<p>I am just wondering where do u type in GPA in UCAS, or can you just not put it and wait till they email you for your transcript (if they even want it)?</p>
<p>Also, I have taken SAT and ACT each once, and I am retaking ACT in October. My ACT scores are fine, except one of them is SUPER low. I am just wondering do they accept "score choice", like can I just not report that seating, and ask my teacher to predict my Oct ACT scores? or do I have to submit scores of EVERY test I took? Or even better: can I just skip that subject score, because I am going to retake it anyway?</p>
<p>I don't know how I got that low subject score, but I have sent in a request for regrading. I don't know how to explain to the universities.</p>
<p>What subject is the low score in? If it is unrelated to the subject you are applying to study in the UK (eg you’re applying to study Physics and the low score is in History) then it will almost certainly be ignored for admissions purposes in any case.</p>
<p>It’s years since I’ve seen a UCAS form so i can’t really help you with where to submit your scores on the form. As far as I’m aware UK students DO have to submit all their AS scores 9first year of A-level) even if they re-sit. So I imagien the rules are the same for international applicants. but i don’t know for sure.</p>
<p>There is no part of the UCAS form for you to explaina low score. I suppose you could add this to your personal statement but I wouldn’t if I were you. It would take up too much of an already very small space. You should write positively about why you want to study your chosen subject instead. You need to ask the person writing your reference and predicting your future grade (Presumably a teacher) to mention the low score -if relevant, as discused above - and say it was out of character/give reasons if extenuating circumstances.</p>
<p>thank you cupcake…although i don’t really post…i look at a lot of posts and have seen quite a few of yours…and know that you are a mini-celebrity on this forum :)</p>
<p>ummm…it’s my ACT Reading score…somehow i got a 23 (a shame)…I am waiting for the rescore results to come back.</p>
<p>i guess i will have to send everything in…luckily 1. AP scores are way more important than SAT/ACT scores 2. my referee believes in me and has given me a good prediction (however, I will have to work hard, in case it’s on the conditional offer)</p>
<p>since you are experienced, can you also tell me whether my referee can just put “N/A” in the “grade” section under USA HS Diploma, and just wait for them to ask me for my transcript? There’s weighted, unweighted, 10-11th, 10-12th, etc. types of GPA…it’s not like “A<em>A</em>A” or something as simple as that.</p>
<p>My child’s UCAS and COAF (cambridge supplement) are just done and off. Just note that you need to get to work NOW - the deadline is Oct 15. We put the entire transcript into the UCAS with a rough definition of each class and the grade. They don’t want GPA - they want a list of all courses you have taken.</p>
<p>I’ve never been called a mini-celebrity before!</p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry hugely about ACT. I may be wrong but I suspect they just won’t know what it is in the UK, so will ignore it.</p>
<p>What they want is a way of comparing your academic achievement with the other applicants. If you’ve got/will have APs, this is what they’ll use.</p>
<p>There is no real concept of a transcript in the UK. It’s very very rare that one will be asked for. I once had to ask Cambridge uni for a transcript after I graduated for a job application. I had to pay £7 for it and it was a pretty uninformative 2 sides of paper. Just confirmed my subject and grades basically. </p>
<p>Most importantly apply as soon as you can. The Oxbridge deadline is fast approaching.</p>
<p>Maybe if your name was cake you would be a bigger celebrity!
I think the ACT is probably nearly unknown in the UK - neither UCAS nor COAF asked for it.
APs are , indeed, good. And your referee should attach a school profile or other info that puts your grades/scores in context.
And yes - the deadline is very, very soon. Be aware that the website might get jammed up around the deadline as well.
Best of luck!</p>
<p>Wait my referee is supposed to attach the school profile (and maybe transcript)? He doesn’t really know UK admissions.</p>
<p>Anyway, I am on my 6th draft for personal statement. I think after my 8th I’m going to submit it.</p>
<p>One really quick question, there’s no supplement for Oxford right? and there’s no sept 20 deadline for international students requesting an interview right (there were 2 years ago…not sure now but I don’t see it on Oxford’s website)</p>
<p>both of you: I have seen quite a lot of your posts on this forum! I have learned a lot from you guys! thanks for your contributions! haha you guys are the equivalent of silverturtle and dark knight on the SAT forum.</p>
<p>Not required. It’s very unlikely anyone reading your application will know what these are.</p>
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<p>No ECs, no personal journeys, no being “well rounded” right? Should be along the lines of “I would like to study subject-X because…” and be all about what a good and dedicated student you are.</p>
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Not unless one has been introduced this year.</p>
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For many years Oxford had previously conducted interviews in New York. For these interviews there was a 20th Sept deadline. However, last year no NY interviews took place (presumably due to credit crunch). As far as I know there are no NY interviews this year either, and even if there are, it’s too late for you to apply for one in any case. </p>
<p>I’d advise you to go to Oxford for an interview if asked, if you possibly can. Especially if you haven’t been to Oxford before (actually, especially if you’ve been to Oxford once before in the summer as a 6 year old. Memories are golden. See if you really like it in miserable December when it gets dark at 4pm). Otherwise, you may be able to arrange a phone interview.</p>
<p>Our counselor, who has dealt with a few UK applications, attached a transcript and included some background about our school in his recommendation.
There is no Oxford supplement as far as I can tell.
There are no NY interviews either.</p>
<p>“No ECs, no personal journeys, no being “well rounded” right? Should be along the lines of “I would like to study subject-X because…” and be all about what a good and dedicated student you are.”</p>
<p>I understand that. However, No ECs?! I thought you could link your ECs to the major…for example…i volunteer at a local library -> organizational skills -> my major</p>
<p>“actually, especially if you’ve been to Oxford once before in the summer as a 6 year old. Memories are golden. See if you really like it in miserable December when it gets dark at 4pm”</p>
<p>OMG your wild guess is approximately right…i went there when I was 10. That was so random. I was a little kid who went to England on a “study tour” with my school friends without parents…i was really homesick and cried everyday…so i guess my impression may not be that right :)</p>
<p>Honestly, I think volunteering at a library=organization skills maybe a bit of a stretch for most of the courses. I’ll just give you me for an example. I’m applying for law. This is all that I mentioned as far as EC’s: two internships at law firms, a volunteer internship at a legal aid society, a congressional internship, and debate. That is it. All directly relevant to law. I was going to throw some other EC’s in that I had, but none were relevant. I would say this, if you have absolutely no relevant EC’s to your course then start trying to make some links. </p>
<p>For reference I had a teacher do mine. Even if I explained to the counselor the difference in a UK reference vs. a US reference, they’d still probably use the standard template. Not sure why people suggested a school profile. Completely irrelevant. For US applicants all they care about are the standardized tests. If you feel so inclined to throw it in, go for it. But it isn’t going to do anything. Can you imagine an old british fellow reading an American school profile that tries to prop the school up and make it something that it’s not. HA!</p>
<p>Yes, fly out for the interview! You’ll get the whole experience. </p>
<p>Expect to get a conditional offer. The only people who ever get unconditional offers are those on gap years, or those who’ve completed a good amount of AP exams.</p>
<p>Oh and for GPA, I had my referee just put my unweighted GPA. 3.5/4.0. It doesn’t even matter what the GPA is since they aren’t going to look at this. If you want to put unweighted than you’d have to put 4.0/4.5. Or whatever the max weighted GPA you can get is at your school. Check with the uni, but I’m not sure if they take the ACT. Just report the SAT.</p>
<p>You would work in ECs related to your course in your personal statement.
A school profile might not be exactly on target, but there can be relevant information. A good school profile does not ‘try to prop up a school’, but is a concise portrait that will, in about two minutes, give a context to the rest of the data.
I don’t think I saw anywhere on the Cambridge form for ACT scores, although you could put them under qualifications. There is an explicit spot for SAT scores, and I believe the same is true of the UCAS.
Make sure you can actually get there during the interview period. Some colleges will do a phone or skype interview as well, but these are fairly rare.</p>