Chance me for Econ at Scottish schools

Applying to College
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Hey I’m an American junior looking a lot at Edinburgh, St Andrews, Aberdeen, and Glasgow.
I have a 3.4 UW GPA (but Edinburgh doesn’t look at American transcripts from what I’ve heard)
2090 SAT (650 Reading, 750 Math, 690 W)
I know I’ll get atleast a 700 on the Math Sat 2 Subject test. Shooting for a 750+. Im still not sure what other subject test I’m taking. However I’m taking 4 AP tests this year and have gotten a 4 on Human Geo freshman year and a 3 on world history (which I won’t send to these schools.) Chances? Thanks so much. Edinburgh is my dream school right now.

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Honestly I think I’m in at Aberdeen but idk about the other three. I hope I’ll get in.

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I’m a high school junior in Scotland so I know that

  1. St Andrews loves international students, you’ll probably get in, there’s a lot of Americans there. Should be great for econ/international relations
  2. Glasgow is easier to get in, Aberdeen is even easier.
    I don’t know about Edinburgh, they hate our school (they hate independent schools is what people tell me), so I don’t know.
    Have you visited the campuses? I hated the Edinburgh campus- it wasn’t even a campus! Just random buildings scattered around the city. But I loved the Glasgow one.
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I’m visiting this summer! I guess I’ll have to see. Thanks so much, for the help! @klmelon

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Please check the requirements on application forms carefully. It is a usual requirement in the UK to enter the results of all public exams (for which your AP’s are an alternative), regardless of result. This means that even failures are listed.
Good luck.

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So does that mean if I send in subject tests I don’t have to send in AP tests? @4mummy

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You have to send in all your test scores (APs & subject tests, even if they are irrelevant), and your GC has to provide ‘predictions’ for the tests you are scheduled to take senior year. When they review your application they will either

  1. decide that you don’t/won’t meet their requirements and reject you
  2. decide that don’t yet meet the requirements, but you will if you get the scores you are predicted to get on your senior year exams, in which case they will give you an offer that is ‘conditional’ on your getting those marks or
  3. decide that you have already met the requirements, in which case they will make you an ‘unconditional’ offer.

In either 2) or 3), the offer may be phrased as ‘conditional on receipt of official test scores’ - b/c you self-report scores on your application, that just says you have to send them official scores.

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collegemom3717 has given you the full answer. My apologies for the confusion caused by my focus on your intentions with the AP world history result.