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is anyone planning on going to uni in america or is going to uni in america?

if so, what uni and how hard was it to get in? what degree are you doing?
whats the applic process like?

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yeah i transferred UWS Arts to Yale Law School
 

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UWS Arts....wouldn't even need that to get into Yale Law. Simple TAFE Certificate III or IV in Fashion Studies to get in :p.
 

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I thought all (or at least the majority) of American unis require you to sit the SAT
 

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depends on what you're going to study.
as you would already know, ones like yale and columbia are
obviously hard to get in. if you're going to study subjects like
law i guess ivy league ones are way good. if you're gonna do
art or design, i prefer unies like nyu. columbia is pretty good for film and stuff. institutions in america for art such as calarts are also great for art.
but the things is, for law, most of the unies offer b of law as postgraduate.
it's not like australia where you can get start b of law for undergraduate.
 
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yeah i wanted to get into an ivy league n do engineering. e.g. stanford, berkeley
parents pushing it.. n i kinda wana get outa aus. too boring for me now hahahaha (i get bored easily)

i think if you finished high school in US u dont need SAT in some places but for international students u need SAT and/or international baccleurate (IB) however u spell it.

if you do SAT n get into the uni from early admissions u can just skip HSC if you want n start in sept.

thats all i know really.. i was hoping for more detailed responses haha
 

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x33.datchick.xx said:
yeah i wanted to get into an ivy league n do engineering. e.g. stanford, berkeley
parents pushing it.. n i kinda wana get outa aus. too boring for me now hahahaha (i get bored easily)

i think if you finished high school in US u dont need SAT in some places but for international students u need SAT and/or international baccleurate (IB) however u spell it.

if you do SAT n get into the uni from early admissions u can just skip HSC if you want n start in sept.

thats all i know really.. i was hoping for more detailed responses haha
UC Berkeley is not in IVY League.:jaw:

and for high skls in the states, you still need to do SAT.
 

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x33.datchick.xx said:
yeah i wanted to get into an ivy league n do engineering. e.g. stanford, berkeley
parents pushing it.. n i kinda wana get outa aus. too boring for me now hahahaha (i get bored easily)

i think if you finished high school in US u dont need SAT in some places but for international students u need SAT and/or international baccleurate (IB) however u spell it.

if you do SAT n get into the uni from early admissions u can just skip HSC if you want n start in sept.

thats all i know really.. i was hoping for more detailed responses haha
why don't you just do the IB instead of the HSC then. that will give you a whole range of options including staying in Aus, British, and a range of other int'l unis.
 
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I would think that an undergrad degree from an Ivy League uni would be pretty much the same as an equivalent Australian undergrad degree, is it really worth all the effort to do the same degree in the US. Postgraduate maybe?
 

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x33.datchick.xx said:
i think if you finished high school in US u dont need SAT in some places but for international students u need SAT and/or international baccleurate (IB) however u spell it.
No. You don't have to do the IB to get into university there but you do have to do the SATs. People who don't take the SATs take a test called the ACT. Some universities require both. They also look at your high school grades (normally year 9-12), extra-curricular activities and have a long application you have to fill out which includes an essay portion and some places also require admissions interviews.

if you do SAT n get into the uni from early admissions u can just skip HSC if you want n start in sept.
Uh I don't think so... You still need to graduate from high school (i.e. get your high school diploma) to go to university there. And I'm pretty sure the time difference between high school graduation and beginning university there is a matter of days or non-existent.

Finally, learn to spell before applying - it'll help your chances.
 

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Tulipa said:
Uh I don't think so... You still need to graduate from high school (i.e. get your high school diploma) to go to university there. And I'm pretty sure the time difference between high school graduation and beginning university there is a matter of days or non-existent.
Nahh. you don't really need to finish high school as long as you got SAT (i think it just applies to overseas students)
 

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jasonyflau said:
Nahh. you don't really need to finish high school as long as you got SAT (i think it just applies to overseas students)
Uh no.

You have to have a high school diploma or the equivalent, which in the states is the GED, to go to college. That was what I was told when I applied, even as an overseas student.
 

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Why would you want to go to america? Unis here are mostly on par.
 

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Tulipa said:
Uh no.

You have to have a high school diploma or the equivalent, which in the states is the GED, to go to college. That was what I was told when I applied, even as an overseas student.
That's weird..

In Hong Kong, there are 13 grades (just like the English system), people go to USA when they are in 12 grade and they haven't taken the AL exam (= HSC)but with SAT results.

I know many of these students who went to the state last year. Some of them went to Ivy League colleges (Yale, Cornell, Brown, UPenn), some of them went to UCs (UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Davis)and some went to USC, NYU, UChicago etc etc. and some went to cc(community colleges). All of them didn't finish their high schools (13 grade) and left at 12grade but their SATs.
 

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