I have gotten into the aforementioned uni’s (conditional from bath and andrews). I wanted to know which would be the best overall choice. My major in all is business.
also if you had gotten in, could you rank in order of your choices?
Very different educations.
In England, you’ll only take classes in your stream. At St. Andrews, you’ll have some leeway but not much. At the US schools, there will be more elective choices.
Also, where are you from originally and where do you have permission to work? Where do you want to work?
What are costs for each?
I’m a Hong Kong resident. I don’t really have a preference on where i’d like to work, as long as I get a decent job in the field I want to pursue (Finance). The costs aren’t really the concern.
Could you elaborate a little on taking classes only in my stream?
I’m just really confused because northeastern is known for their co-ops, farmer business school is also extremely well known and on top of that has offered me scholarship. St. Andrews and bath are ranked as 2nd and 3rd best in the UK respectively, so I’m in a real dilemma.
Thank you so much!
@PurpleTitan I can’t say much about the other schools on your list, but if you are primarily concerned with getting a good job post-graduation I highly recommend Northeastern. In the US you can’t really beat having experience on your resume and that’s one of the best things about the co-op program.
In terms of taking classes “only in your stream” though I can’t speak for someone else, I would assume that they meant that US schools are more flexible in the classes you are allowed to take. At Northeastern there is a lot of opportunity to take classes outside of your major or to double-major/minor.
Oh additionally I can tell you right now Northeastern is a much more competitive school than Miami of Ohio. If cost is not the issue then I would just take Miami off the list. It’s not as competitive, it doesn’t offer programs at all similar to the co-op program, and it’s kind of in the middle of nowhere.
@beeandpuppycat, yes, in English unis, you may only take courses in your major/program (which is why they have a ton of different programs, some combining 2 subjects, like CS&philosophy or “biology with a foreign language”).
Anyway, to the OP, where you want to work should be a big consideration. In the US, none of them are Street targets or semi-targets (though Farmer places a few kids in Chicago) and many people would have heard of NEU and Miami Farmer, a few (on the East Coast) may know of St. Andrews, and nobody would know of Bath. In the UK, St. Andrews is a semi-target, people would know of Bath, and nobody would know of NEU or Miami Farmer.
@purpletitan what if I wanted to work at a sort of neutral area like hong kong or canada or something? What would you reckon I go with then?
These are the uni’s I’ve gotten into so far-
Northeastern, Miami (ohio), St andrews, Bath, Warwick, Lancaster, Durham, City University (Cass business school), university of Toronto.
PS- to clarify any confusion in the future, i applied to 5 uk uni’s through UCAS and st andrews through common app
For London, Warwick is clearly best followed St. Andrews & Durham followed by Bath.
For Canada, almost certainly UToronto.
For HK, I don’t know, but since Warwick is a City target and St. Andrews & Durham are semi-targets (while Canadian banks would have UToronto as a target), likely those 4 would be best. Remember that most of the managers at the banks in HK would have gone to top US or UK schools.
As you may have learned, ranking mean s**t and may mislead.
@purpletitan would you consider Warwick a top UK B school? If not then which ones would be?
Not up to me, but banks in London seem to think well of Warwick.
They would have Oxbridge followed by LSE at the very top.