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<p>For those internationals who have applied from the UK system - what were your A-levels, GCSES, AS levels, extra currics and SATs? I have a theory that we do better on our own curriculum, eg,</p>

<p>GCSES - eleven As, one B (Art)
AS Levels - Three As, one B (English, Classics, History, Latin)
A Levels - Two As and a B English, History, Classics
AEA English - Distinction</p>

<p>SAT I - 1320 - 790 verbal, 530 math
SAT II - 760 Literature, 740 writing, 560 Latin </p>

<p>I don't think I'll get into the Ivies I've applied because my US scores look so bad - but I was an Oxbridge candidate, in at St Andrews, so clearly, in the UK system, I'm not a bad candidate. What about you guys?</p>

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<p>Remember that UK system is course based, you only compete with people applying for that particular course and while Im sure indicating a major does make some difference, in the US system you are competing with all the applicants who have applied to the University/College which greatly increases the competition.</p>

<p>e.g The chance of getting into OxBridge is around 1/4, higher (1/3 or even 1/2) for certain courses. While the chance of getting into Harvard, MIT...etc is normally around 1/10 for US citizens and much lower for internationals.</p>

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<p>AtoZ is correct.
Any dud can get into Melbourne University for say, Agriculture, but only the TOP TOP kids will be getting into Medicine at Melbourne University.</p>

<p>I've heard that UK schools have a little bit of US admissions in their flavours in that the general prestige of a school is given quite some weight (whereas it is hardly given any weight in Australia), but generally courses play a significant role in one's admissions at different colleges.</p>

<p>I have a question about the UK system though, can people apply for different courses at the same university? For example in Australia a student can apply for both Medicine and LAw and Engineering and Commerce and any other course at Melbourne University, and if he REALLY wanted to go to Melbourne Uni he could apply only to courses at Melbourne Uni (you can only apply to a maximum of 8 courses in Australia).</p>

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<p>And from your scores I think you will be lucky to get into any ivy, sorry to say.</p>

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<p>I think you should e-mail or look their websites of the Ivies, other Colleges and Universities you want appply to.</p>

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<p>Well, evidently I didn't! Hehe. Retaking the SATS in May, though, and Latin, Math I and II and possibly French in November. I will also have AP Eng lit, lang and Latin in the fall, so that's a benefit. </p>

<p>In answer to the UK university - yes you can, and people have been accepted for one course by the university, and not for another. It's a game up in the air.</p>

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<p>It is possible except for OxBridge. But this is not as easy as it sounds because of the personal statement being common (like Common App) for all the Universities applied to. So in 5000 characters you've must justify your application to all the courses and tell them about yourself..etc.</p>

<p>In total you have 6 slots(limited to 4 for medicine courses) you can fill the slots with courses from the same University if you want or six courses from six different Universities which is what most people do.</p>

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<p>I laugh at all these claims tbh. I was rejected by Cambridge (after being pooled) but i just got into Princeton, waitlisted at Stanford.</p>

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<p>Featherflare, what were your A-level marks?
Did you take SAT II's or AP exams of you took either what marks did you get and in what subjects?</p>

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<p>Im still doing my final year of A-levels: Maths, Further Maths, English Lit, Bio and Chem. I got 5 As in AS and am predicted 5As.
I took Maths IIC (750), Lit (720) and BioM(780) SAT IIs, didnt do any APs</p>

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<p>What were your number marks on your AS(ie 280/300)?</p>

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<p>Maths- 289/300, F. Maths- 290/300, Eng Lit- 260/300, Chem-283/300, Bio-240/300. I finished all of A-level maths in the first yr n i got 574/600</p>

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<p>I am a student from the UK who has just heard from everywhere if that helps...</p>

<p>I got 10A*s at Gcse and 4 high As at AS and am predicted 4 As at A Level. In my SATs i got m720/v750/wr720 and in SAT 2s literature 750 math IC 700 and physics 700 and I was a bit disappointed with where I got in. I think you just have to always remember that it is a bit of a lottery to a large degree -- so you really cant expect anything!!</p>

<p>I got into Brown, Duke, Columbia [Fu school of engineering], MIT and Tufts but was waitlisted at Harvard and Stanford [my current fav] and was outright rejected from princeton [where I applied ED], Dartmouth and Yale. </p>

<p>I was an oxbridge student too and got a place at cambridge... </p>

<p>So I think you might be able to get in somewhere but from personal experience you prob will have to up your SATs, have a killer application essay and just be really lucky! Not too hard then lol. Good luck!</p>

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<p>lucylucyb, what were you High A's at AS number score?</p>

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<p>Erm I got a maths 295/300, Design Technology 288/300, Physics 294/300 and English 284/300 . So pretty high...</p>

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<p>yep, so they are high scores</p>

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<p>Arg... I hate being from England!!!</p>

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<p>Why do you hate being England?
What were your scores on the A-levels?</p>

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<p>I hate being from England because it makes American applications so much more complicated and the whole English system is focused on grades - which is only one part what American schools are looking for.</p>

<p>I didn't take the A-Levels, I'm only doing GCSEs this summer.</p>

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<p>The universities may want you to have A-Levels.</p>