<p>so im an american student currently attending college in new york and i reallyyyyy want to move to london and go to school out there. im not looking to go to a specific school like oxford or cambridge thats way out of my league. I just basically want to live in london and i want to finish my school while im out there. can anyone give me any help or advice on how to go about doing this i will greatly appreciate it. I've done so much research and it just seems so financially impossible to be able to do it. keep in mind i have very little money i still live with my mother and i work a minimum wage job and im just saving up and the only reason i am in school now is because the government pays for my entire tuition bill. all these international fees are mostly whats stopping me from doing it but maybe someone with experience or prior knowledge knows a way to get around it. </p>
<p>Also im new to this website so if I should post this thread somewhere else to get responses please let me know.</p>
<p>International undergraduate students are generally expected to fund their education themselves. Some students (esp Europeans) are able to secure funding from their home country, but the rest have to rely on family resources or loans. (Heck, even most UK students get financial aid only in the form of loans!)</p>
<p>There is some funding for high-achieving international graduate students. How much depends on your field and qualifications.</p>
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FYI, most of your American credits won’t transfer to a British university. You’d probably have to start your degree from scratch again. </p>
<p>If you’d just like to live in London for a year, there are various agencies who place young people in temporary jobs: usually in the tourism industry or as nannies.</p>
<p>English universities generally don’t accept transfer students. You’d have to re-apply as a freshman and basically lose all your credit. A better option would be to look for a one-year exchange program that allows you to take classes in the UK and then use them as credit for your own American degree. Several colleges in the US have agreements with UK universities to offer programs like that.</p>
<p>Generally speaking UK universities are considerably cheaper than American ones but if you want to stay in London and you aren’t aiming for a top uni(Oxbridge alternative) then you have rather a limited choice. LSE, UCL, Imperial and Kings(to a lesser extent) are all very competitive [Oxbridge alternatives] but of course it all depends on what your grades are like. I personally wouldn’t consider anything less than Queen Mary, City or Royal Holloway(which is part of the University of London but is just outside the city and its suburbs. It is, however, in a very beautiful area, near one of the Queen’s residences, with some great architecture).</p>
<p>Of course, you have to remember that London in general is an expensive city compared to the rest of the country and is by no means the be all and end all of UK universities. There are finance options but I’m not familiar with them personally, though if you want to find out more I can point you in the direction of the British equivalent of this forum where there’s an American student thread. There is one or two Americans there who should be able to give you a very good idea of what you can do. Something to do with the letter F rings a bell but all I can remember is it’s an acronym. I remember from somewhere that Durham(an excellent uni in the north of England) costs around $30k per year all told and you have to remember that most British degrees last 3 years.</p>
<p>If this is useful then send me a message as I’m a new member and I’m not sure how long I’ll be hanging about.</p>