<p>I was just wondering what opinions people had about going to school in either England, Scotland, or Canada. (those are really the main three, but this goes for all UK schools) I was looking at stuff for either McGill (Canada), Aberdeen (Scotland), and St. Andrews (also Scotland), and even though St. Andrews seems more friendly to people used to the English system of schools, I liked McGill, as well as Aberdeen. I actually have no problem with distance (the farther, the better...and going to Scotland or Montreal would be awesome), but I don't really know what I'd have to look out for (especially at Aberdeen). Any suggestions or input?</p>
<p>What do you plan on majoring in?</p>
<p>I'm only a junior, but I know I want to major in the sciences; I'm thinking something along the lines of chemical engineering, physics engineering, astronomy, cosmology (though that's more along the lines of Stephen Hawking...), physics, or chemistry. I've been trying to decide what I'd want to really put down on applications. Also, if I could, I'd love to minor or get involved in political science.</p>
<p>No one has any feelings about going to the UK? Opinions? Comments? Come on, people!</p>
<p>Well Ive gotten into 5 colleges in the UK and if you are a top top student then you can apply to Oxbridge. If you are a top student apply to the University of Edinburgh(in Scotland and better than St.Andrews), University of York(England). Imperial College in London is an amazing university for the sciences(some say even better than Oxbridge) but you need to be a very good student to get into it. I feel that it is easier to get into UK universities than into US universities because the process is simpler and you're records are compared only with the students who have applied for th same course that you have applied to. But a downside is that you cannot change your course once you have been admitted into the university.</p>
<p>I don't think that UK schools are easier to get into. Don't go into the application process with that idea. I was accepted to some of the top universities in the U.S. but was rejected from Oxford. However, apply to lots of schools and see what happens. Good luck!</p>
<p>Apply to one school, Emory, get accepted and go there. Forget the UK, head to HOTLANTA</p>
<p>Oh my God, why do you like Emory so much? It's not even that great of a school.</p>
<p>Blasphemy Jonathan, Emory= amazing, plus the most beautiful intellegent wonderful girl to ever walk the earth goes there.</p>
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Hmm, you might want to reconsider your options, then (Glasgow is highly regarded for political science, btw). Although a few universities, like Liverpool, will allow you to study a joint degree, usually one pursues only one subject. Also, keep in mind that financial aid is very limited for international students. I really don't think St. Andrews or Aberdeen are worth the cost (you can always study abroad for a year), but it depends on how much you like them, I suppose.</p>
<p>Yeah, LSE for econ</p>
<p>I've heard about 50% of the applications to St Andrews come from Americans now because Prince William went there. They have even set up a special application process specially for Americans so you can bypass the ordinary UCAS system (which I wouldn't do if I were you. If you apply through UCAS you get to apply to 6 schools. No extra charge for the additional 5). But the thing is, St Andrew's isn't all that great. I mean the royals aren't known for being very intelligent. William got ABC in his A-levels which is hardly outstanding. St Andrew's is a nice enough place and an average-to-good school. But it's not the Ivy league/Oxbridge school of Scotland which many people think it is (and William has graduated and gone to military school. So if you want to meet him you will have to join the army).</p>
<p>St. Andrews is not a bad school but it is not the best one in Scotland. Edinburgh is usualy ranked way higher. Check out the sunday times rankins for British universities. In England there is of course oxbridge. Apart from Cambridge and Oxford there are several colleges in the University of London which have global reputations for their fields. Imperial is outstanding for Science and Engenering. Maybe even better than the oxbridge unis in these fields. The London School of Economics is the world leader in the Social Sciences and has the larges collection of Social Science books in the world. If you want to do an Asian or African theamed degree you can go to SOAS (The School of Asian & African Studies). Also in London are University College London and King's College London which also offer an excelent education. Outside London you can also find some good universites such as Warwick and York which even though are quite new do offer very good courses. If you want a collegial university you could also look at Durham which operates in a system similar to Oxbridge. </p>
<p>Outside the UK but still in the English world are Ireland and Australia. Ireland has 2 really good and famous universities The Ancient Trinity College Dublin and the Catholic response to it University College Dublin. Also consideared good in Ireland are University College Cork and NUI Galway or if you want to do Medicine The Royal College of Surgeons.</p>
<p>Australia's most prestigious university is the Uni of Melbourne but also good are the Uni of Sydney, Monash University, The National University and the University of New South Wales. </p>
<p>I hope I have not boread you.</p>
<p>I believe there is an old thread on this...</p>
<p>the uk is a tricky, tricky thing. i got into Cambridge to read Economics, that too at Emmanuel, but I didnt get into Warwick.....WARWICK! i also got into York but not LSE. I'm pretty happy with it cos I applied with UCAS mainly for Cambridge. its much easier to apply to the UK than the US and they try to make sure you get in to at least one of six places. only downside is you cant shop around and choose majors, you have to decide and apply for a specific course. good schools are bristol, lse, st andrews, oxbridge... look up the guardian rankings.</p>
<p>McGill will give you a great education in a fun city. I've visited friends there and never failed to have a blast! I've heard great things about Edinburgh, too, but can't speak from experience.</p>
<p>Congratulations on Cambridge Magenta. I would not be very botheared about not geting into Warwick. I would bet that the vast majority of people would pick Cam over war. Some time university selections are a bit weird. Maybe the UK is begining to have some kind of Tufts syndrome. LOL.</p>
<p>Canada also has great universities but I decided not to get into that because I guess most people in this forum would be already familiar with the good ones.</p>
<p>I would definatly pick St. Andrews over Aberdeen.</p>
<p>thanks psmyth...
id obviously choose cambridge over warwick- i just put the rest in to use up the six places but it was a bit of an ego thing. but i'm pretty happy. </p>
<p>whats the tufts syndrome? i got the sarah lawrence syndrome... they waitlisted me but places like wellesley, brown, penn, nw etc accepted me. i was like WHATEVER. so if you didnt get into tufts- their loss.</p>