Dartmouth? Oxford? Cambridge?

oldspc
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:31:04 +0000

Also for UK universities you need to think what subject you would be applying for. Remember we don’t have “majors” in an American sense; you apply to a university to study a subject and you then spend 3-4 years doing basically nothing but that subject.

You mention international business or law. There seem to be regular discussions on these boards about how feasible it is to take a UK law degree and then use it in US legal practice. For business, the closest fit for undergraduate study at Oxford is probably Economics and Management which is very competitive - 12.2% successful applications over the last three years - because people seem to see it as a fast track into high-paying banking jobs in the City.