<p>Tufts syndrome is when a school rejects the best candidates because they believe they are only being used as safety and the candidate really wants to go to another university. In this case Tufts rejects many of the best because the candidates are only using it as a safety for the Ivy League.</p>
<p>Have you decided what university you are going to Magenta? I have decided on LSE. But still waiting to hear back from Oxford and Cambridge (I'm a postgraduate).</p>
<p>no i havent! it was stressful enough choosing between brown and penn. now im going to wait till my a-level results come out in july and see if i've gotten the grades for cambridge and if i really want to study econ. im trying to blot all that out right now because my a levels are just two weeks away. </p>
<p>congratulations on lse! i didnt get in there for government and eco..i think maybe it was because my principal told them i got into cambridge so they may have figured that i wasnt going to come anyway- i hear they dont like to take the same students. or maybe something else, who knows?
anyway, psymyth000 where are you from? because when this guy from lse visited my town he told me that lse hasnt had a british postgraduate student in over 50 years!</p>
<p>I'm from Dublin and in my early 20s. I looked at the break down of LSE students and it was something like 70% British for undergraduate and 30% British for postgraduate. The majority of postgraduates are North American and Asian.</p>
<p>Congratulations on Borwn and Penn. Which one did you pick? I was rejected from Penn. I guess we can both be prety happy with our acceptances. Good luck with the A levels.</p>
<p>hehehehe looks like the admissions officer guy was a LIAR.
i chose brown.
thanks for the good luck wishes.
what you studying at lse? their post-grad courses are awesome</p>
<p>My s went to University of Sussex and had an amazing time. Very different system over there, totally focussed on your major with no extraneous classes. Highly recommended</p>
<p>Yeah he was definatly exagerating. Eventhough it does have a lot less British students than the average Uni. Going to do a MSc in Criminology. I would also have chosen Brown over Penn. Nicer campus. More of a University town feeling. Plus Boston and NYC are not that far away.</p>
<p>I guess the UK system is better if you already know what you want to do after school while the US system is better if you do not know. One thing I think the UK system beats the USA is the fact that people who want to become lawyers, vets or want a business education (I know some unis have undergraduate business courses but they are in the minority) and etc do not have to do 4 years of something they will not work at and may not be interested in and then have to do from 2 to 5 years of extra studies to get a job in the field that interests them. Plus it is a lot cheaper especially if you take into account the high prices the US universites charge.</p>
<p>What are the advantages of going to college (undergrad) in the UK or overseas?
I'm fascinated with Europe and am looking to go into business or international relations or public relations, marketing...not sure!
haha but basically I've heard a little about Kings College in London
does anyone know what it is known for, how good of a school it is, or how difficult it is to get into (maybe relate it to the difficulty to get into some US school)?</p>
<p>What about financial aid for internationals? Are British universities generous enough???
Furthermore, is the practice of transferring between British universities popular and doable thing??? Or do you need to stick to where you get???</p>
<p>You'll get no financial aid because it doesn't exist in the UK. Foreign students are charged a lot more in order to subsidise the UK and EU students (if you are from the EU you pay the same as UK students).</p>
<p>I've never heard of anyone transferring either. To change universities people drop out and start again from year 1 in a different place. I suspect it might be possible in extreme circumstances but generally there is no such concept as transferring in the UK.</p>
<p>Transfering from UK university to UK university is really hard. I would be almost impossible to transfer from the USA to the UK. You would have to start college in the UK or take a JYA. </p>
<p>Financial aid is availabke only to UK students in the form of grants. As far as I know there is no money given to internationals in the undergraduate level. However, financial aid does exist for foreign postgraduates.</p>
<p>Regarding King's College it is one of the best universities in the UK. it is usual ranked as the 7th or 8th in most rankings. It is also one of the oldest universities in England.</p>
<p>It is very good for Sciences, law, theology & languages. It also has a very famous war studies department.</p>
<p>In the UK the application system is different to the USA. You apply to the course you want in the University and not a general arts degree in which you specialise laiter on. The most popular courses would have many applicants (medicine, law, psychology) while less popular ones would have less (classical studies, modern languages).</p>
<p>Overall King's last year had 26.879 applicants for 3.214 places. Therefore there were about 8.4 people per place. King's admitted 13.1% of applicants. which would be about the same as some ivies.</p>
<p>Hi Magenta. Got an offer from Cambridge today. No idea where to go. It is a really hard decision LSE or Cam. I guess I should not be moaning about it. I am lucky to have the choice. Have you figuared out where you are going yet?</p>
<p>A few questions:
1) Is it true that it's frowned upon (or even not allowed?) to apply to both Oxford and Cambridge as an undergrad?
2) Due to very awesome circumstances, I have UK citizenship, Dutch citizenship, and American citizenship. I've lived in the US all my life; I've was born here. Can I still apply as UK/EU citizen? Should I? Would it increase my chances at all?
3) Which UK university is best for international relations? I'm just starting my research into the whole college process (2nd semester sophomore), but going to school in the UK certainly interests me, partly because I love Europe, partly because it's near most of my family, and mostly because it'd be absolutely fantastic, and studying IR from a non-US perspective would be really interesting. I like the idea of PPE from Oxford, but I have no idea how strong their department is (I'd assume fairly good, after all, it IS Oxford...). Does anybody have any insight??</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Hi heerothewizard.</p>
<p>A few answers to your questions.</p>
<ol>
<li><p>You are not alowed to apply to both Oxford and Cambridge. You have to select one. This is because applications to UK universities at the undergraduate level are made through an organization called UCAS and you have 6 choices of where to apply to and for some reason, I do not know which, you are only alowed to apply to one of the two.</p></li>
<li><p>As far as I know you have to have been living in an EU member state for 3 years or more before you apply to university before you are eligible to apply as an EU student. This is because the fees are higher for non-Eu students. Even though they would be cheaper than a USA college. especially as your field of interest is not science or medicaly related. I would double check the exact wording of what is requiread to be consideared as an EU student. You might find a loop hole. Check out some universities fees offices web sites.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>Regarding IR there are many good unis in the UK in this field. Oxford of course is pretty much well rounded in excelence. And is especailly famous for Arts-Social Sciences courses. LSE (<a href="http://www.lse.ac.uk%5B/url%5D">www.lse.ac.uk</a>) and SOAS (<a href="http://www.soas.ac.uk%5B/url%5D">www.soas.ac.uk</a>) are very good in this area. SOAS would have a more African/Asian perspective on the issue. It could be of interest to you. King's College London has an excelent War department that offers many IR related courses. There are many other interesting courses in toher UK unis as well.</p>
<p>My s, who is American, received his IR degree from University of Sussex and it was amazing. Living in Brighton isn't too bad either...</p>
<p>You have to apply through <a href="http://www.ucas.com%5B/url%5D">www.ucas.com</a></p>
<p>The Oxbridge deadline for overseas applications has been moved forward I believe. It used to be 1st October but now I think it is mid-September. So to apply for a place starting October 2007, you must apply by September 2006.</p>
<p>As far as I'm aware the reason no-one can apply for undergraduate courses at both Oxford and Cambridge is that this would double applications to both and they could not interview all the applicants in the time available. If you are in the US you will have to travel to New York or Vancouver for an interview. Oxford sometimes allow phone interviews.</p>
<p>psmyth000 is absolutely right. You would be treated as an overseas student because you have not lived in the EU (for purposes other than education) for 3 years+ and have hence not paid enough taxes into the system to justify a subsidised place.</p>
<p>PPE at Oxford is one of the most famous courses in the world. Many UK Prime Ministers took it, hence it's very competitive.</p>