<p>Hi, Im going to be starting my Junior year of high school in September, and I have always loved the University of Edinburgh. </p>
<p>I was looking at their qualifications for an American student (I'd of course be applying as a international student, as I currently live in the USA) and they don't mention their GPA requirement.</p>
<p>I'm not going to lie, my freshman year grades recked my GPA, I simply didn't care about school. </p>
<p>I plan on majoring in English Lit, with Scottish Lit as a minor, and when I graduate high school I'm shooting for a GPA between a 3.0 and 3.3ish, a 1900 on my SAT, along with 3 AP exams with 4's. On the website, I'd be meeting the requirements.</p>
<p>How does my shot at getting in sound, from any current students there, or anyone who's gotten accepted?</p>
<p>The University of Edinburgh does not require a transcript. The only things that matter to their admissions office are your test scores and your application.</p>
<p>They do not look at your grades at all.</p>
<p>I think you have a chance! :)</p>
<p>I suggest you go to this website: theuniguide.■■■■■■■■■■ for more advice. I have found it to be very helpful!!</p>
<p>1) I am currently in the process of applying and the only uni I am also applying to that requests a transcript is the University of St. Andrews.</p>
<p>3) I still haven’t sent in my application so I can’t really answer that question. Again, you can go to <a href=“http://www.theuniguide.■■■■■■■■■■%5B/url%5D”>http://www.theuniguide.■■■■■■■■■■</a> which is a blog made by two Americans who are currently attending the University of Edinburgh. I have found it to be very helpful…</p>
<p>Best of luck! Feel free to ask me any more questions.</p>
<p>My son is applying to both Edinburgh and St Andrews as well. Any thoughts on the pros and cons of each. What would you do if you got into both of them, for example, and why?</p>
<p>I can attempt to answer since my son got in and chose not to attend St. Andrews but has a ton of friends there. From what I see in terms of Americans going to these two is that if one gets into both, most choose St. A over E because of its status, since St. Andrews rates a bit higher on the scale than Edinburgh academically. They also have a lot more Americans. And their system is a 4 year, which would put students on par with their HS peers.Their official standard is a Bplus average with any Sat section of over 700. They like APs and Sat2s as well. Almost impossible to get into for sciences. The “town” of St. Andrews is quaint and “nice”. Edingburgh is honky tonk. But on the other hand you have a situation thats somewhat remote versus a lively city. Food is notoriously bad at both. Most kids wind up renting “flats” in their sophomore year. A student needs to be prepared to have a lot more freedom academically - tests and papers at end of term and nothing in between. Its upto the student to make sure they do their reading/attend lectures.<br>
In terms of comparison - I would say that probably NYU for St.A and GW for E.
Another thing to consider - lots more kids back in the States from St.A, thus better employment connections. When writing the essay/personal statement - include something about being independent and able to be away far from home.</p>
<p>St. Andrew’s does have a very large American population (15% of its student body is from North America) although I have heard that Edinburgh is better location-wise.</p>
<p>But when I look at the world university rankings, Edinburgh seems to always be mentioned a LOT higher up in the rankings than St Andrews. For this reason, I thought that Edinburgh is “better” than St Andrews.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, I didn’t see your question. Personally, I would rather go to the University of Edinburgh. Granted, I have yet to visit either university which may change my mind.</p>
<p>The University of Edinburgh was the first university in the UK that I heard about and reading about it got me very excited. From what I have read and heard, the University of Edinburgh has close promixity to a large city (Edinburgh) while the University of St. Andrew’s is located in a small city/medium-sized town which makes it undesirable for a student that wants to have a city nearby to explore and spend time in.</p>
<p>I also have looked at many world rankings and the University of Edinburgh IS consistently ranked significantly higher than St. Andrews. I think mhmm meant that St. Andrews is more recognized in America and thus, has a better reputation.</p>
<p>Overall, I really like the idea that at a Scottish university students almost exclusively study topics relating to their intended degree for all four years rather than having to fulfill core requirements for almost two years.</p>
<p>Also, what is your son interested in? I suggest he look at the web page that correlates with his major of interest so he can get more information about that program. Have you ordered a prospectus?</p>
<p>In addition, I forgot to mention in my last post that I am interested in a joint degree in Psychology and International Relations but will be unable to study this at Edinburgh (St. Andrews does offer this). This is because at St. Andrews and Edinburgh, you must choose from an available list of joint degrees and cannot create your own.</p>
<p>Thus, if I choose to attend Edinburgh I will either pursue a joint degree in Psychology and Linguistics or Pscyhology and Business Studies.</p>
<p>I have interests in journalism and marketing as well so I am happy with these options.</p>
<p>The application for oxford is due tomorrow. </p>
<p>We turned in an UCAS application for my kid for engineering to both Oxford and Edinborough. St. Andrews uses common app and probably has a lot more name recognition because of William and Kate going there.</p>
<p>Edinborough is one of the oldest schools in UK, slightly younger than Oxford. From the presentations I attended where Oxford and Edinborough seem to show up together each year, it sounded like US college 4 year system originated from Scotland since most undergrad majors in Britain are 3 years and are concentrated in the major from year one with no time to check around or study any subjects outside of their major. </p>
<p>We needed a reference from someone in school but beyond that UCAS does not need or care what someone is doing at school. They like to know the standardized test scores and threshold for edinborough is 1800 or so if I am not mistaken. They want someone to predict your scores if you are doing IB or AP. Edinborough admits most US students without an interview if they meet the minimum criteria but Oxford is starting out with the minimum criteria and doing an interview after that. It is lot tougher to get into Edinborough if you are applying as a local since they have something like 10% or lower admit rate but they have an international quota where everyone is full pay and they like those students for the money. However, the competition for a seat for internationals in much lower unless it is oxford or cambridge.</p>
<p>@floridadad55,
PPE as in Philosophy, Politics and Economics?
Those are good test scores, I think he has a chance at Oxford. Has he sent in his application yet? Where else is he applying to (in the UK)?</p>
<p>@texaspg,
I’m pretty sure that you should only apply to St. Andrews via common app if that is the only UK uni you are applying to… I may be wrong though… I would check just in case.</p>
<p>The minimum requirements for a US applicant to Edinburgh is</p>
<p>A successful completion of one year of University in the USA
OR
SAT score of 1800 (600 minimum in Critical Reading, Mathematics and Writing) plus two APs at Grade 4;
OR
SAT score of 1800 (600 minimum in Critical Reading, Mathematics and Writing) plus two SAT Subject tests with 650 minimum
OR
ACT Composite score of 27 minimum plus two SAT Subject tests with 650 minimum;
OR
ACT Composite score of 27 minimum plus two APs at Grade 4;
OR
Three APs at Grade 4 minimum;</p>
<p>It definitely is easier to get into Edinburgh than Oxford as an international applicant. You also should note that Oxford interviews are scheduled very quickly and you will have to be ready to make flight plans immediately. Or at least, that’s how it was described at the admissions meeting I went to for Oxford and Edinburgh.</p>
<p>He is applying to Oxford, Edinburgh and St Andrews.</p>
<p>I realize that there are some UK schools higher ranked than Edinburgh/St Andrews but lower ranked than Cambridge/Oxford, such as a couple highly ranked schools in London, such as Imperial, but I don’t know anything about them, and it is my understanding that they probably don’t take many americans.</p>
<p>That is my understanding as well. Plus, their higher education system is much more different from that of US; Scotland seems to be a blend of the two.</p>
<p>Oh, I’m sorry, I misread your post. I thought you had said you were applying to St. Andrews through common app in addition to the other applications.</p>
<p>My kid applied to Edinborough, Oxford and three other random schools since it was a single app for 5 schools at once but St. Andrews is not one of them. Wish they allowed both Cambridge and Oxford but they want to prevent an overlap of applications to the two major schools.</p>
<p>Btw, Edinborough already generated an initial logon ID and password but it did not work!</p>
<p>floridad - Cricket is partially right about my meaning - I did mean St. Andrews was better known in the US thus easier on an American kid, post grad. However I was curious and googled UK uni ratings and except for one which is a world ranking - St. Andrews comes out way above Edingburgh - in some instances 3 vs 15 place.<br>
I dont believe St. Andrews offers PPE - they do offer straight forward Econ.
Which college did your son apply to at Oxford? And is he now practicing his TSA?</p>