<p>SusieQ: King's College in London is excellent; it offers a top notch undergraduate program; in terms of studying abroad there (instead of spending four years there), the University of California has a year-long exchange program at the University of London, which includes King's College.</p>
<p>You can find information on the program at:</p>
<p>Are there more than one King's college. DH said there is King's college of Cambridge and King's college of University of London, when people said King's college is a very good school, which King's college are they talking about. Thanks for the info.</p>
<p>King's College in London would be a decent choice; I'm unsure of King's College in Cambridge.</p>
<p>The confusing thing for me would the way it is set up. For example, Oxford University is composed of 33 different colleges within the system, Pembrooke being one of them. So Oxford has a reputation, but so does the individual college within Oxford.</p>
<p>So the King's College in Cambridge may be apart of Cambridge University, which would give it a good rep because it is apart of Cambridge University.</p>
<p>Yeah, I checked the EAP website, there is a summer program at Cambridge University, Pembrooke College. So confusing, who knows which college of which University people are referring too.
Is King's College in London in a good/safe neighborhood. I'm familiar with Mayfair, Knightsbridge, etc..</p>
<p>Anyone going abroad must know that the academic nature of all British and Australian schools are very different. Everyone picks a major upon applying. Actually, you apply to a major. So, it's not for undecided people. Also, you get none of the academic felixbility of American schools. You can't take a whole bunch of different courses in whatever interests you, especially in England, where you have 3 years of intensive study in basically just your major and general requirements. Australia, I hear, is even more focused on your particular major. Universities in these countries are the farthest thing from a LAC; there is no school spirit behind sports like in the U.S., they're all the size of U.S. publics, and you don't have nearly the same kind of flexibility. Plus, the classes are much different - students do MUCH more on their own. So, if you need structure in classes, it may not be for you.</p>
<p>SusieQ: King's College in London is in a VERY nice neighborhood! It's right on the Thames and right next to Kings Cross Station. It's right downtown and there's SOO much to do around that area! No worries there!</p>
<p>I second that-- just check the map and you'll see what a variety of opportunities are available just a stone's throw away!</p>
<p>King's College, London, is in a very nice neighborhood, though it's nowhere near King's Cross Station! Its nearest mainline station is Charing Cross about 10mins down the road towards the Government quarter and Trafalgar Square. Temple Tube station on other hand stops just outside King's College. King's College sits next to the Thames and is located on the Strand opposite to the LSE and down to the street from the Royal Courts. Its students' union has great views over the Thames with views of Parliament and St Paul's Cathedral. The main building on the Strand looks like an ugly concrete block, but walk through the King's Gates and you'll find the original neoclassical buildings. The area itself is very safe, as with most of Central London.</p>