<p>SINGAPOREANS DO GES SYLLABUS!!! If u do GES, its bloody easy...but not for guys not doing it.
Most int'ls don't...I did CBSE.</p>
<p>Also, UK univs need 13 years of education making it even more difficult for Int'ls. While Cambridge is leniant on this and accepted me despite this necissity...Imperial isn't, and didn't even consider my application :(.
For guys doing non-GES syllabi, Oxbridge and Imperial is very competitive.</p>
<p>Do UK unis need 13 years? I had no idea. Do they ask the UK students to prove this or they take it as granted if they have A-levels?</p>
<p>yeah...when my dad spoke to the person at Imperial, they said that 13yrs of education was necessary toi be admitted.
But, as I said, Oxbridge will accept some students doing foreign syllabi and having only 12yrs.
Other colleges like Warwick, Edinburgh and other places don't use this as criterion...a lot of guys from int'l countries go to these places.</p>
<p>what do they think of ib over there? if you have an ib diploma is ok to only have 12 years of school?</p>
<p>i was never aware you had to have 13 years of education.....
SO gay that means Imperial or Cardiff might not even look at my UCAS application!</p>
<p>I never heard of this 13 years thing. I lived for 7 years in Ireland and many people from my school went to the UK for university and it was never mentioned. Maybe it's an Imperial College thing. In Ireland all that was requiread was the necessary amount of grades for the subject you wanted to study and be over 16 years old.</p>
<p>psmyth000 and KING IS HERE,</p>
<p>I did mention that this a 100% requirement only for Imperial. Even Oxbrodge waive it off for some people.
Apart from those, you shouldn't have a problem with other colleges in UK. Colleges like Warwick do take a large number of students from abroad.
If your keen on Imperial, just give them a call and talk to them.</p>
<p>Imperial never picks up there phone it seems like there undergraduate department is DEAD Or something! At least I got University of York for now! (still waiting for Warwick and Cardiff)</p>
<p>here's a suggestion: ask your high-school principal to give you a copy of the course sheet and say how competitive you and your courses are. I know a student who did that and they considered his app...
just a suggestion...</p>
<p>i'l suggest that u ask ur high school counsellor to directly converse with the admission tutors...they are quite affable and respond efficiently to emails...</p>
<p>As a UK student... I've never heard of anybody being rejected on account of them not having 13 years of education, normally the problem comes when you are too young (ie not 18 yet) when the course starts.</p>
<p>I think you guys are really experts of the UK universities, would you please help evaluate my chance at oxford?
I am from asia, now a resident in california, I want to apply to oxford, would you guys give me some suggestions?
stat:
sat 1 ,CR 600, W 700 MATH 790
SAT2 MATH 2C 800 CHEMISTRY 800 PHYSICS 800 US CHINESE 800 US HISTORY 710
AP: PHYSICS C 5/5 CALCU BC 5 CHEMISTRY 5 USHISTORY 4 ECONOMICS 5/5 PSYCHOLOGY 5
CLASS RANK 1/540</p>
<pre><code> I'M GOING TO APPLY FOR "PHYSICS" OR "PHYSICS AND PHILOSOPH" IN OXFORD, AND WHAT KIND OF CHANCE I WILL HAVE TO GET A INTERVIEW OR EVEN AN ADMISSION?
thanks for any response~
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<p>UK schools dont really look at SAT I and SAT II as much as AP socres and the looks of ur AP scores you will have a chance at Oxford, but other schools such as Imperial, UCL, and LSE they will glady take you. I applied to colleges in the UK through UCAS system and the results came out pretty well.</p>
<p>PS: the one thing i Like about the UK school is that they dont care about URM (unrep. minority) so ^^V and Im asian in CA</p>
<p>and Oxford for US applicants were 18% acceptance rate for last year. Go check there website and go to USA applicants and they will give u the #</p>
<p>Let's get realistic, Oxford isn't exactly vicious regarding getting interviews, being accepted. You've more of a chance than a U.Ker.</p>
<p>You should also pick your Oxford College carefully as some are easier than others to get into. On the other hand those that are easier to get into are less renowned than the other ones.</p>
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<p>Actually it makes very little difference, especially for international students who are unlikely to be interviewed by anyone from their college (unless they travel to oxford for interview) anyway. The colleges which are the most competitive to enter (and there really isn't that much difference anyway) are usually those which are more famous due to TV/Movie exposure. If a college has too many good applicants they just re-allocate the extra ones to a college which doesn't have enough good applicants. So you have about a 1 in 5 chance of getting an offer from a college you didn't choose in the first place. Lectures are given on a university wide scale so whatever college you go to you will get the same lecturers as everyone else. Tutorials are the only teaching organised by your college. But that doesn't mean you can only be tutored by fellows of that college. After the first year nearly all my tutorials were in different colleges (at Cambridge. I was an undergrad there. But it works the same way in Oxford) and if there is someone you really want to tutor you, you can always ask your college director of studies. </p>
<p>No-one who hasn't gone to Oxford actually knows anything about the colleges anyway (and if they're not British they probably won't even know what an Oxbridge college is). The only time I've been asked about it at a job interview is when the interviewer is an Oxford graduate who them reminises. College choice really makes not one iota of difference to your future life. All it really affects are your living arrangements for the 3 years you are at Oxford. Colleges are a lot like dorms. Some colleges have better facilities than others (though all have single rooms. It is very rare to have a roomate at any UK university. British students recoil in horror at the thought) and some may be in a better location for you than others (eg if you want to just climb out of bed and be a 2 minute walk from your faculty, check a map for the nearest college).</p>
<p>So just choose a college that looks pretty on the web-site. I do tours for prospective students and parents. They all seem to spend months worrying over college choice and are sure all the other applicants must know how to do this. They don't. So just make an open applicantion if you can't decide.</p>
<p>As far as Oxford college reognition towards gaining a job I am totaly in agrement with you Cupcake. I would say only a very small amount of people would really care which one you went to and most people abroad would not have any idea that Oxbridge even has colleges. I do have to disagre about the acceptance rates for different colleges. There are those which have a lot more applicants than others. For example some of the women colleges at Cambridge have less aplicants than places. If I had to I would look out for how many aplicants each college has for each place. Just out of curiosity Cupcake are you a student at Oxford? Which one of the two Oxbridge towns do you like more?</p>
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<p>yes but that doesn't mean they're more likelyto accept them. If a college wanted to they could reject all their applicants and pick students from the pool of appplicants from over-subscribed colleges.</p>
<p>Like I said, every year I do tours for prospective students. They all think they're clever by playing the numbers game. They see that college X accepted 19% of students and college Y accepted 18%. So they all apply to college Y, which pools all the good ones to college X anyway. Remember if you think you're clever to play this game, all the other applicants are doing exactly the same as you. It makes no difference whatsoever.</p>
<p>I prefer Cambridge, if it matters. I think this is because I come from a small town and so I liked it. I find that people who choose Oxford come from big cities and had London unis as their second choice. Whereas people at Cambridge also applied to Warwick/York/Durham and prefer these smaller towns.</p>
<p>does UK schools consider legacy as a factor in their admission decisions?? or is it just purely based on test scores and GPA??</p>