On the UCL website, it says that acceptance to the PPE program requires a 5,5,5,5,4 AP exam score in the final 3 years of high school. Does this mean that I can get a conditional admission to UCL before they see my senior year exam scores? If I get the required grades, they’ll accept me? Please help, I’m so confused!
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Yes, it’s perfectly usual for UK universities to accept students conditionally based on their scores in exams planned to be taken in senior year. Your application will include predicted grades as part of your teacher’s reference, and the acceptance decision will be based mainly on those, scores in hand, and your personal statement. Then you’ll need to get the scores required. They may specify 5s in particular subjects.
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Yes, but be aware that the PPE program is pretty competitive and US qualifications aren’t necessarily held in that high a regard. So having the minimum qualifications is necessary but not sufficient. And they do like to see Calc BC so you might get a conditional offer requiring a 5 in BC if you haven’t got that already. OTOH if you already have enough APs then the offer might be unconditional. If your offer is conditional you will need to accept something else (and risk losing a deposit at a US school) so as not to be left in the lurch if the AP results don’t go your way in July.
My S18 applied to UCL and LSE and didn’t get an offer, although he did get an unconditional offer for PPE at KCL. He got an interview but not an offer at Oxford. UCL were very slow at deciding and pretty uncommunicative, KCL came back with an offer within three weeks. He had five 5s (and one 3) in APs after his junior year (4.0UW, 1540 SAT, 800/770/710 in his SAT-2s). He was predicted four more 5s for his senior year APs and had a good reference from a teacher who is an Oxford MPhil. He decided to stay in the US in the end, where he had many excellent choices.
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Wow, I’m worried now. My GPA isn’t spectacular which is why I’m considering UK schools. What about population health? Would that be easier to receive an offer for?
What do you want to study and what do want to do with your degree?
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Either international relations or public health. That’s why I’m considering both PPE and population health.
You need to decide on one of those. You cannot wrote a good PS for both.
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And if you are so undecided, an American college may be best.
What goals do you have?
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Honestly I’m leaning more towards public health.
Yeah, but college kids change their mind on what to major in all the time and the English system isn’t conducive to that.
Why are you looking at UCL?
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