Chances for UK schools?

evan241
Sun, 30 Nov 2014 16:13:00 +0000

Hello, I’m a US junior interested in applying to several UK schools next year. I’m going to post on the Student Room too at some point, but I figured some people on this forum may have experience with UK admissions.

Chances for these schools - Edinburgh, Manchester, Durham, and Exeter. I am applying for Arab and Islamic studies.

SAT I - CR 710
W 760
M 610

SAT IIs (predicted) - Spanish (740), World History (730)

GPA - 3.8ish UW, my school does not weigh GPA. My grades are strong, showing all-around success except for a C in AP Bio freshman year.

APs -
Freshman year APs - AP Human geo (5), AP Government and Politics (5), AP Psychology (4), AP Art History (3) (I think I will have my GC mention that I took the class/exam as a freshman)

Junior year APs (I’m predicting my results here, please chance me assuming that I obtain these results) - AP Spanish Lit (5), AP World History (5), AP Euro (5), AP English Lit (4 or 5), AP Comp Gov (5).

I’m not sure what I’ll be taking/doing during my senior year because I may choose to graduate a semester early - please chance me using this given information.

As far as relevant ECs go, I studied abroad for a summer on a scholarship to a predominantly Muslim country and received a full scholarship to study abroad for a year in South America. Upon my return, I have been teaching Spanish to elementary school students. I participated in a StarTalk program for Chinese, and have managed to reach a reasonable proficiency in Portuguese through self-study. While most of these activities are not directly related to Arabic, I will mention them in my PS in order to indicate my language experience/passion for language and cultural learning.

Thank you so much! I don’t have any experience with the UK system so I really appreciate any insights y’all can give.