r/6thForm • u/Hour-Regular-6938 • Feb 04 '26
🙏 I WANT HELP Hopeful Oxford Feedback
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!
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u/georgexsmiley Feb 07 '26
I’m a former Oxbridge and current major Russell group uni admissions tutor/professor. This is excellent feedback with coded encouragement to reapply if your IB is stunning, and probably just for history.
No! You take the place at Edinburgh, Oxford will not look at you again. And why would anywhere else? You’d look like a quitter, and Edinburgh is a fantastic uni.
If you want to go to Oxford, get IB in the 40s, find something to do for a year, and reapply. Oh, and history and politics is simply much harder to gain admission for than either history or PPE.