<p>Swedefish:
Ok, thank you. As far as the AP scores go, I know that Oxford accepts either AP or SAT II scores, but I’m not sure if Cambridge does the same. I guess that’s one of those things I’ll raise when I call the admissions office. With SAT II scores, I got:</p>
<p>670 - French
760 - Literature
770 - US History</p>
<p>After this semester, I could probably do very well on the German SAT II, and registering for that would be easier than the AP test (due to the complication of having to arrange it through a high school). Maybe I’ll look to do that, then, if Cambridge accepts either AP or SAT II scores.</p>
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<p>That’s actually a good French score… scores >700 in French are not as easy as other AP tests.</p>
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<p>Mackeown, you say you’re tired of independent study, and are ready for the classroom experience. But as I understand the teaching methods at Oxford and Cambridge, they are pretty much 3 years of independent study, with weekly visits to a tutor…not exactly a “classroom” experience.</p>
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<p>Cambridge has entire colleges that solely house students over 21, so it wouldn’t be odd at all for you to be entering as a 20 year old. A lot of British students start college at 19.
Cambridge prefers that Americans contact them between May and when they begin applying (Overseas applications are due in mid October if you want an interview). So when you call or email or whatever, they can tell you what they want from you. A lot of British schools will consider AP courses as A Levels, but they may also take your college grades, as A Levels are to some extent more similar to college courses than to High School ones. They’ll probably want SAT scores, SAT IIs, professor recommendations, transcript. You can check out the UCAS which is basically the British comm app, to see what most schools request.</p>
<p>I’ll be applying to Cambridge for 2010 admission too. I hope we’re equally lucky.</p>
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