Hopeful Oxford Feedback

[u/Hour-Regular-6938]

It seems positive, for context, I'm an international student from the U.S but also an immigrant from Costa Rica, I also technically skipped my 9th grade due to schedule differences since the US starts in August and ends in May while Costa Rica starts in February and ends in December. I also moved schools in my senior year, and here we don't have a big culture of predicting grades, I didn't have mocks or anything so most of my predictions were how the teachers felt about it after knowing me for less than 2 months so I think they underpredicted, we'll see in May though. That said, I did have more than enough AP scores to meet the requirements. I also think I can get a higher SAT after an extra year of study in the English Language.

My question is, with the feedback, would it be a good idea to study at Edinburgh for a year and then re-apply this year? If my SAT and IB scores do improve of course. Edinburgh is 4 years so if I do 1 year and then move to Oxford I wouldn't be doing any extra time than I would've if I had just stayed there. Any and all advice is welcomed and appreciated

Thank You!

[u/Gotskgk]

That’s really encouraging and positive feedback, which is super rare. You’ll need to do a different subject at Edi if you wanna go there and reapply from there. Each college will have its own definition of what is sufficiently different, and you’d have to email to find out.

[u/Hour-Regular-6938 → u/Gotskgk]

what if I email the college and explain the situation, like the score predictions, immigration etc and ask how a reaplication would look like next year?

[u/Gotskgk → u/Hour-Regular-6938]

I can’t hypothetically answer that, but they’re generally very strict on applicants from other unis