applying to the UK

[fresita]

<p>I am applying in schools in several universities in the US for the fall of 2011, but I am interested in applying in the UK, just to keep my options open.
I am doing the SAT I and II in November. My question is, can i apply to schools in the UK (im thinking st. andrews, warwick, LSE, Leeds) with my SAT scores?
I know they use A-Levels in the UK but I dont seem to find a place where you can register and take them here in China (im studying mandarin in shanghai until december). I registered for the SATs but they only have them in HK, not in mainland china?
So what can I do to apply in the UK?? What do I need?
I am applying as an international undergraduate
Thankss</p>

[peachaso]

<p>I’m not sure about those schools you listed, but I think some schools will accept SAT scores. More equivalent to A-Levels are AP and IB. If you can take those in China, that would probably be preferable.</p>

<p>Research the universities you are interested in: check their websites, and if there is no info then email them.</p>

<p>If it really is impossible to take AP or IB, they probably will still let you apply if you have strong SAT scores!</p>

[dawncoming]

<p>

they probably will still let you apply if you have strong SAT scores!

For aught I know, Cambridge and Oxford don’t accept SAT scores. And I doubt that such elite schools as LSE&Warwick will accept SATs.
Shanghai has many great international schools which offer A-Level courses and tests. You may contact school counselors and see if they could let you take A-Level tests at their schools. (Usually, however, these schools don’t accept test registrations of students from other schools)
I have a little confusion about this sentence :

I am applying as an international undergraduate

Do you mean that you are an undergraduate already? trying to transfer to UK/US colleges? Then I don’t see that SATs can help in applying to British universities. (Maybe for US colleges) You’d better email admission officers, as suggested by peachaso.</p>

[equillibrium]

<p>I would suggest checking with each single university you are interested in, to see if you can use the SATs.</p>

<p>Cambridge:</p>

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Prospective applicants from the USA taking SATs and Advanced Placement Tests should note that offers are usually made on an individual basis. In addition to a high pass in the High School Diploma and the SAT, successful applicants have normally achieved 5s in at least five Advanced Placement Tests in appropriate subjects.

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<p>Oxford:</p>

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SAT Reasoning Test with at least 1,400 in Critical Reading and Mathematics and preferably also 700 or more in Writing, giving a combined score of at least 2,100
OR
ACT with a score of at least 32 out of 36.</p>

<p>AND</p>

<p>Grade 5 in three or more Advanced Placement Tests in appropriate subjects OR SAT Subject Tests in three appropriate subjects at 700 or better.

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[dawncoming]

<p>@equillibrium: I wonder if you could provide dicrect links? How very strange! Last year I was trying to apply to Cambridge and Oxford, but my school counselor said that I could not apply to the two because I had no A-Levels&IELTS.</p>

[equillibrium]

<p>Sure, dawncoming:</p>

<p>[Undergraduate</a> Admissions: Cambridge Admissions Office - Other qualifications](<a href=“Study at Cambridge | University of Cambridge”>Study at Cambridge | University of Cambridge) – Cambridge (click SATs)</p>

<p>[International</a> Qualifications - University of Oxford](<a href=“http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate_courses/international_students/international_qualifications/]International”>http://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate_courses/international_students/international_qualifications/) – Oxford (scroll down to USA).</p>

<p>These are so called ‘international qualifications’ for specific countries, but in most of the cases they can be used by citizens of other countries if they do not have A level offerings.</p>