<p>I have a question about a UK student, doing high school in an International IB program outside the UK. Is there a standardized test that he needs to take to apply to UK universities, or is the IB Diploma enough? Should he be encouraged to take the SAT exam?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I don’t think UK unis really care about SATs, just IB predicted/final grades especially in higher levels and GCSEs if he has them. For future reference, the student room [dot] co [dot] uk (remove the spaces) is basically the UK version of CC (:</p>
<p>MCAT (Sic?) if he wants to go into medicine in the UK.</p>
<p>There is no standardized test for UK unis but if he takes the SAT they will value heavily along with his GPA and AP/IB scores. A large chunk of his acceptance will hinge on his IB predicted grades. The UK system is very, VERY numbers based! </p>
<p>If you have any specific questions about UK admission in general, feel free to PM since I live there and I’m very familiar with the whole system.</p>
<p>There is absolutely no need to take SAT because it will be ignored in favour of IB anyway. GPA (if he has one) is utterly irrelvant. Just continue along the IB path. It is quite common in the UK.</p>
<p>UK universities routinely make offers based on predicted IB scores. In fact, most top universities (Oxford, Cambridge, LSE, Imperial College, etc.) specify entry requirements on their websites both in terms of UK levels A-levels and IB scores. Overseas students who are not studying A-levels are actually encouraged to study for the IB diploma instead.</p>
<p>^Agree, UK universities will ignore the SATs if you have predicted IB scores.</p>
<p>Your IB exams will be fine, unless you’re applying to do medicine/dentistry/veterinary sciences then you do either the UKCAT or BMAT depending on the uni. If you’re applying to do law, you’ll need to take the LNAT.</p>
<p>Universities may state specific IB subjects you have to do, make sure you’re taking them, lol.</p>