<p>I'm a British student planning on applying in September. I've attended King's College London for the last year, but found the course unsatisfying and not rigorous enough, and so I'm taking a gap year and reapplying to Oxford and Yale...what do you guys think my chances would be in the US?</p>
<p>My proposed major is something along the lines of Religion/Philosophy/Russian Literature.</p>
<p>Anyway...here's my stuff.</p>
<p>English qualifications:
GCSEs: 4A*, 6A
AS: B (Maths)
A-Level: AAA (English, RS, History)</p>
<p>Got 100% on 4 of the RS modules, including the Synoptic unit.</p>
<p>I should get pretty good/amazing references from teachers and guidance councellor.</p>
<p>American qualifications:
taken SAT I...will update when i get the score back.</p>
<p>Academic Awards (they don't do very many in the UK...):</p>
<p>School Company Prize (My school gave an award upon leaving to the best student in each subject - I got mine for RS)</p>
<p>Senior Maths Challenge Award</p>
<p>ECs:
School Rugby - Captain
School Cross country team
Local Cricket Team - Captain, Player of the Year 2005
Clarinet Grade 5
CCF Navy - Petty Officer
House Prefect
Elected to School Chapel Coucil (ran charity events to fund education of children in Africa and for Christian Aid - elected 5 years)</p>
<p>Hook:
I've had work published in some of the big national newspapers, including The Spectator, Sunday Times, Sunday Telegraph. As well as school creative writing and science journals.</p>
<p>I've also had a job as a proof reader on the Sunday Telegraph for 5 years. </p>
<p>In my gap year am working as an auditor for KPMG (one of the Big Four Accountancy firms).</p>
<p>I'm also waiting on my university end of year results, which may help. </p>
<p>I'm applying as a freshman, and am a white/caucasian 19-year-old male.</p>
<p>I think my extra-curricular is good - but my academic isn't perfect. Anyway, there's an idea of the competition - how do you guys compare/what do you think?</p>