<p>Hi.
I'm a current junior with a 3.98 UW GPA and a 2240 SAT. I'm looking at pretty top American schools right now, but I'm also interested in going abroad for my undergrad. However, from school tours I've noticed that I don't really like huge universities at all, and I feel like most schools in other countries are pretty big.
I think University of St. Andrew's is like 8000 which sounds a lot better to me. Are there any other universities in Europe that are around this size?
I'd like to avoid "American U of (Insert Country Here)" because it seems like most of these schools aren't so good.
THANKS!</p>
<p>How about German and Switzerland?
There are some pretty good colleges here with small size, especially some engineering-specialized colleges</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m up for looking just about anywhere! Do you know where I could find more specifics?</p>
<p>Intended Major?</p>
<p>Can’t really speak for other countries, but if you’re open to Canada, McGill and University of Toronto are top choices for most programs. Pretty big though.</p>
<p>I can probably help you with European universities, especially in Germany, the UK, and the Netherlands. </p>
<p>Intended major?
Campus or not?
Setting?
Vibe?
Language?</p>
<p>What languages do you speak?</p>
<p>If you speak French, Sciences Po is pretty small (2,500 for the campus specialized in Transatlantic Studies ie International Relations between the US and France), it’s 1 1/2 hours from Paris, and it’s not too expensive (I think about $12,000 tuition + room/board pretty manageable.)
For Engineering, the UTC or UTT Engineering schools are pretty small too. In fact most French Engineering schools are small and tend to be quite cheap (some even offer free tuition to all students who are admitted, like INSA for which I think you only pay a nominal enrollment fee of $600 or something, for the year!)</p>
<p>Hungary has good math and CS programs in English but you’d need to take Hungarian classes too.</p>
<p>I speak French (I’ve done AP French and I’m doing a program abroad this summer, but I don’t think I’m totally fluent).
My intended majors are somewhere along the lines of IR/area studies/languages… that general area.
I would prefer to have an actual campus, and I don’t really care too much about rural/city. I like the benefits of both.</p>
<p>Sorry for the late response, and thanks for the help!</p>
<p>I’ve been looking at Sciences Po a little (that would be amazing) but it seems like the admissions standards and application process for Americans are really crazy??</p>
<p>what do you mean by “really crazy”?
They’re trying to internationalize the Transatlantic/IR school so Americans with stats like yours would have a more-than-decent chance of getting in, as long as your French is good (AP =5). I think there’s an interview so that could be dicey depending on which language it’s in. But I’m not sure what they could be doing that’s crazy.</p>
<p>I was looking online a while back, and I remember reading that the interview involved a “test” of current events and other information. It just sounded a lot more stressful/time consuming than typical American interviews, that’s what I meant. I could have been misreading something.</p>
<p>No, it’s a school where you’ll work on international relations, meaning history, politics, economics, as a way to understand and explain current events. It makes sense that you should be tested on your knowledge of current events to go to such a school. They’ll likely ask you about one issue in the US, one issue in Europe, and one international relations issue. So you should read the paper every day for a semester to a year before your interview, as well as domestic/foreign magazines (you can read Marianne for French, Der Spiegel for German, El Pais for Spanish…) or a magazine that presents them all in your native language. It makes sense considering the school’s focus. Just know the interview is much easier for foreigners than for French applicants - they’re given one cartoon and must expand that into the issue and all sides to consider about it, this kind of thing. They also try to beat “test prep” to a maximum with this kind of test since the news can’t really be “prepped” 
and although they’re very nice compared to how most French juries are, you’re likely to find them rough since they’ll question everything you say to see whether you can stand your ground.</p>
<p>Yeah. I just don’t think my US education has really prepared me so much for any of that, that’s all. Thanks for all of the info though!
Does anyone else have any other suggestions too?</p>
<p>None of the American applicants will have been prepared for that either. So I think that if it looks interesting to you, you should go for it and keep your fingers crossed.</p>
<p>I’ll look more into that, thanks. Does anyone have any other ideas?</p>
<p>New College of the Humanities in London:
[New</a> College of the Humanities | NCH](<a href=“http://www.nchum.org/]New”>http://www.nchum.org/)</p>
<p>You can use StudyFinder for programs in English in the Netherlands
[Studyfinder</a> ? Study in Holland](<a href=“http://www.studyinholland.nl/study-options/studyfinder/studyfinder]Studyfinder”>http://www.studyinholland.nl/study-options/studyfinder/studyfinder)
[Study</a> in the Netherlands, study advice, cost and visa info | StudyLink](<a href=“http://studylink.com/study-in-netherlands/]Study”>http://studylink.com/study-in-netherlands/)</p>
<p>University College is a small college (800 students or so) within the big university of Utrecht, one of the best in the Nertherlands
[Liberal</a> Arts & Sciences - University College - Utrecht University](<a href=“Facts and Figures - University College Utrecht - Utrecht University”>Facts and Figures - University College Utrecht - Utrecht University)</p>
<p>Leiden has a residential college program focused on global challenges
[Liberal</a> Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges ~ Studies ~ Studeren in Leiden EN](<a href=“http://www.bachelors.leiden.edu/studies/info/liberal-arts-and-sciences-global-challenges]Liberal”>http://www.bachelors.leiden.edu/studies/info/liberal-arts-and-sciences-global-challenges)</p>
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<p>Thanks!! 10char</p>