Applying to Oxbridge as a Dual-Enrolled Student

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<p>Hello all, </p>

<p>I have followed a different secondary education path than most high school students in the United States and I hope that you can give advice on whether or not I have a chance at gaining admission to Oxford or Cambridge.</p>

<p>While I was in normal high school, I took two AP courses and received a 5 on both exams. </p>

<p>AP World History (5)
AP Statistics (5)</p>

<p>However, in my junior and senior years, I studied exclusively at the University of West Georgia through the Advanced Academy of Georgia. This is a residential dual enrollment program for high school (or international equivalent) students. The following will be the classes on my transcript when I apply to universities:</p>

<p>Fall Semester Fresh:
Precalculus
Business Challenges (Honors)
General Chemistry w/ Lab
English Comp 1</p>

<p>Spring Semester Fresh:
Calculus 1
Astronomy w/ Lab (Honors)
General Chemistry 2 w/ Lab
English Comp 2
Microeconomics</p>

<p>Side notes:
-Business Challenges included a marketing research project which will be presented at a national undergraduate conference in spring 2014.
-Chemistry undergraduate research will be included in spring 2014 schedule, totaling 23 hours for the semester.
-I expect that my college GPA will be >3.80 and high school >3.95
-I intent to be a physics major but I will not be able to take physics until Fall 2014 because of math requirements.
-My ACT score is currently not very good (26 composite) but I plan to retake the test until I get at least a 32. </p>

<p>Thank you to anyone who has read this far. Please comment on suggestions on classes and my likelihood to be accepted to an Oxbridge university. Thanks!</p>

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<p>If you are applying to study physics understand that it will not be your major - it will be your only subject. For Oxford you will need to demonstrate that you have the Maths background - it is a v v mathy subject. All applicants for physics have to sit the Physics aptitude test (PAT) in Nov of the year they apply. <strong><em>nothing</em></strong> that is not linked to physics your ability / interest in the subject will be relevant. There is lots more to say, but you should spend some time on the Oxford & Cambridge Physics pages. There is a lot of info on what you study, what they look for in applicants, etc. Come back if you have more questions.</p>