Thanks! I’m very good at World History but weak in math. I just registered Math for November and WH for December. I’ll get the application out early November
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Good luck! Come back and tell us how it played out 
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Thank you! I’m also hoping that the rumors of Non-EU students getting in easier are true haha
Quick question: If I had APs below a 4 (their minimum requirement) do I still list them? Or leave it off
The UCAS requires that you list all scores. (as much as we wanted to leave off the not so great ones)
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I’ve been accepted there Dream come true!
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Congratulations! Is that an unconditional offer?
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@Hadokano Congrats!! It’s a wonderful school. Is it your first choice?
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@montefiore- are you the parent that already has a student at Edinburgh?
@KaffeineKitty No, my kid just got an offer from Edinburgh but I have a few close friends with kids there.
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No, it is significantly easier to get in.
As a non-EU applicant, offer rates are significantly higher than if you were from the UK. For Philosophy:
Scotland/EU: Offer rate between 24-30% for the past three years
rUK (England, Wales and Northern Ireland): Offer rate between 55-80% for the past three years
Overseas: Offer rate between 71-79% for the past three years
For reference, 33 Overseas applicants applied to UofE for Philosophy and 26 received an offer.
http://www.ed.ac.uk/student-recruitment/admissions-advice/admissions-statistics
Resenting an offer is not the same thing as getting in. In my kid’s case she received an offer that she won’t meet.
There were a lot of kids last year who did not meet their offers. There were probably 60 hopefuls with offers on the facebook group for Edi2016 from the US. After AP and IB results came in there were about 20% left in the group, if not less.
Congrats, @Hadokano! Did you end up taking WH sat? Or did you apply with what you had listed in the original post? Very happy for you
>>>Resenting an offer is not the same thing as getting in. In my kid's case she received an offer that she won't meet.<<<>
When we vaguely looked at British (but not scottish) schools there was no way an IBD score from the US was going to do it, the kids who get an offer for a few APs in the 4s and 5s for the non tippy tops in the UK/scotland definitely have an easier route in than A level or IBD only applicants. My kids IB school sees most kids double up so they might well miss the required IB score but easily hit the AP reqs. It is kind of nuts.
It’s worse than that, she took two IB classes the first year and is taking the final four this year. University of Edinborogh gave her a conditional offer with a score on a test she’s already taken that is higher than the score she received.
@VickiSoCal - that’s so odd about EDI offering a conditional for a class already taken. Any chance it was a mistake?
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Don’t know, she emailed them and asked and they didn’t respond. I’m wondering if they didn’t even read her application.
Most Americans get unconditional offers though?
You only need either a 1800 on the SAT, 27 on the ACT or 3 APs at 4 to get an unconditional.
Very few Americans take the IB so I am surprised to hear that many people did not make their offers.
I don’t know that most get unconditional offers. In my kid’s case she’s applying for Chemistry and taking IB chem her senior year so we expect most UK offers to be conditional on that score.
Most Americans last year at least had conditional offers. You are confusing minimum requirements with what is really needed for unconditional offers.