<p>I'm a freshman at UCLA and curious about how hard it is to get into the study abroad program at Oxford or Cambridge. I saw on their site that you can apply as a visiting student for a quarter. What kind of GPA at UCLA would make me competitive?</p>
<p>Also anyone have any idea the cost including living expenses at one of these universities?</p>
<p>I don't know about visiting students, but a regular student from the US pursuing an undergraduate degree at Cambridge in the academic year 2007-2008 will have to pay </p>
<p>1) University (tuition) fees: 9,054 pounds/year for most arts, humanities and social sciences courses; 11,862 pounds/year for engineering and physical/life sciences courses.</p>
<p>2) College fees: vary depending on college, but generally in the range of 3,200 to 3,750 pounds/year.</p>
<p>3) Miscellaneous living expenses (including room and board at the college): at least 6,750 pounds/year (according to the university's website).</p>
<p>Adding all up, an undergraduate international student may need between 19,554 and 22,362 pounds/year to finance a Cambridge education. At current exchange rates (1 pound = 1.97 US dollars), that would mean between 38,521 and 44,053 US dollars/year. Still cheaper than an Ivy League education, but probably more expensive than attending a state university in the US, with the added disadvantage that internationals are unlikely to get financial aid in the UK.</p>
<p>I'm currently paying 40k with no financial aid, so it can't really cost much more than I'm currently paying.</p>
<p>How about GPA wise, what do I need? Anyone have any incite?</p>
<p>Being unable to spell words such as "abroad" and use simple nouns like "insight" properly doesn't suggest you have a very strong chance.</p>
<p><a href="http://dictionary.oed.com/%5B/url%5D">http://dictionary.oed.com/</a></p>
<p>Incite = To urge or spur on; to stir up, animate, instigate, stimulate. Const. to do something; to or unto some action.</p>
<p>Insight = Knowledge of or skill in (a particular subject or department)</p>
<p>come-on now,we r not here to point out grammatical errors.......
N he is already in UCLA...so I dont think these errors could hardly hav any effect on his chances........</p>
<p>haha cupcake u dont want him to go to oxford do ya?</p>
<p>Sorry I didn't go over my post to check for grammatical and spelling errors. I'm glad you have enough time at Oxford that you can spend your time on a message board pointing out someone's typos. Maybe I should rethink applying if Oxford is full of a bunch of pretentious d-bags like yourself.</p>
<p>^^d-bags haha...nice point!</p>