<p>Too many americans posting about a subject they really have no clue about. About the only correct thing said is that you can only apply to 1 of Oxford or Cambridge. </p>
<p>You will have extreme difficulty, regardless of your high school stats, at any English school (especially if you plan on doing a subject like Maths or Economics). </p>
<p>Also, St. Andrews is not known for being a school for rich kids who didn't get into Oxbridge.. who told you that?</p>
<p>karan, no one told me. I'm British, and I study in Britain. That's how it is. I'm not saying St Andrews isn't a good university. I'm saying it's a backup university for people who apply to Oxbridge, and that the student population there tends to come from wealthy backgrounds. Sorry if you don't like it! </p>
<p>"You will have extreme difficulty, regardless of your high school stats, at any English school (especially if you plan on doing a subject like Maths or Economics)."</p>
<p>Not true. Lots of UK universities accept Americans. But like I said, Oxbridge don't like taking people for science degrees who have studied under the US system. Again, that's just the way it is.</p>
<p>It's more or less the same thing. Biotech has more to do with Plants, Medicines and Agro based Products. This is What I'm going for in Oxford</p>
<p>It would be Biomedical Engineering in Cambridge.</p>
<p>cupcake, You are misinterpreting the data. They only accepted 3 students a few years as undergraduates directly out of high school.</p>
<p>milki - ah, ok :) Have you already applied, or are you thinking about it for next year?</p>
<p>I'm thinking about it for the future (I'm a Freshmen, I came on to CC for an opinion on SAT II and AP Prep Books) :)</p>
<p>calvinnnnn</p>
<p>i strongly concur with uclari
im korean and ive been japan twice with tour guide both times...one of them started to understand vernacular japanese after studying japanese for 7years...</p>
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<p>What data? You don't appear to have any. Where are these imaginary stats from? Even without admitted undergrads, there are dozens of US study abroad students at Oxford. If these people don't exist, how come I know them?</p>
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<p>ITA with Laylah. St Andrews, Bristol and Durham are very well known as "Oxbridge reject" schools. Good universities but not the top so good students apply to them as a back up. St Andrews and Durham are both old and in small towns so I think those who would like to live in Oxford or Cambridge would also like these places. Effectively they're like "safety schools" as the term is used on this board. Bristol is pretty famous for deciding to reject people who got into Oxbridge (I see their point. Very few would choose Bristol over Oxbruidge so it's a waste of admin) and this caused an outcry in the British press. Google it. Pre-Prince William no-one had ever heard of St Andrews. Now they get so many American applications they publish their own special application form. How can this NOT be due to the prince?</p>
<p>I was accepted for a science degree at Oxford (biochem). But that's probably bc. I had tons of AP classes and a lucky interview. So take AP/IB and work on your speaing skills. ;) Also, I go to a community high school, not one in the top ten.</p>
<p>As for the different systems - it all depends on what you are looking for in higher education and how sure you are of what you want to study. If you are set that a certain subject is definitely your thing, go for it. Like one wise biology teacher once told me, "Nothing is impossible. They fill their undergraduate class with students each year." And some are Americans. Who knows, it might just be you. =)</p>