What colleges don't care about extracurriculars?

Twoin18
Sun, 04 Apr 2021 17:19:40 +0000

Lindagaf:

Oxbridge will want to see a certain number of AP scores I believe. Check their websites

IB would work (if you are getting mostly 7s and a total of 42-43+ out of 45), but would usually mean a conditional offer so you don’t know if you will be able to attend until the summer.

Agree that the US definition of “great stats” is hard to compare to UK expectations because the US standard tests aren’t “long tail” enough. A lot of 5s in APs (and finding them easy) is a necessary but not sufficient condition. The substitute for great ECs in a UK context is reading obsessively about your subject, for example look at what a PPE student is expected to read before they start the course (and you’d be well advised to read a lot of this before an interview when applying):

Balliol College, University of Oxford

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