<p>im interested in applying to oxford/cambridge, but i found the websites utterly confusing. can anyone help? btw, im a junior from america.</p>
<p>If you apply to the United Kingdom, you need to it through UCAS, which is a compulsory common application, and you are limited to 5 courses (in the UK you apply to a course at a university, not just at a university, so two or more of the courses may be in the same university). The deadline for applying is October 15, and you can only apply to either Oxford or Cambridge, you can't apply to both. Besides what UCAS requires, you need a lot of extra stuff like extra essays, interviews, and so on.
The requirements for Oxford (I dunno about Cambridge, but they should be similar) are a 2100 on the SAT I, 2 AP's with grades of 4 or 5, and 2 SAT II's with scores of 700. However, that is the general requirement, as there is a huge number of applications then they have to choose the best of the best, so you might not get accepted if you meet the above, you will probably need better.</p>
<p>no financial aid available for US citizens attendings college in the UK -- and you pay international costs. Average costs per year will end up around $40,000+.</p>
<p>Federal financial aid cannot be used outside the US, most scholarships in the US cannot be used overseas and there are no grant or scholarships funds for US students in the UK. Federal loan programs (like Stafford and Perkins) are not available for college in the UK.</p>
<p>So -- that means you will be a full pay student. Before you apply, make sure you have discussed this with your parents and they are willing to foot the bill.</p>
<p>At Cambridge and Oxford you apply to a specific college; each has around 30. They vary a great deal in size, facilities, atmosphere, and location, so you should be checking out possible fits. Not all of them offer all programs, so that's also something to consider. If you're not sure which college you want, you can apply with an open application. This means they'll try to stick you somewhere that has spaces left over. </p>
<p>If you're interested in past admissions data:
<a href="http://www.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/statistics/%5B/url%5D">http://www.cam.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/statistics/</a></p>
<p>hsmomstef:
according to the oxford website, non-EU residents pay approx. 10,000 pounds a year, which is more akin to $20,000 than $40,000. Of course, there are flights home, etc. to be taken into consideration as well, but it's still not exorbitantly expensive.</p>
<p>Goankit: do you know what you want to study?</p>
<p>Don't forget that the weak USD makes it even MORE expensive</p>
<p>sorry I wasn't clearer -- by $40,000 I meant the total cost, including room and board and travel. UK schools close over Christmas holidays and so you either fly back then or pay for lodging and board.</p>
<p>on the plus side, the degree is done in 3 yrs -- so that $40,000 is just x 3 and not x4 (as it would be in the US)</p>
<p>The money is only an issue if parents are not going to be willing to pay -- If parents are willing to help, then you can get into the details on costs.</p>
<p>It depends on what degree goankit wants - some are 4 years.</p>
<p>I've been to the Oxbridge websites; I don't think they include residential costs in their fee charts. As for the separate college thing, Oxford has an option where you can apply using a general code for your course, and they'll put you in whatever college has a space rather than a specific school. In fact, they reccomend this for students from the US who probably won't have any reason to request a specific college.</p>