oxford

Applying to College
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What does an English College like Oxford tend to select for in American students?

i was born in Greenwich, england, too late to get citizenship tho

half korean

i have 2280 sAT
730 Cr
750 math
800 writing

SAT II’s

math I-690 (obvious retake)
wh-720

3.3-3.4 GPA (school is extremely competetive tho, class avg. SAT a few yrs back was 1460)

WHAP-5
waiting on english and french

Good EC’s,

2X Prep State placer in varsity Wrestling
3rd conference
Most Improved Award

presidential Gold Award comm. service (250+ hrs)

Also, my main hook…
Last summer, my name got on Research paper submitted to Clinical Cancer Therapy journal
This summer, working on nanotechnology project at Rice University, hoping to get a recommendation from Professor, who is like nobel laureate material…

entering siemens-westinghouse sci. competition

Also, how do u think I’d do at HYMPS? how would these compare to Oxford or Cambridge?

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<p>bumpity the way</p>

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<p>Its very hard to go to Pxford from the US. Only if you were in one of the commonwelath countries…</p>

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<p>Oxford is really hard. I know from my friends at Stuyvesant that it is extremely hard and they all have crazy high averages and SAT scores and ECs to boot!</p>

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<p>Last year, Oxford admitted about 40-50 applicants from US out of about 270 applicants in total.</p>

<p>These admission pages might help:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/int/usa/quals.shtml[/url]”>http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/int/usa/quals.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>The requirements stated are the <em>minimium</em> requirements, and I believe most applicants have higher stats. However, if you meet the minimum requirements, you will probably be invited to an interview.</p>

<p>The interview is very crucial - it will help determine whether you get an offer or not. Oxford interviews are nothing like American interviews. The focus is on finding out whether you have any potential for academic success and whether you are passionate about your chosen subject.</p>

<p>Note that for A level applicants (from the UK and Commonwealth countries), a minimum of 3 A grades is required. And 3 A grades at A levels is roughly equivalent to scoring 5 in six APs. Also, the APs must be relevant to your chosen subject.</p>