Colleges in England

vickramreddy
Sun, 03 Jun 2012 10:17:31 +0000

Indian, Male, 11th grade

Hey guys, I have seen similar threads about colleges in the UK but honestly none of them really answered the questions that I have with legitimate evidence.

My first question is “How much does GPA weight into the admissions process?”
My GPA although not low, is not stellar

4.3= A, I have a 3.85

My second question is “How much do extracurriculars weigh into the admission process?”
I do have some extracurriculars, they are not stellar either XD. The only real award I ahve is for the boston regional brain bee, I placed 2nd.

My third question is “Do they favor international applicants”
I have heard people say they do because we pay almost double tuition

My fourth question is “With regards to A.P courses, what do they do about scores that you will not have yet received until the completion of the admission process?”
I will have had three A.P scores, A.P biology, statistics, and psychology. All of which are 5’s, except for psychology, which I do not know about yet. I am fairly confident I received a 5, if not, then at least a 4. I am taking 6 A.P courses next year, however.

My fifth question is “How much do SAT scores weight into the process?”
I have a 2240, single sitting, second time taking it. 780 M 740 R 720 writing
I have a 750 in biology and am expecting 750 Plus on both Math’s, and I am taking Physics Chem and Lit next year in October, am expecting 750+ on all of them
How much will these help me, or should I aim for 800’s? I think I can get 800’s on at least a couple, I have NO Life XD.

My 6th question is" Will going to a prestigious college in london affect my chances of getting into a good medical school upon completion of my undergraduate degree, provided my program is 4 years long and revolves around bio-medicine and I get good MCAT scores?"
I do not want to go to school in London if I can not practice in the U.S

Lastly, factoring all of the details I Gave, could you please give me a hypothetical chance percentage for the top English colleges?

Cambridge, Oxford, Edinburgh, UCL, Imperial, in particular imperial, they have a cool bio-medical program there.

Thanks guys