<p>What are my chances at UCL, LSE and Oxford for a degree in economics?
I'm a rising senior in living in California</p>
<p>AP Test Scores:
AP Calculus BC: 5
AP Calculus AB subscore: 5
AP Statistics: 5
AP European History: 4
AP United States History: 4
AP Biology: 4
AP Art History: 4
AP Literature: 4</p>
<p>Standardized Test Scores:
ACT: 34
Math 2: 800
US History: 790</p>
<p>Relevant EC's:
Two time AIME qualifier
Internship at a financial services institution in India
National level Policy Debater</p>
<p>Despite being part of the bests schools in the world Oxford and Cambridge actually have a high undergraduate acceptance rate, it is altough mostly based on your career path. Their rates for each concentration of study are actually posted in their website (idk about Cambridge, but Oxford does). They clearly state that they don’t care about EC’s they just want to know your academics, what really matters to them alot are SAT and AP/IB scores, so that should be in my opinion what you should focus the most if you want to apply to those UK schools, unlike US schools they are mostly focus on purely academic and scholarly things.
Your problem my friend is that their are two course concentrations in Oxford concerning economics, there is History & Economics (14.9% acceptance rate) and Economics & Management (8.5% rate, which is unfortunatly the 2nd lowest acceptance rate in any Oxford major, in contrast Classics has a 38.5% acceptance rate). Keep scores high and focus on perfecting your standarized scores, your EC’s unfortunatly aren’t not appreciated as much in UK universites as in U.S. universities.</p>