<p>Well I got 114 ,you got 120 lets see what will my SAT score be 
I scored 1900 on my first practice test but have about 3 months to make it 2150~2200.It wont be easy .I must improve my vocabulary to <code>SAT level</code> ;}</p>
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<p>Tony Blairās eldest son, Euan, applied to Oxford (his fatherās alma mater) and was not accepted (he didnāt have the necessary A-level grades). He went on to get his B.A from Bristol (a second-tier UK university). He was later offered a full ride as a masterās student at Yale. That in itself is a good example of the difference between Oxbridge and the Ivies as far as admission policy is concerned.</p>
<p>So,basically,if i Dont have 4.0 GPA ,this means Straight A diploma,I cant hope to get into Oxbridge ?</p>
<p>Basically.</p>
<p>Euan? Thatās some nameā¦ Lol anyway, you have to know that US schools are very media-savvy (when thereāre thousands of schools scrambling to get the top students, you have to be). Thus as long as youāre children of kings/queens/PMs/heads of states, i.e. very good publicity, youāre pretty much in everywhere. Plus, at that time Yale was trying to woo Tony Blair to come and teach, so i wouldnāt be surprised if they closed both eyes at his sonās subpar academic performance and give him a full ride offer. One average/below avg student and Blair the PM and loads of media coverage in exchange? - iād take that deal in a heartbeat. Cambridge is trying to learn this, and i believe this year (or last year) they accepted some socialite and it was all over the internet. People were āoutragedā but seriously, you have to know how these games are played. The photo-ops kids are in a totally different league and thus their stories arenāt representative of the whole admissions scene. </p>
<p>That said, of course there are people admitted by Oxbridge and not HYP and vice versaā¦</p>
<p>@CR7_ManUtd: Yep. You need a straight A diploma (for A level itās 3 As out of a max possible of 4 subjects - which isnāt that hard come to think of it) for Oxbridge.
Donāt worry too much about SAT though, i was just scaring you 
But if you expect too much, in my experience itās gonna come back and bite you. I was gunning for >2200 in my first try and fell short. I went into the 2nd one just relaxed, not expecting anything and pulled a 2330. So itās possible. And yes, vocab is important, for SAT, essays and college overall.</p>
<p>I think that the thing here that is being overlooked is that they offer VERY, VERY different undergraduate experiences. In the UK, students specialise much earlier than they do in the US (an upper sixth former will rarely have more than 4 A-Level classes, and if you are scientifically minded they might be Maths, Further Maths, Physics and Chemistry). </p>
<p>As such, when the student gets to university, they will usually know precisely what they want to do and they are unlikely to take much outside of their department. A physics major may end up taking no classes outside of physics.</p>
<p>Whereas most US institutions offer some version of the āliberal artsā, where physics majors are encouraged to take say a quarter of their classes outside of their department (or at some schools more), in an effort to make a more rounded individual. To make room for this, most US Bachelors degrees take place over 4 years as opposed to the 3 year British degree.</p>
<p>Therefore, the key question is how focused are you on what you wish to study? This is particularly important if you are choosing a field of study that was not offered at your secondary school (which can be Nanotechnology, Political Science, Architecture, Philosophy heck most courses of study are not realistically offered in Secondary School). And even if you do know that you have a passion for Chemistry, for example, then do you want to major in Chemistry or in Chemical engineering???</p>
<p>And that is key. If you are accepted at Oxford to read Philosophy and after a year you realise that philosophy is just not right for you, then you have to withdraw and apply again for the following year to study something else. Whereas at most US universities, you are accepted to the university rather than the department, so change is possible (again there are exceptions to this - often around engineering departments).</p>
<p>Really figure out what sort of an education that you are looking for, then worry about the rest of it.</p>
<p>As regards Imperial, yes it is very highly regarded particularly in natural and physical sciences and engineering. The Shanghai Jiao Tong Universityās Academic Ranking of World Universities [Academic</a> Ranking of World Universities](<a href=āhttp://www.arwu.org/]Academicā>http://www.arwu.org/) ranks it 4th in the UK (after Cambridge, Oxford and UCL, and 5th in Europe). Of course, the ARWU methodology has been questioned, but there arenāt many others trying for an objective ranking.</p>
<p>If you go to Harvard, wonāt you be in Cambridge anyway?</p>
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<p>BTW ,i just knew that if Oxbridge likes you as applicant,you are being asked for an interview ,and during the interview you are given some sort of test.Do you know what is this test about ?I think it tests our logical reasoning but not quite sure</p>
<p>Couldnāt resist - your nick is so provocative. </p>
<p>WELL DONE MANCHESTER UNITED! :D</p>
<p>Too add to that, CR7 SUCKED big time today. His moves were way too flowery and utterly ineffective.</p>
<p>To answer your question, yes, you may have to solve some math problems if youāre gunning for Engineering/Econ. Almost everyone has to take the TSA test. Go to google and do your research.</p>
<p>^ yeah 4-1 at old trafford, just to rub it in!</p>
<p>This doesnt matter because Man United will win the Premiership anywayā¦Very unlucky game .Totally wrong squad.Berba and Giggs should have started .Vidic is the anti-hero ;)</p>
<p>^ Totally my sentiments. Everytime MU had a corner i was like āwhere the f is Giggs?ā
Ronaldo was a let-down. Anderson was bad. Carrick was terrible. And Vidic, oh Vidicā¦ i canāt even understand him today. Actually i can try: the first mistake was out of complacency, and the second desperation.</p>
<p>1234d: Go away!! :D</p>
<p>The only player that played well was Park and maybe Rooney in the second half.
Ok we lost,but I will forget it.But i cant forget that a player like ā¦ Dosena ā¦> DOSENA ! actually scoredā¦</p>
<p>I missed the 3rd goal (from liv) cos i was updating my FB status (to a very morbid one). I looked up and there van de sar was, staring at me in disbelief. Then the 4th goal is just like whatever manā¦ seriouslyā¦</p>
<p>Park and Rooney were good. I LOVE Park Ji Sung! He made me feel proud to be an Asian. Heās amazing, and he doesnāt even need all that cosmetic surgery lol</p>
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<p>Why, thank you - I couldnāt believe it when I woke up on Wednesday and saw āDossena 90āā. When I saw it on the match report again today I flipped.</p>
<p>I never thought Iād be thanking Liverpool, but thank you Liverpool for making this Madridista feel better - at least it isnāt just āusā.</p>
<p>lolā¦ how did we get from Oxford vs Harvard to soccer?</p>
<p>^ idk. Boredom does amazing things
iām staying up to await my friendsā MIT decisions and what better way to kill time (at 2 in the morning) than join a discussion on soccer right?</p>
<p>i just hope MU wonāt pull a Barcelonaā¦ Sucks to watch with your dad whoās a total Bayern Munchen fan and who STILL remembers the '99 C1 finals.</p>
<p>I actually want Barcelona.THey have a very poor deffence and comical keeper.Nemanja and Rio will handle Etoo and Henry,Evra will catch Messi ;]</p>
<p>well. itās not at all that strict
I got a SAT of 2180 and am accepted by Oxford. while rejected by MIT~~
Oxbridge seems much better for international students. Sometimes I feel that US universities care too much for activities. And if you live in a foreign country, it is far more difficult for unis to understand your performance in local activities. But academic performance is straightforward.</p>