Ivy Leagues and Schools in the UK? What are my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>I’m not really stuck on one college, more like fifteen. I am a girl just finishing my sophomore year in high school in the mid-atlantic region. I’m trying really hard to get into a Top-Tier/Ivy League. I’d like to stay in the northeast or go over to the UK. I would really appreciate it if someone would take the time and read this and whatever you do don’t spare my feelings, I’d like you to be brutally honest :)</p>

<p>Bio:
Year:Finishing sophomore in high school
Race:Caucasian
Gender:Female
Focusing on Math Chemistry and Biology
Religion: Thelema (type of Paganism. I am very serious about religion/spiritualism and my father is Wicca and my mother is Episcopalian, but I was initiated as a Wiccan)</p>

<p>Academics:
-Principal’s Honor Roll Every Semester-your grades need to be a 98 or higher weighted (my school uses block scheduling, four classes a day 1h 20min classes half the year and then we switch to the four other classes. total 8 per year)
-PreCalculus as a sophomore with the second highest grade at the moment-98 average unweighted
-All honors classes, focusing in math and the sciences
-I am in the top ten percent of my class
-Unweighted GPA (with 92’s considered A minuses)- 3.96
-Unweighted GPA (with 92’s considered B’s)-3.8</p>

<p>Athletics:
-Varsity Letter as Freshman for Tennis
-Undefeated at Third Doubles (big tennis team) freshman year
-Undefeated at Second Singles sophomore year
-Player of the Year Award Sophomore Year
-Tennis Champion four years in a row at the Racquet Club
-Highly Ranked Nationally for Show Jumping (horseback riding)
-Applied for a professional license that will be implemented in this fall
-Won over 10,000 dollars in prize money, trained my own horse</p>

<p>EC’s
-Manager of a 6,000 sq ft clothing store
-Over 160 hours helping autistic children learn to ride horses
-Law Club
-Math League
-Spanish Club
-Put together many local fashion shows where all the proceeds go to research foundations or other charitable organizations
-Raised over 3,000 dollars in one weekend to fund the Masonic Children’s Learning Center for Dyslexic kids. They were going to close down due to insufficient funds
-Currently working to change New Jersey’s law to recognize dyslexia as a learning difference so teachers can be taught the orton-gillingham method of learning</p>

<p>I don’t think I forgot anything, but please tell me what you think! I go back and forth thinking I’ll have a chance getting into a top school and not thinking they’ll even consider me. Sometimes I think I think too highly of myself or I’m going way over my head…I am just very confused with the whole matter. Thank you!!</p>

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<p>Well, Britain’s application system is fully academic so we don’t care about ECs at all, you’re not even given a space to fill them out on the form.</p>

<p>Your GPA and ECs look good so far, just maintain it and get a good score on the SAT and Subject Tests and you should have a good chance at the Ivys and others. :)</p>

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<p>Thank you Meadowland for posting, I really appreciate it :slight_smile: </p>

<p>Are you at a University right now? If so, do you have a good amount of American undergrads there? Or is it not good for me to be going as an undergrad?</p>

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<p>I’m a high school junior in the UK, but I have knowledge on how the system goes here.</p>

<p>American undergraduates are particularly well represented in the London schools (LSE, UCL, Imperial etc) you can expect to meet a lot of foreign students from Commonwealth countries too. I’m not sure about Cambridge/Oxford, but I heard seats for Americans are very competitive there. Also, in our UCAS system (your Common App) applying to Oxford/Cambridge is mutually exclusive, so you can only apply to one or the other, not sure if that goes for international students though, so you’ll have to check on that.</p>

<p>As typical for international students it is much harder to get aid, however costs/expenses is much less in the UK (most Unis in the UK are public, including Oxbridge). You would have to research individual Universities to see how much they cost - heres a list which will give you a rough average on how much you will need.</p>

<p>[Undergraduate</a> international student fees 2008 | Students | EducationGuardian.co.uk](<a href=“http://education.guardian.co.uk/students/internationalstudents/page/0,,2280999,00.html]Undergraduate”>Undergraduate international student fees 2008 | Students | EducationGuardian.co.uk)</p>

<p>Overall, British education is incredibly different from American education. Its heavily focused and individualised on the degree you pick, some like that, some don’t and prefer a broader liberal arts spectrum etc. like me, as I’ll be applying to Unis in the US this fall :stuck_out_tongue: so its your choice really, but if you can get a spot in Oxford, Cambridge or a top 10 [Russell</a> Group](<a href=“Russell Group - Wikipedia”>Russell Group - Wikipedia) Uni (your Ivy League sortish) it’ll definitely be worth it.</p>

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<p>Wow! thank you :)</p>