@SeattleTW, can you give the basis for your assertions? evidence, not anecdotes please. For example, [url=<a href=“http://public.tableau.com/views/UoO_UG_Admissons2/AcceptanceRate?%3AshowVizHome=no#2%5Dhere%5B/url”>http://public.tableau.com/views/UoO_UG_Admissons2/AcceptanceRate?%3AshowVizHome=no#2]here[/url] is a table of acceptances over the last 3 years at Oxford, which says that the 3 year average for applications from Americans is 1,178, with an average acceptance rate of 105. I agree that the number of applicants is not big, but the acceptance rate is low, which does not suggest wide open doors.