<p>Recently, I have been looking into universities in the United Kingdom. Some universities I am interested in are Oxbridge(wouldnt hurt to try), London School Of Economics, Imperial College London, and a few others. I hear that UK universities base admission completely on academic merit. On the universities admission site's, they all mention UCAS, and after visiting the UCAS website, I was left clueless. Can someone please explain the process of admission to the UK from the USA and how hard it is to gain admission? </p>
<p>Any tips would be great!</p>
<p>any help from anyone?</p>
<p>A similar question was asked in the International Students forum</p>
<p>I think a lot of the application dates (i.e. Oxbridge) are earlier in the year--opening in mid-Septemberish, maybe? I think schools in the UK are pretty heavy on interviewing, so if you wanted to attend school there, you might have to arrange for an interview. I know they do interviews in certain cities in North America, but those events might still be far away.</p>
<p>I think it is very difficult for international students to get in, at least at Oxbridge. The international student applications are probably super-competitive, with the creme de la creme from different int'l schools applying at once. I know that schools like Oxbridge keep tight quotas for the number of int'l applicants they can accept each year.</p>