Year 12 UK applying to Yale

Hi, is there anyone on the same boat and if you have started with the process. My child will be applying to the UK university too and the concern is we might have spread it too thinly. Is it possible? Any success story and what did you choose in the end?

Reply 1

Grade9er

Original post by Cat&mouse

I’m on the same boat, looking to apply to us and uk universities from the uk. If I could ask, what were your child’s grades like?

Reply 2

Cat&mouse

She is currently in year 12 in a private school in London. Had all 9s for gcse.

Reply 3

Grade9er

Original post by Cat&mouse

She is currently in year 12 in a private school in London. Had all 9s for gcse.

That’s amazing, she definitely has a good chance at the Ivy leagues

Reply 4

unsure-student

What is the admissions process like?

Reply 5

Cat&mouse

I will ask her house master next week and post back. No info at the moment. My understanding from an event I attended last year that Yale accept predicted A level results and other admission tests are not a must. There will be essays and school reports, teacher reference letters.

Reply 6

artful_lounger

Universities Forum Helper

Original post by unsure-student

What is the admissions process like?

This will be detailed on the Yale admissions pages. For US admissions typically you apply directly to the college in question and submit all your "demographic" information (e.g. your various results, grades and classes taken, etc) and then also have one or more admissions essays to write (similar to the personal statement although often with a slightly different focus; often a little more autobiographical I gather...?). Typically US students also take the SAT or ACT, although increasingly these are becoming optional even at "elite" colleges for all students.

That said on the "softer" side of things, they emphasise different parts of the application with a much heavier focus on extracurriculars (not just "supercurriculars" but general ECs too), candidates being "well rounded" and on how the applicant will contribute to college life/society while there. Whereas UK universities are much more narrowly focused on academic matters for the most part (and even more narrowly usually on academic matters specifically relevant to the course being applied to - as in the US you don't normally apply to a specific degree/major, you just apply to the college "at large" and so they have to satisfy themselves you'd be reasonably successful no matter what major you picked).

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Reply 7

Cat&mouse

Original post by artful_lounger

This will be detailed on the Yale admissions pages. For US admissions typically you apply directly to the college in question and submit all your "demographic" information (e.g. your various results, grades and classes taken, etc) and then also have one or more admissions essays to write (similar to the personal statement although often with a slightly different focus; often a little more autobiographical I gather...?). Typically US students also take the SAT or ACT, although increasingly these are becoming optional even at "elite" colleges for all students.
That said on the "softer" side of things, they emphasise different parts of the application with a much heavier focus on extracurriculars (not just "supercurriculars" but general ECs too), candidates being "well rounded" and on how the applicant will contribute to college life/society while there. Whereas UK universities are much more narrowly focused on academic matters for the most part (and even more narrowly usually on academic matters specifically relevant to the course being applied to - as in the US you don't normally apply to a specific degree/major, you just apply to the college "at large" and so they have to satisfy themselves you'd be reasonably successful no matter what major you picked).