<p>mahras2: what subject do you intend to study? If you want to study economics (which I assume you do), it may be worth taking extra courses elsewhere if you feel the ones the school provides are not adequate.</p>
<p>In any case, I believe an LSE/Camb admissions tutor would be better equipped to help you than we can. Both universities are very used to receiving applications from the US, so they would be more familiar with the possible options than we are. Sorry, that was a really unhelpful post. ;)</p>
<p>The LSE also covers international relations (and, through a bizarre historical quirk, grad-level Philosophy of Science, but that's kind of irrelevant...). I think that History and Math APs would help a lot. Economics gets very mathematical very quickly. But send an email to their admissions enquiry address: they won't mind, they have people paid to answer you. :)</p>
<p>(By the way, I've just stumbled across this board while looking for some advice on behalf of students. I was an undergrad at Oxford, then did a master's at Cambridge and a Ph.D. at London, and am now a highschool teacher in the USA: does this make me the ultimate resource for this particular thread, and can I claim a prize if so?)</p>
<p>Yes I can't agree more with Laylah - it is best to check with LSE admission tutors in your case mahras2. LSE is in a lovely part of London, with great accommodation options, and with overseas students forming more than 50% of the total student population. You can't be anywhere more international in the UK!</p>
<p>I think Mahras2 wants to study Finance or Business... :)</p>
<p>I would love to study in England, I plan to do International Relations but the cost is way to high. And the possibility of me receiving a scholarship is unlikely. I'd love to go to Cambridge but Oxford is what I'm really aiming for. Chances of me getting though are very slim. I'll try anyways.</p>
<p>I have a couple questions, if someone wouldn't mind answering them:
1) Are the Americans in this thread that have expressed interest in applying to Oxford juniors in high school, or are they looking to transfer from an American college? Jimmydoerre3, for example - you sound like you're a senior (otherwise, a junior with 12 APs is quite an accomplishment), but wasn't the application due October 1st?
2) Would any of your Oxford geniuses be willing to ask around - ask Americans, that is - what their stats were? Or can someone give me a general idea.. I read on the site that a 1400+ SAT, 5's/4's in APs, and 700+ SAT II's were needed, but what do the people who actually get in have? Thanks for doing this; it would give me a better idea, so I don't waste my time only to find out that I have no hope!</p>
<p>BTW, yes MarcRead deserves the prize. Now what it is, I can't tell you...</p>
<p>MarcRead - Yes, you get that unknown prize: for experience AND for excellent advice. Any good British university will expect great proficiency in maths to study economics. So, any pros/cons/comparisons for Oxbridge/London? Any opinion on the university experience, UK vs US? What part of the US are you in and how does it compare to the UK for quality of life?</p>
<p>snuff: one of my best friends here in Oxford is American, and from what she's said, her stats were not phenomenal (that may just have been her being modest though). I would assume she achieved at least the minimum stated on the website, and then wowed them at interview. I am almost certain she didn't have any incredible ECs that would have impressed Harvard et al., she just happens to be exceptional in one particular academic area, and decent at the rest.</p>
<p>Foreign students usually only have to pay tuition fees of £10,000-£20,000 usually so about $20,000 - $40,000 roughly. Itl probably be cheaper for you to attend Oxford should you get in than it would be to attend a US college. Medicine is definately dearer though.</p>
<p>I agree completely, 20000-40000 isnt bad at all, its average for Ivy schools in the United States. and Snuff: I am only a junior in high school but my GPA is all over the place so I am really worried about college. The admission stats on Oxford's website is really ambiguous, 700-800 for SAT I, thats a huge range so I am really confused about admission.</p>
<p>I emailed the Oxford admission office and they said that they dont care what grades you made in high school, they only want to look at your standarlized testing scores, so a 640 can hurt you a lot.</p>
<p>Oh yes thank you I'm aware of that - I should have made that clearer. I updated my 640 to the more current 760 when I was at my interview, so that should be straight now.</p>
<p>I only meant for LSE - I don't know how to go about updating my application with them.</p>
<p>You won't find out if you got in till just before Christmas because the interviews here in Oxford haven't even started yet. </p>
<p>They don't care about ECs and just want to see you have apptitude in the subject you are applying for. Therefore, if you are applying for English but did poorly on your maths SAT they won't care that much because you will never have to study maths again.</p>