Realistically do I have a chance from the UK?

tinker
Mon, 01 Dec 2014 19:25:31 +0000

I am a US citizen living in the UK. Last year, I was rejected from all 4 colleges I applied to: Cornell, Northwestern, WashU, Rice (not smart, I should have been more realistic and didn’t put any safeties). Now I am taking a gap year and have already applied to UK universities. However, after going back and forth considering it for a while I am not thinking I should also apply to the US. My dream has always been to go back to the US, but after being rejected last year I thought the door was closed and I shouldn’t reapply. I am hoping for some insight into whether it would be worth applying again to the US.

A levels: 3 A* (Biology, Chemistry, Maths)
AS levels: A (History) + A* EPQ
GCSEs: 9A*, 2A
SAT I: 2140
SAT II: 770 (Math), 760 (Biology M)
I’m going to be doing an internship in Shanghai during my gap year (although I’m not sure where I would include this in my application?)

I’m pretty late getting started now, I was finishing my UK applications. I know my SATs aren’t great and a lot of my application is pretty average. I’m aiming for schools such as Vanderbilt, Emory, Tufts, Notre Dame, Wake Forest. I know they’re not really safeties, but they’re the lowest I would probably go in the US - it wouldn’t be worth it to go to somewhere lower in the US rather than somewhere higher in the UK. I know it will be a lot of work, but would it be worth a shot? If I don’t even have a decent chance, I won’t apply. It might be more realistic to apply as a transfer next year.