Hello.
I'm in Year 12 studying four AS Levels in History, English Literature, Biology and Philosophy & Ethics. I would really like some advice in where to start for looking into universities in the United States and the United Kingdom. We have to have some research done by the time we return on the 5th January.
I have looked into some universities good for my course, looked at fees and the types of aid on offer (US universities), and I have looked generally at the course.
I want some good tips to help me make proper choices. I achieved all As and Bs at GCSE with two C grades in irrelevant courses but I was unwell with pneumonia twice in my GCSE years that resulted in me being absent from school for over a month and unwell during the time in which I sat my exams. It's also good to point out that my school was rubbish, parading the fact that 99% got at least 1 GCSE anywhere in the pass bracket (so, below C's if applicable).
I am studying A-Levels at an independent college in Cambridge and have a lot more opportunities and amazing tuition; I'm currently achieving mainly A grades.
I'll be thankful for any advice!
P.S. The universities I have an interest in, including a few in Canada, are (those highlighted are the ones I am the most interested in):
1. McGill
2. Toronto
3. Alberta
4. Oxford or Cambridge (?)
5. Bristol
6. Edinburgh
7. UCL
8. Birkbeck
9. Leeds
10. Yale
11. Stanford
12. Brown
13. Princeton
I'm sitting 3 SATs in June or May this coming year in Molecular Biology (?), Literature and the SAT.