<p>stop dreaming you guys!:))
yale daily news said she chose cambridge over yale!
check this out if you find it hard to believe me:Yale</a> Daily News - Cross Campus: 02.04.09</p>
<p>Whatever, she can always use her magic hourglass and take classes at Yale too. Im banking on it.</p>
<p>cambridge now seems sooo much harder to get into than yale cuz my friend of average intelligence got in just for soccer..</p>
<p>you should all just use the magic hourglass to neglect studying and play a sport ridiculously well instead!</p>
<p>well, I guess that's what a "most diverse student body" means...</p>
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<p>it's actually extremely easy to get into Cambridge. All you really need are good AP scores. If you have like four scores of 5, you're pretty much in.</p>
<p>^ Agreed (except you have to be able to shell out $200k, because they don't give any FinAid to us Yankees).</p>
<p>^ You obviously have <em>no</em> idea what you're on about.</p>
<p>you have to be more specific IndiaRubber... because as far as I know I'M correct (and hookem was agreeing with me).</p>
<p>With an 8.5% acceptance rate, no school is easy to get into. To say it is is a bit arrogant, if not foolish. Moreover, for the Oxbridge schools, a lot rests on the personal interview - which isn't just about "why Cambridge?" and "why you?" and "can you draw an amino acid?"... you have to know your subject inside out and demonstrate enough intellectual capacity to impress the interviewers (and they never fail to throw the odd question in/try to intimidate you). The process is quite a fun/stimulating experience - but it's so subjective it's hard to know if you have a good chance regardless of how you think the interview went(one of my <em>genius</em> friends got rejected for French [i think] despite brilliant stats and a shining interview feedback because they found him a bit nervous - there was literally nothing else negative in the post-rejection rapport). Also, Cambridge acceptances tend to be more about 'politics' than certain other schools. Statistics show that EU/IB kids like my friend (who is from Spain and pays like a UK resident...) have much fewer acceptances than International students like yourself because you pay 10x the tuition fee. So you may be at a slight advantage, but it certainly isn't an easy school to get into - tell that to someone more familiar with the system and they'll laugh at you!</p>
<p>saying your going to Oxford or Cambridge means nothing, one pompous Brit told me. whats important is what COLLEGE at Ox or Cam your in. thats the whole thing you never know about rhodes scholars, etc is what college they are in. supposedly out of gratitude to the US after WW2 the UK let our boys study in merry England??, but they didnt let them into the "better" colleges because they weren't properly reared like the rest of the aristocracy :(</p>
<p>^ Meh. That's not as true today. There are more and less competitive colleges, but they're all considered fantastic/hard to get into!</p>
<p>Wow. A future Cambridge student here.</p>
<p>Firstly the amount of focus you do in a Cambridge degree is an aspect of the UK education system, maybe you prefer liberal arts education but likening it to a trade school was really unnecessary. Cambridge is undoubtedly one of the world's best universities, the education there is brilliant and some people would argue <em>GASP!</em> superior to the Ivies etc. for undergrad.</p>
<p>Secondly Cambridge and Oxford are by no means easy to get into, you need all 5's on your AP's to be considered. Everyone applying to the universities have impeccable academic records, people apply with insane things like 8 As at A-Level and get rejected. </p>
<p>Thirdly the interviews are NOT meant to intimidate you and they don't give you trick questions just to embarass you. At my interview the fellows went out of their way to make me feel comfortable, it was all about my aptitude for the subject I was applying for which in my case meant doing progressively more difficult Maths (climaxed in a really interesting ArcTan question) and Chemistry (did stuff about atmospheric chemistry, identifying organic compounds given limited laboratory apparatus and the limits of the pH scale).</p>
<p>Cambridge also has some of the least political admissions there are, they bend over backwards to be even handed because honestly, if they weren't they'd get their heads torn off by the British public who are always looking for evidence of poshness or independent school bias. The University is also pretty wealthy as it is and statistics show that the international student applicant to offer ratio percentage is actually the smallest. </p>
<p>Additionally the differences amongst colleges are not as large as you are making them out to be, of course there are colleges that tend to attract the strongest applicants. Like Trinity in Cambridge and Merton at Oxford I suppose but things like the pooling system and interviews at multiple colleges work to make sure that what college you apply to does not affect your chances of admission.</p>
<p>And back on topic, she's OURS! :P</p>
<p>If it's true that she's not going to Yale I'll be sure to tell my daughter as the admissions office used that as a selling point to my daughter who, of course, thought it a big negative. Maybe there's hope my daughter will go to Yale yet!</p>
<p>jw366 - I agree with everything you said except the politics bit. It really is harder for EU kids to get in ( and i suppose it makes sense too - for the price of a UK student, why take an extra Portuguese, Spanish or Bulgarian student ?)!</p>
<p>EDIT: Oh and you can keep your Watson :P</p>
<p>IndiaRubbert: What you say might be true but you'd need to demonstrate firstly that chances are indeed significantly lower for EU students and secondly that the students were on average equally well-qualified and prepared.</p>
<p>I would if I were in the mood! There is this one web-page I was shown a year back with all the mentioned statistics regarding IB/EU students and Oxbridge acceptances.... But I'm done talking about college for now - Harvard interview over - I'M DONE!! Plus, I think I got my point across to eating food & Co. which was my original intention. :)
Have fun at Cambridge, jw366!
<em>dance</em></p>
<p>Seriously, did she get in based on her celebrity status or on her academic grades? Or both?</p>
<p>^ Mostly celebrity status I would think. Grades brought her into consideration, her status was more than enough to seal the deal.</p>
<p>Oh... and nothing is set in stone. She's still in decision where she'd go. (as of 13 hours ago...) </p>
<p>This is interesting too :)</p>
<p>No official news yet...</p>
<p>^ Both. She had straight As on her transcript, and great A-levels.</p>
<p>and great finds, Gryffon! HA!!! Take that you naysayers! We may have shot with Ms. Watson yet! :P</p>
<p>but about that Tribune article....how the EFF did they leave Paul Giamatti off the Yale Character Actors list and Demetri Martin off the Yale Comedians list??!!!!!</p>
<p>Heyyy, that royalty thing on the Chicago Tribune is very unfair.</p>