<p>Biochemistry. You?</p>
<p>y7 - yes =)</p>
<p>Oxford is ridiculously easy to get into if you are a US resident. However they will not award you a penny in financial aid. Therefore unless your rich, dont even bother. But if your rich, just go there, its easy to get in. A kid was like 30th in a grade of 150 and got it.</p>
<p>not to try and get you down, but i dont think you have a good chance at all with you GPA. maybe if you were like a 3.7uw and like a 4.3 weighted or so, then probably.</p>
<p>y7bbb6 - what do you want to study? I had a very quick look but I couldn't see if you ever said - just point me to it if you did!</p>
<p>I'm a current undergrad, so I may be able to help. As others have said, UK unis are specialised - you have to apply for a specific course, and it can be hard to switch. Every single year people apply for courses with high acceptance %s (e.g. Chem or Classics) that they don't actually want to study, hoping they can switch after getting in, and every single year they either get rejected or aren't allowed to switch, and so either have to stick with it or drop out. </p>
<p>As for the person who said it's easy to get in if you're an American, as long as you have money - not true. Oxford doesn't like taking US students for science degrees (although a few people on this board have been accepted) because the high school science education they receive is not comparable in depth to the one we get in the UK. (That is NOT to bash the US system, it's just the way things work here - we specialise very early.)</p>
<p>And yes, the interview is paramount, and if you tell them you don't want one, they'll reject you out of hand because it's meant to simulate a tutorial, which is how you'll be taught for the next 3/4 years.</p>
<p>Is everything here true for cambridge as well?</p>
<p>I've heard that Cambridge is less accomadating to US students. And I applied for PPE, but didn't get in.</p>
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Oxford is ridiculously easy to get into if you are a US resident. However they will not award you a penny in financial aid. Therefore unless your rich, dont even bother. But if your rich, just go there, its easy to get in. A kid was like 30th in a grade of 150 and got it.
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False. Given that UChicago College Honor Scholars and Deep Springs grads, amongst others, decide to attend Oxford for their first or second BA, such a claim lacks substance.</p>
<p>They don't care about GPA...</p>
<p>"False. Given that UChicago College Honor Scholars and Deep Springs grads, amongst others, decide to attend Oxford for their first or second BA, such a claim lacks substance."</p>
<p>While your "false" is certainly true. Your logic, if i understand you correctly, is faulty. Just because extremely intelligent individuals attend a school does not automatically make that school outstanding. </p>
<p>But agreed, Oxford is outstanding and very difficult to get admitted to.</p>
<p>Sorry there was really no point to that post lol.</p>
<p>Sorry to revive an old thread, but how hard is it exactly to get into Oxford for economics, persay. </p>
<p>How much are AP scores counted compared to the interview? If I have a very good "paper" application, but only do "okay" at the interview, would I still be a competitive applicant?</p>
<p>Have you finished your admissions to Oxford since it was due the 16th of october. The interviews start next week. I'm applying as well and I don't think GPA matters at all.</p>
<p>Oh and they take one in three people they interview according to the statistics on their website</p>
<p>Did anybody apply to Economics and Management and if you did, do you remember how it was? Also when do you take the written test?</p>
<p>I would like to find out about Economics and Management as well, though I'm only a junior this year (evident by my username).</p>
<p>hahaha what a surprise it was to see this on the discussion page</p>
<p>i'm applying to UChicago EA, and i'm crossing my fingers hoping i'll get in</p>
<p>Oxford would have been nice, but i'm just out of whack
organization, organization, organization</p>
<p>So just what are the numbers for acceptances of US students in Oxford and Cambridge? I spent a good deal of my childhood in England and I'd like to go back.</p>
<p>And I'm a junior, so no rush. =]</p>
<p>You can find all the admission stats on their website</p>
<p>Anybody on Economics and Management?</p>
<p>Not really. They don't have the specific breakdowns for US students. And some people on this thread were throwing around 1/3 chances, etc.</p>
<p>You really have to search but I found info for admissions for US students</p>