<p>Is there anyone else around here who is applying to the US from the UK, or who is doing UK qualifications somewhere in the world (i.e A levels!)?
Make yourself known if you are...</p>
<p>As an introduction, i'm Louise, and in my final year at boarding school in the UK and i'm applying to unis here and is the US.</p>
<p>Yep, i am. Just left school and i'm currently taking a Gap Year to apply to America. I've been accepted to my UK Uni, so even if the US College doesn't work out, i've still got the UK Uni to go to.</p>
<p>And i've got my SAT's on Saturday! Noooooo...</p>
<p>Is this your first time taking them?</p>
<p>I'm redoing my Subject tests on saturday at Hillingdon in London?</p>
<p>Not looking forward to it. im a standby tester too so i have to turn up at the crack of dawn to see if they can fit me in!</p>
<p>Yep, first time. I'm taking them in London too. Not sure if it's the same one as you. All the English sections should work out alright, but when it comes to the Maths...</p>
<p>...I don't wanna even talk about how awful that's currently going and is going to be!</p>
<p>i'm kinda like that with the writing section. I just can't seem to get a good mark on the essay, although I do okay on the MC. I think my advice with the writing section is just to write a lot, as this does seem one factor which all the higher scoring essays have.</p>
<p>I've already taken the SAT twice, and this is my second set of subject tests!</p>
<p>Well,as for improvin ur Writing u need to learn grammar...thats it...n for essay,there r only few techniques to b known n no one can evn hesitate in givin u 12 in essay...!!!for CR,the same thing applies to me as for ur Writng..I couldnt get good marks!!!/...........hehe....</p>
<p>i have managed to improve the MC part of my writing section pretty well just by doing a lot of practice questions. If i retake the verbal in januray (not sure...) then i will do more essay practice to try and see if i can atleast get a 10, cus then hopefully i'll be into the 700s.</p>
<p>hey!
dO u guys have any idea how US colleges will evaluate our GPA? Will they just take into account our O and A level grades or will they look at our school grades as well?!</p>
<p>thats a question I have wondered about too, i think it depends on what information your school sends in, which in my case was 12 GCSEs and 7AS levels, so I think they will use that. I dont know if they will actually turn it into a simple GPA though because GCSEs are on an A*-G scale and A Levels anything from A-E is considered a pass, whilst in US i think an A-D scale is used. All in all, i don't really have a clue, but it is going to depend on what your school actually sends in.</p>
<p>My school sends both, the school transcript as well as the O/A level results. I hope they don't consider the school transcripts:S ( My counseller said they do, but I'm not sure which one they wud give prefernce to )</p>
<p>LadyLou----What were your AS levels? 7 is VERY impressive! Did you get time for anything else?!</p>
<p>I did 5 A levels(yeah i'm done with 'em!) and 2 AS levels. You applied early, so maybe you'll give an indication of whether V. selective colleges(read: Harvard) value the A levels. Anyway, best of luck!</p>
<p>If you don't mind the question, what's the difference between A and AS levels?</p>
<p>As far as I know O' and A'Levels are given the most importance</p>
<p>AS Level is like half of an A'Level; each A'Level subject typically has 6 units, and when you complete the 1st three units you have an AS in the subject, when you complete the next 3 you have a full A'Level.</p>
<p>A levels are 2 year courses. The 1st part is known as AS level and the second part is A2. You can, for example, do an AS-level in math. In this case, it would be as if you did HALF an A-level. AND, UK colleges say an they will count 2 AS-levels as one full A-level.</p>
<p>where are you guys registering for the SAT? collegeboard? As my school doesn't seem very keen on helping with apps</p>
<p>do not worry about the GPA conversion from UK to US syllabus. There are special adcoms in each university who thoroughly understand the UK educational system. </p>
<p>You can consider your score as high if you have a good score in comparison to the people who are doing the UK syllabus.</p>
<p>Ok I was thinking of making an IBvsAlevels thread, but I'll ask the question here: What do u guys think of ucas saying that a perfect IB score of 45 is equal to 6 A grades at A level? Are the A levels so worthless...I mean really--how many students even do 6 A levels??!</p>
<p>i do wish they would consider A'Level marks in addition to grades.</p>
<p>For example I have 100 marks more than most of my friends in the Physics A'Level exam but the A' grades we have are worth exactly the same.</p>