<p>i am an international student from China. i was accepted b both uni but i dunno where sahll i go? can cal tech give credits 2 A Level results so i may finish cal tech in 3 yrs like imprial? i study EE.
i did not apply fin aid 4 both. in which one may have more chances 2 get scholarships or work so as 2 alliviate my parents' fin burden?</p>
<p>Congratulations on both those acceptances!</p>
<p>Caltech's fees are slightly higher, I think, and there's the four-year versus three-year thing, but there's probably more chance of managing some work-study or scholarships (I think they have upperclassman merit scholarships, actually, so if you work ridiculously hard you might manage one). & scholarships from external sources seem to be scarce in the UK (well, they're also scarce in the US for internationals, but more scarce). </p>
<p>There's no A-Level credit, but I think you can probably take placement exams and try and get out of as many requirements as you can. (Not easy, though.) </p>
<p>Imperial might be a better choice if you want to finish early; however, don't expect any sort of scholarships at all. It's an excellent college, though, and you really can't go wrong with either choice save for financial reasons.</p>
<p>what do you mean by place exams? can i take tt outside the US or it is a college one-- of course i am happy since both accepted me.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>I think you take them at the college after enrolling. (Although I hear some are sent to you; not sure which, though).</p>
<p>According to posts on the Caltech board (check 'CC Top Universities' here), people seem to place out of the initial math courses most often, but it is possible to get out of physics/chemistry requirements if you're very comfortable with the subjects (physics more so). Keep in mind that you'll need a pretty thorough grounding in proofs (and of course all this is moot if you go to Imperial. :D).</p>
<p>Do you plan to stay in the US, UK or China after graduation?</p>
<p>Imperial is virtually unknown here in the US. Whereas I'm pretty sure people in the UK and over the world know Caltech.</p>
<p>.....Besides, UK schools are underfunded piles of garbage compared to US schools. The best UK students come here to HYPSMC (the C is for Caltech btw).</p>
<p>no, no we havent.
the only people who have heard of it (aside from top employers) are rich private school kids who consider US an option.</p>
<p>and no they dont. the best students in UK go to Oxbridge, LSE, Imperial,Warwick and UCL.
only a tiny amount go to USA. stop deluding yourself. and just because there is a smaller endowment doesnt mean they are that much worse ....</p>
<p>Foxdie!,</p>
<p>Those comments are so misguided.</p>
<p>Don't listen to foxdie! CalTech is not at all well-known in the UK! And imperial rocks when it comes to engineering, but so does CalTech. I'd prob go for imperial because it's cheaper and you'll still get about the same education, quality wise.</p>
<p>Specifically my point is that Caltech is known much better in the UK/elsewhere then Imperial is known in the US. You can't refute that.</p>
<p>you are seriouisly misguided. only a small percentage of UK students from top private schools would be fully aware of US unis. outside of Harvard and Yale i cant think of many which thye would know of (im discounting random guesses about State universities eg. Michigan state etc). their outside knowledge could extend to places such as Brown which is repeatedly included on various programs such as Buffy, Malcolm in the middle, family guy etc...but other wise , id be suprised if the avg. person could name Standford and MIT, let alone Caltech. infact the avg. joe blogs who cant even pass his 5A*-C GCSEs wont even be aware of most top UK unis since he would be aiming so far.</p>
<p>so yep.</p>
<p>both are amazing.</p>
<p>employers arent retards. they know that both are amazing.
in the end , no one cares what the avg person on the market thinks about your uni...its not a dick waving contest...and if they dont know about it then they arent the company you want to be employed for.</p>
<p>DDonskoy,</p>
<p>Yeah, agree with you. Caltech just is not that famous over here. I would say Stanford and MIT are probably better knowm here than Brown. NYU seems quite famous as well (maybe due to location/name).</p>
<p>hi christine, i would say definetly caltech because once you are accepted to caltech they automatically fund you for phd (their masters only programe is very rare!)…and on phd or even masters or graduate research, you got to work with leading scientists and cutting edge technologies as NASA Jet Propulsion Lab…etc and if you are lucky you might even get work as a scientist/researcher in one of NASA research center or other research centers connected to the industry you like.</p>
<p>this option however is more scarce in UK.</p>
<p>the great thing about leading US Universities is their direct link in the industry more you can imagine and the huge funds/resources that goes inbetween and relates to researcher/graduates and even undergrads.</p>
<p>have you ever seen an undergrad doing research/summer intern at NASA, Lockheed, Boeing…etc in UK?? I REALLY REALLY DOUBT IT. US is the future of science…go for Caltech</p>
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<p>That is an old thread, but, just for the sake of information to new readers, Imperial engineering degrees nowadays are almost all 4-year MEng’s. In fact, I believe EE is the only engineering specialty where a 3-year BEng is still available at Imperial; MechE, AerE and CivE are now exclusively 4-year degrees. </p>
<p>Although a 3-year option is still available in EE, I assume most qualified students wouldn’t choose it as a 3-year degree does not qualify you for future registration as a Chartered Engineer (UK equivalent to “Professional Engineer” in North America) and does not allow you direct admission into a PhD program.</p>