<p>Hi all, hope this is the right section for this post!</p>
<p>I'm applying to Queen Mary University of London and Kig's College London. I won't list all my classes/grades since they're not as important but I'm a pretty good student with a heavy course load at a difficult school. This year, I'll be taking AP Spanish, AP Euro, AP Lang/Comp, and AP Stat and if all goes well I should be able to get 5's, maybe a 4 on Stat. I've taken the SAT II's in Literature and US History-730 on Lit and 630 on USH, and I will be taking Spanish. Here's where I have a problem. The req's for my programme (Film Studies) at KCL and QMUL are 3 4's/5's on AP's, including a 5 on an AP English, or a minimum SAT score (I can't remember what it is but I'm above it) plus 3 SAT II's of 600+. I'm not sure if they'll accept a combination of AP's/SAT II's but by the end of the year-or once I get my AP scores back-I hopefully will have met both sets of requirements. Anyway, I need to retake the SAT I's this fall, and to get them back in time for early action deadlines for my US apps I need to do it in October. The problem is, they don't offer the Spanish subject test in November and I'd like to have my UCAS done by then. Since they won't be able to make an official decision until I receive my AP scores anyway, is it possible to submit the UCAS with just my two SAT II's and then later submit the Spanish one from December? Or would it be easier to just wait until early January to submit it? Or, I could be getting this all wrong since I'm not too familiar with the process-is there a formal "submission" or do you just go back and add/edit whenever you like? Thanks for your help-and sorry for the long explanation and the probably obvious questions. I just recently started looking into going abroad so I'm just getting into the whole process-a little late in the game, but it'll be worthwhile if something works out!</p>
<p>Finally, if there's anyone familiar with both US qualifications and UK admissions/KCL/QMUL, could you tell me if you think I have a shot at getting in with the above info/predictions? I'm having trouble identifying the caliber/difficulty of these schools. I know they're both Russell Group schools (I'm not exactly sure what it is but I've gotten the impression that if you're putting the time/energy/money into going abroad you better be putting it into a RG school), and I know that KCL is ranked above QMUL. I have no clue how they compare with US unis, like which school are around the same caliber, so I really have no clue if I have a decent shot at getting in or not. Any information you can give me will be extremely appreciated! Thank you!</p>
<p>Sorry for double posting. Just wanted to clarify that when I say I’m not sure of the caliber/difficulty of the school I mean admission difficulty, not how hard the work is :)</p>
<p>Afaik, you can update your results on UCAS.</p>
<p>You do understand that if you get an offer it will be conditional on the AP marks that you get in July, right?</p>
<p>As for admissions, UK unis are generally very staightforward: if you have the marks, and a reasonable PS & recs you have a very high chance of getting in. In general, the more competitive the course the more likely that the marks needed will be at the higher end, because they start with the students with the highest marks who want the course and work their way down. I don’t know anything about the Film Studies course, so I have no idea how competitive it is. If it is really popular you may need 5s, not 4s, for example.</p>
<p>And, I assume that you have done your homework on the costs of going to uni in London…</p>
<p>Most admissions are rolling in the UK, so apply as early as possible. Put in predicted grades for any tests you have yet to take (entirely the norm since UK students don’t get grades until August), then expect to get a conditional offer of a place i.e. If you don’t get the required grades your offer of admission will be recinded. Again, entirely the norm. This how UK unis work for UK students.</p>
<p>I also have no idea how competitive your subject is. You might be able to find a league table or admission stats online. As long as you are above the minimum admission stats I think you will have a good chance. Especially at QM (I’ve been to that campus and it was really rough, especially for England). They need your money.</p>
<p>Google the student room. It is a UK version of this board that might be helpful.</p>
<p>Goodluck</p>
<p>You can apply based on a “predicted” test score. There is a formal process for this, some teacher of yours needs to be your “referee” and make the prediction. One of the Brits here will know more about this process than I do.</p>
<p>Then, as cupcake says, you will have to actually get that predicted score . . .</p>
<p>I agree that if you have the marks (or predicted marks) they are looking for you will almost certainly get an interview, and your chances of admission are very high.</p>
<p>Outside of Oxbridge, interviews are quite rare, especially for foreign students.</p>
<p>The way UCAS works is that you submit both the tests that you’ve already taken, along with the scores on those tests, and the tests you’re planning to take, along with predicted scores for those. Cupcake hit the nail on the head.</p>
<p>As for submitting scores- you submit scores to your individual unis once you get them. I submitted my SAT before submitting my app. because I had them done, but you don’t have to do that. Just send your SAT score report whenever you get your SAT II’s done, and send your AP score report right after you get your scores, and you should be fine.</p>
<p>I don’t know about your subject, but from my experience, you’re likely to get into KCL as an international if you meet the requirements. They didn’t really want anything more from me. QMUL rejected me because of my personal statement. 
So as long as you have all the required grades and a decent personal statement, you should be good to go. I sort of procrastinated on my statement. 
As an international, you’re paying much more than home students so it’s in their interest to accept you.</p>
<p>One last thing- make sure that you send your scores from CB on the rushed shipping. They can be very unreliable. I sent my AP score report this year on standard shipping, which, according to the CB website, takes “7-14 days depending on the location of your college,” and when it didn’t arrive in 14 days, I called CB and the women on the phone said that it’s actually 14 business days. After 14 business days, my college still didn’t have it, and I ended up calling CB twice more. On the third call they said that it’s actually more than the number of days on the website (for both standard and rushed) for colleges that are out of state. :mad: And they couldn’t give me an exact number of days either.</p>
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<p>Actually that isn’t true anymore. KCL charges £15,000 for their classroom-based programmes (i.e. the humanities, social science and non lab-based sciences), that is only £6,000 more than what a UK student pays - really, not much of a difference.</p>
<p>The British government has lifted the cap on the number of students universities can enroll; they can now technically enroll anyone who achieves ABB in their A levels which means universities will no longer have to rely on foreign students’ to make up for any shortfall in funding.</p>