American student moving to UK?

International Students
1

<p>I'm an American community college student finishing my AA but I'm about to move to the UK mainly for family reasons so how will I get accepted to a good british university? Do they accept transfers? If they do, how do I transfer? My gpa is 3.5 if that helps. I'm planning to study history too.
Thanks for the help guys as I'm pretty lost. :/</p>

2

<p>British universities don’t take transfers, you’ll need to re-apply as a freshman.</p>

3

<p>Very few UK unis accept transfers into 2nd year, and almost never into 3rd year (most programs are only 3 years). The places that do allow transfers (which varies by program within universities) require you to demonstrate that you have done equivalent work to the 1st year curriculum, which frankly is exceptionally unlikely. For example, first year history students at Manchester take these classes: </p>

<p>Course content for year 1: 6 Modules</p>

<p>Compulsory:

  1. History in Practice (core course)
  2. Long Essay (linked to History in Practice)</p>

<p>Optional:
3-5. Three courses chosen from :</p>

<p>Constructing Archaic Greek History
Introduction to Roman History, Society and Culture, 200 BC - AD 14
The Making of Europe, 400-1500
Communities and States in Early Modern Europe
Cities and Citizens: Foundations of Modern British History
Modern China: Opium War to the Post-Mao Era
State, Nation and Nationalism c1750 - c1920
Origins of British Industrialisation: British Economic & Social History 1660-1850
Globalisation in Historical Perspective</p>

<ol>
<li>Free Choice Option (a module from a subject other than History) </li>
</ol>

<p>Link: <a href=“http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/history/undergraduate/courselist2014/course/?code=00255&pg=2”>http://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/subjects/history/undergraduate/courselist2014/course/?code=00255&pg=2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;