the SAT or ACT. If SAT and ACT scores weren’t meaningful (or, at the minimum, helpful), why does UCAS bother with asking for them? Even the Oxford website (under USA applicants) will tell you that it will take SAT IIs in lieu of APs! So, my verdict here: Shame on Jozhekryx for not supplying what the UCAS form simply asks for from international applicants, and rather “converting” perfectly acceptable USA test scores into indecipherable, unrealistic, and incredible UK-equivalents that the UK institutions found grossly laughable. Take a hint from the old TV show “Dragnet:” “Just the facts, ma’am.”</p>
<p>In an anonymous forum, you could be 17 or 47. You could have a life that demands your attention or be so lacking in stimulation that you post 200 comments on a college forum in a short time frame. You could be intelligent- or simply fancy yourself smarter than the average kids on HSL. You could wish for helpful advice- or simply need a venue to express your superiority.</p>
<p>You have carefully protected your privacy. But, there are always clues. Sometimes the pattern of missing details is quite revealing. Sometimes, the comments one chooses to ignore or the way in which we posit an argument suggest more than you realize. We leave a vapor trail we are unaware of.</p>
<p>It is odd that, over time, you paint a picture of a superior candidate, with superior scores and superior vocabulary- and superior confidence. When posters disagree with you, to any extent, on any issue, it always comes back to: I am no dummy. I’ve got the 2400s, I wrote a great essay, I have the vocabulary, I know what I am speaking of…and you American posters, you have no clue.</p>
<p>This just does not sit well with Americans. The natural reaction is: is this guy real??? And, from that springs, how much of what he says is real?</p>