<p>I am currently doing my GCSEs, for which I know I should be revising right now, but I am thinking of doing my SATS with my A-Levels next year.</p>
<p>Thing is I don't understand the american examination system at all?
what SATS do you have to take to get into Harvard?, once you get into harvard( I want to do medicine) do you get straight into a medical course or do you have to do a BSc in Biomedical first for example, do your undergraduate program and then do medicine in harvard medicine school?</p>
<p>someone please help</p>
<p>SATs dun get u into Harvard. 2400+3x800 don't get you in, but neither does 2000+3x600 keep you out. Unlike the systems in UK, Canada, Singapore, or everywhere else for that matter, US colleges don't just look solely at SATs, or grades, or CCAs, or essays, or recommendations. They look at a combination of the above factors. So basically, the admission process is a very holistic one. </p>
<p>and no, if you do get into harvard, u won't be doing medicine right away. medicine, just like law, can only be pursued at a graduate level. that is to say, you need to finish your undergrad (say, ur BSc) first before you APPLY to medicine schools. Yes, getting into Harvard undergraduate doesn't in anyway guarantee you a place at Harvard Medical School.</p>
<p>Note that qualifying as a doctor in the US will not qualify you to practice medicine in the UK and vice versa. You would have to take some more exams. If you want to pursue a medical career in the US you could do a UK undergraduate degree and then go to medical school in the US. As woebegone says, medicine is a graduate degree in the US. The UK training is much quicker though (6 year undergrad).</p>
<p>Note that extra curricular activities are one of the most important things (if not the most important) in an application to a US school. In the UK they are barely mentioned.</p>
<p>There are no specific SATs you have to take. Most people take SAT I which consists of verbal, math and essay sections (I think. It has recently been changed). SATII papers are in many different subjects. On this board it seems to me that the most successful candidates take 2-3 of these. You can take whatever subjects you like because your major isn't fixed when you apply to a US school. It's not like the UK where you have to apply to a specific subject from the beginning. Even if you want to major in English you will have to take some science classes (and vice versa). It's not specialised like the UK.</p>
<p>As has been mentioned, there is no specific SAT to get into Harvard but the higher the better. Same with SATIIs. I think two SATIIs are now required, it used to be three, Writing plus two others, but now the new SATI includes writing so that has changed. Of course, it never hurts to have more SATIIs, especially if you do well, and especially if they are in subjects that are relevant to the degree you want. I guess SATIIs (and APs) are the American equivalent of A-levels, they're the only subject-specific national exams that exist. If you can pass your British exams you should have no problem with the SATIIs, they're easy. Whether or not someone gets into Harvard is almost impossible to predict though, it's like a game of roulette. If you happen to have a skill they want, you can be admitted even without top grades.</p>
<p>But think carefully about whether it makes sense to go to Harvard undergrad since you will just have to apply again for Medical School, it would be faster to do your medical degree in the UK, and you'll have to take extra exams to practice in the UK.</p>
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what SATS do you have to take to get into Harvard?
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aw jeez...not another one of these again...</p>
<p>first, if you
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don't understand the american examination system at all
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then i'm assuming you don't understand the admissions process either. read what's hereand</a> once you've more questions, come back and ask.</p>
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