<p>@UKgirl23: If you don’t like to play sports, UK is a perfect place for you. More towards research than practicability. It is not well-rounded, very focused since you only study 3-5 subjects for your A-Levels. The school that I was offered a scholarship has wonderful facilities but in reality noone uses them. the UK is of course more conservative, it suits you if you like old buildings. And if you have got into Westminster, 2/3 of you guys will be automatically be at Oxbridge. For me it’s no fun. But it depends. I strongly believe that you will get teased if you speak American English, as my sister has experienced the same.</p>
<p>@hamburger I see your point that the education system here isn’t for everyone, but a lot of the things you listed as negatives are the reason I like it here. I would like to dispute ‘automatically’ getting into Oxbridge. It’s still pretty hard, and although the school has connections these won’t get somebody in. And as for being more conservative, I’m not sure where that’s from…</p>
<p>@UKgirl23: about the conservative part, the UK has a party named Conservativ
e, and British people are famous for that too. But you are the 1st American I know to get into Westminster, so who knows ? Maybe you’ll like it.</p>
<p>@hamburger I don’t know if you’ve read my username, but I’m from the UK 
I’m also a US citizen but I’ve never lived there.
Despite the name, the Conservatives are a lot less conservative then the Republicans. We have a National Health Service after all.
I’ve met a few Americans at Public (private) schools here, but I think all started in 8th grade or earlier, as it’s a hard system to adapt to. Westminster doesn’t allow international students before 11th grade, which is probably why.
Out of interest, why did you apply to UK schools?</p>
<p>i was awarded a scholarship at a school where my sister’s friend studied and got into Cambridge. My sister’s also studying here. And ahha’ the NHS is one the most prideful things of Britain. And you got me! I thought you’re from the US haha. If you’re from the U.K, my mistake! I was late when tryin to apply to Eton</p>
<p>@UKgirl23: I think you should be wandering in The Student Room :D.</p>
<p>Hey Hades2. I am not sure, but i think the pilgrims came to America due to corruption in the church of England, and they wanted to break away from them. Other groups, like the puritans, came to America to purify the church of England. If you ever get the chance, you should read John Winthrop’s City Upon a Hill. It talks about how they wanted to become the paragon of a Christian society so that England could fix its ways. As we see today, the Puritans clearly did not succeed in their goals.</p>
<p>@hamburger I’m on TSR as well, but I’m probably (there are some financial issues) going to apply for college in the US, and for two years was hoping to apply to prep schools as well :)</p>
<p>The whole “Asian” debate always seems to open a can of worms. But, hell, why not throw in my two cents. In my opinion, Asians are not at some kind of ridiculous disadvantage when they apply to highly competitive schools.</p>
<p>It’s not about how “qualified” you are; it’s about how much you stand out. If you’re an Asian chess prodigy with a 2300+ SAT score who has played the piano for fifteen years… Well, guess what. None of that makes you stand out from the other thousands of similar candidates.</p>
<p>You can dispute this, but I think that (for example) being the captain of a varsity sports team or two would boost an Asian-American’s application roughly as much as a perfect SAT/ACT score would boost a black candidate’s application. Again, it’s all about standing out from the rest of the field–whether that field is the entire pool of applicants, or the pool of applicants who are of the same ethnicity as you.</p>
<p>Anyway, that’s just my opinion. I’m not trying to insult or offend anyone here, but if anyone wants to call me a racist, then fine. By all means, feel free to do so. :P</p>
<p>@Mythhh: I think your ideas are correct, it’s about challenging yourself, especially in the field that you are not good at ( or others aren’t).
@Ukgirl23: Oh I see, you are still young and there is no limit for you :D</p>