<p>So says the person who is going to Oxford EEM? Cam engineering is ok right? Imperial for eng also and of course what he said.</p>
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<p>Yeah, HYPS > Oxbridge hands down. Although, cost wise Oxbridge kinda wins.</p>
<p>Imperial Eng is decent.</p>
<p>I dont doubt that. But I think for non-sci, non-eng stuff, Oxbridge is as good as HYPS. And the best non-Oxbridge eng place is Imperial.</p>
<p>True. But, still, the college experience here is terrible. I definitely wouldn’t recommend it to others.</p>
<p>Really? How is the experience worse than the US? Maybe I made a good decision then :P</p>
<p>Idk I just prefer the traditional US college experience. </p>
<p>Lol yeah, you did. :)</p>
<p>Well for one its a lot more academically rigorous than the US. But that isnt a bad thing. Seriously man at Oxford I dont think you’ll have much to complain about once you start.</p>
<p>^ Yeah, just saying that’s it’s different from the US college experience. Also, a lot easier to get in if you know what you want to do. </p>
<p>But, don’t foreigners have to sit 4 A levels to be eligible for admission? Nearly all foreign kids coming here are from british-curriculum schools.</p>
<p>Yeah I gave the A levels from Singapore too. Yeah its a lot easier, amen to that. My school got 59 acceptances from Oxbridge this year. Pretty crazy indeed. I assume you gave the A levels also?</p>
<p>Yep. The british a levels are pretty easy compared to the ones in singapore though, so it’s even easier to get in from here. :)</p>
<p>Lol, is that school Raffles?</p>
<p>Hmm we shouldnt be speculating about the schools we attend in a public forum. Btw is that the Gateway to the Ivy League school? You gave the A levels from Britain?</p>
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<p>I think so.</p>
<p>PS: It’s weird how we’ve taken over the 2016 thread lol.</p>
<p>Haha the kids are a shy lot. Dont worry, they’ll overcome their reticence with time. Either that or the panic will take over.</p>
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<p>So, I went through the last 5 pages, reading everything, and I’m afraid I do not agree with a few things back there. I shall elaborate later. It’s 1:07 here. GMT+1.</p>
<p>@PD and mysticgohan - thank you for the last 5 pages guys, I read each and every comment. It really is precious for us juniors over here.
One question. I am right now in a CBSE school. My fifth subject besides PCM and english, is Econs. I just want to ask if I want to pursue an computer eng/science major, does not having a computer 5th subject hurt my chances for getting into any of those ivys and other good eng schools?? Or say am I unprepared for computer major there…cos I havent had time to go out of the way to study programming or other basics of that major?</p>
<p>Well dilettante, I dont think not doing computers affects your chances much. For most schools the school of computing comes under their math or eng division so as long as you like math or sci you should be fine. A lot of people go in with no prior programming experience but that isnt much of a disadvantage normally. A notable exception is CMU which has a separate admissions process for its different schools like the School of Comp Sci. In that case, you might be slightly disadvantaged but honestly even if you’ve studied computing before, let me assure you that CS is nothing like you’ve ever encountered. Its very very heavy on pure and abstract math, so if you like that then go ahead. Why do you wanna do CS in the first place? Because of the money I presume 
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<p>To assuage your other concern, CS in schools also normally begin with introductory courses so you’ll catch up in no time.</p>
<p>They don’t teach us anything except C++ in CS, so you could still learn it’s introductory part without getting perplexed on where to start or what to know. You’ll just need some free time.</p>
<p>And if you know HTML, XML and sundry stuff like that, I guess you’d be fine, Tizil.</p>
<p>@EminemFan: HTML and XML aren’t taught in CS courses - most schools have a separate major for web development under their school of design.
WebDev is awesome, I love it. 
Btw, Tizil knows. He’s into this stuff too - I think it was dilettante you were talking to.</p>
<p>Actually you dont need any prior programming experience at all. Courses will be introductory and assume you know nothing about programming. But beware CS is more math than anything else!</p>