<p>Also, you can take more A-levels if you want to. I took 6 and that gave me a big boost when applying to US unis.</p>
<p>Also Xmaspoop, if you are at an American school in England, it must be a $$$ private, so clearly you would be much better taught than most state-school pupils in the UK.</p>
<p>yeahh tell me about it, it costs me more to go to my current school than to go to college. its great.</p>
<p>"Edinburgh is the political capital (home of the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood), and not Glasgow"
I did not say Glasgow was the political capital, i said it is the political centre. The presence of the scottish parliament in Edinburgh does not change the fact that Glasgow is Scotlands heart.</p>
<p>what does 'political centre' mean?!</p>
<p>"what does 'political centre' mean?!"</p>
<p>The primary location of political thought,action etc. Edinburgh has the administration but this means very little (although it may change the balance as years go by) but any Scot and anyone familiar with Scotland would identify Glasgow as scottish societies centre for pretty much everything. If one wanted to check the balance/trend of political power/temperment or any political change in scottish society one would survey Glasgow. Also the main parties all have their historical roots firmly in Glasgow and the city itself is known for its politics, especially socialist, which resulted in 'Red Clydeside'.</p>
<p>Ok, I see what you mean. Edinburgh perhaps is not 'typical' of Scotland in the same way that Glasgow is, but that does not mean that Glasgow is typical either. Certainly its sectarianism is not typical. Edinburgh might be very different to Glasgow, but so too is Glasgow very different from Motherwell, Fort William etc. Besides, unlike socialists who cite the Clyde shipyards, as a good Liberal I would cite Midlothian as Scotland's political heartland because of Mr Gladstone!! :)</p>
<p>Woohoo, I got a conditional offer from UCL. However, they want three A's at A Level...this was after stating, on their website, that a BBC would suffice to gain admission into the Linguistics programme!</p>
<p>lol, they must be trying to get rid of me or something :P</p>
<p>"Woohoo, I got a conditional offer from UCL. However, they want three A's at A Level...this was after stating, on their website, that a BBC would suffice to gain admission into the Linguistics programme!"</p>
<p>Well first of all the stated requirements would be minimum rather than a standard offer and the number+quality of applicants for that course will have affected how lenient/strict they are with the offers they dish out.</p>
<p>nkay, that offer is ridiculous. Are you sure there isn't some kind of mistake?</p>
<p>Ugh. It does seem ridiculous, doesn't it? I thought only Oxbridge demanded AAA if not AAB.</p>
<p>I don't really mind. If they offered a BBC, then I probably would've plunged into a state of lethargy and done nothing for the rest of the year. At least now I've got something to work for, other than my own desire to get excellent grades (and the Chairman's University Award!!)</p>
<p>"Ugh. It does seem ridiculous, doesn't it? I thought only Oxbridge demanded AAA if not AAB."</p>
<p>not at all, my offer for law at UCL is AAA and a pass at AS, AAA is fast becoming standard for the top 20 or so law schools. Nottingham and Warwick give AAA offers too, as does LSE..etc...etc. I imagine similar things are happening with other subjects, esp at a particularly good univ like UCL! As for Oxbridge, well 'matriculation offers' of EE are still v occasionally given, there are a few colleges giving AAB left but the maajority of people are asked for AAA or even AAAA! Pity the poor maths applicants - they get asked for AAA and passes in STEP papers (further maths).</p>
<p>how good is Warwick? just wondering cause I got an offer</p>
<p>skapixie - I know! A friend of mine had to do his five A Levels, plus Further Maths, the STEP papers and the AEA exam. Nasty. And here I am complaining about my offer ;) It's better than nothing.</p>
<p>Alex; </p>
<p>Elite prep schools in the US do cover university level coursework. They often use university level textbooks. Still, they do not cover certain subjects in the same depth. They do not offer three years of Biology, for example, but they might offer Genetics in addition to a year of Biology. </p>
<p>When you apply to Cambridge, do you apply to a specific college? Or do you apply to a specific college after the offer? Thanks for the help.</p>
<p>@cheers: you will have to apply either to a specific college, or as Open Applicant, which means your college will be automatically allocated by the Univ before the selection process starts. And you cannot change the college allocation/selection, except in very very rare cases.</p>
<p>@nkay: :D I got the "recipe" for a guaranteed 1 (and probably S) in STEP :D And never lay your hope on its Statistics section :D</p>
<p>"how good is Warwick?"</p>
<p>Very good; most would say the best after the Oxbridge/London elite and some would rank it above UCL (although personally i think that is ridiculous). It has no real history to speak of - having only been founded during the 60s - but the quality of its teaching scores, research scores and the grades required to get in mark it as a future academic superpower.</p>
<p>"Ugh. It does seem ridiculous, doesn't it? I thought only Oxbridge demanded AAA if not AAB."</p>
<p>No, AAA-AAB would be demanded by any 20-30 odd universities for certain courses and for a great many courses by the top 10.</p>
<p>good, for 'how good is ...' try The Times newspaper rankings, which provide a rough guide (though other papers eg the Guardian will rank differently).
<a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,716,00.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.timesonline.co.uk/section/0,,716,00.html</a>
check the subject table for your subject too.</p>
<p>Dont take it too seriously of course, it all depends on what they think is important when calculating.
<a href="http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk%5B/url%5D">www.thestudentroom.co.uk</a> is a very active forum where you are bound to get lots of opinions on UK Universities, there are seperate forums for univs a bit like here.</p>
<p>how would warwick comparable with US unis?
any ideas?? i need to make my decision rather to attend college in uk or us. Just asking for ppl's opinions</p>
<p>i also need to make that decision...us or uk...??</p>