Advice for Ivy Leagues and Stanford

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Are the requirements for UK students lower? That's the impression i get

Having it's roots as primarily a sporting conference, I doubt the current Ivies would be keen to travel to games/meets at Stanford etc and vice-versa.

Stanford is an Ivy though.

Hey, I'm considering applying to Columbia, Princeton and New York University post-A2 next admissions cycle. My grades are likely to be A*A*A*A (going off of mock results and predictions), however my AS Grades and GCSE grades aren't that good (AABB, with 3A*s 5As and 2Bs at GCSE). My extracurriculars are okay, mostly philanthropy and working with the government, as well as some published writing. Would you guys recommend I apply?

Give it a bash! I'd recommended applying to 5 - 10 unis though, due to the extremely low acceptance rates.

Re: the GCSE + AS grades, they won't hinder you a lot of US unis like to see progression in performance. It shows them you have the potential to develop academically.

ECs sound decent, maybe try to further one or two of them between now and applying - i.e. get involved on a high level, starting organizations etc.

Make sure to smash the SATs as well, both the SAT I and Subject Tests.

Thank you! I'm applying to 5 British Universities as well, but I'll try and add 2 more I like to my list.

Ah, thing is, the application process here in the UK is so simple - applying to 5 universities here won't even scratch the effort required for 5 in the states.

What are you planning on studying?

Stanford is an Ivy though.

Hey, I'm considering applying to Columbia, Princeton and New York University post-A2 next admissions cycle. My grades are likely to be A*A*A*A (going off of mock results and predictions), however my AS Grades and GCSE grades aren't that good (AABB, with 3A*s 5As and 2Bs at GCSE). My extracurriculars are okay, mostly philanthropy and working with the government, as well as some published writing. Would you guys recommend I apply?

My mistake. Do US universities in general put more emphasis on extra curricular or on academic ?

Would the fact that I want to study Computer Science help in my application as it is one of the more unique degrees in the UK


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Doesn't matter, you apply to the university in the States not the course.

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If he/she is interested in applying to specific colleges like engineering (computer science is offered within this school at some universities) or business then your intended major definitely matters as you need to apply to that specific school within the university - it may be more or less competitive than the college of arts and sciences and thus your chances of getting in may be higher or lower. With that being said, many of the top universities don't have engineering, business etc schools (at undegrad level) so this may not apply.

*If you're applying for computer science at place like UC Berkeley or Caltech, for example, then your chances are actually lower than if you were applying for a less popular major such as english literature.

I contacted Harvard UK admissions and they said that my scores were fine and they admit people who got lower scores


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Yay for you! and best of luck! I am applying this year too!

My motto is you never know until you try....with US universities you really never know what they're looking for. One of my interviewers even said that getting 800's etc on SAT may even work against you... i highly doubt that but you never know.

Hi,

How did your GCSEs go?
Have you done any SATs?


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