<p>Hey I'm just wondering how many CC internationals are going to an university in the UK or currently in UK?</p>
<p>PS: I'm going to University of Warwick majoring in economics, politics and international studies</p>
<p>I'm Canadian, but i've been living and working in the UK on and off for about 2.5-3 years. I was accepted to go to London College of Fashion with a BA in Fashion Management for this fall, and while I accepted it, I won't be taking up my place there.</p>
<p>I live in Germany now. But I will also apply to university in UK. I mean it's not a big difference between Cambridge and Harvard! They are bouth elite universities, but Cambridge is older than Harvard like all the other elite universities in the UK... So why not UK?!!</p>
<p>I'm going to apply to Universit of St. Andrews, Aberdeen, and possibly Edinburgh in Scotland. I'm not a huge fan of the British system and the Scottish universities offer a nice compromise between UK and American.. we'll see what ends up happening in the end</p>
<p>[Alissa] A big difference is that, if you are a EU student, going to Cambridge (UK) is MUCH cheaper than getting a 4-year bachelor's degree from Harvard. I also think Harvard is more selective in the sense of having a much lower acceptance rate than Cambridge.</p>
<p>St.Andrews is a really nice uni. I was accepted at edinburgh back in the day for politics but didn't take it up. I have friends at St.Andrews though....lots of rah's but that's not a big deal and no different than an ivy league.</p>
<p>[hakunamatata838] I think you should also consider Cambridge (or Oxford) as options. I suppose the UK model differs in general from the US system to the extent that most of the marks used for your degree are earned in comprehensive annual exams as opposed to continuous assessment through homework, midterms, quizzes, etc. . Oxbridge however differs somewhat from other UK schools to the extent that the conventional university structure of lectures, labs, and final exams is supplemented by the supervision system offered by the Colleges, which allows additional one-to-one instruction beyond the regular lectures and forces you to keep up with homework assignments (like "example papers") even though they are normally not graded for credit. In that sense, even without continuous assessment, I tend to think Oxbridge students are less likely to "slack off" during the school year and just cram for finals than other students in most European (e.g. German) universities. Incidentally, I would also point out that the whole residential college experience you will get in Cambridge or Oxford is really unmatched anywhere in the world (Harvard and Yale being perhaps the closest matches in that respect in the US, but not coming really that close IMHO).</p>
<p>Sorry, what? St. Andrews is no different from an ivy league school? Ummm... how do ya figure? It isn't one of the top schools in the UK, much less the continent or the world.</p>
<p>St. Andrews isn't an ivy league calibur school (well its considered a scotish ivy) but the only reason st. andrews is famous and ppl apply (including my self) is that Prince Charles attended there. there are lot of other UK university that are better including UCL, Imperial,Cambridge, LSE, Oxford, Warwick (my university had to add in) and these schools have never fallen out of Top 10 in UK so they are WAY~~ ahead</p>
<p>Yeah I agree. The six you mentioned are the ones that come to mind, definitely including Warwick. I might also add Edinburgh at the end of that list.</p>
<p>You applied to St. Andrews just because of the prince dude?? Well it's up to you... was thinking of applying there but then I realized that other than that piece of trivia, nothing about the place really made me want to go. Surely there are other reasons to go...?</p>
<p>I'd like to transfer from La Sorbonne to the LSE, but I heard it was badass.</p>
<p>I have been to Warwick near the city of Coventry and I like the campus feel. The students are great too. Lots of good looking guys. I have met a lot of students from all over the world. There's this math PhD student from Germany. An MBA student from China and a cute girl a was seated on from Germany. There are lots of students from Asia too (Malaysia and Singapore). The Indians and Pakistanins are very good looking people especially at Warwick. They're the "hunk" type. Hehehe....... </p>
<p>BTYW, to the guy who said Edinburgh is an excellent school, yes, I do agree with that. It's a world-class school. I applied there but I wasn't lucky. But I got into Bristol and Imperial. sweet...</p>
<p>nice nice I applied to UCL, Imperial, St. Andrews, York, Warwick and Cambridge and got into all of them except Cambridge (well that was expected) but the Imperial college i got into was the Business Management at the Campus of Kent so i like *** so Warwick : Economics, Politics and International Studies major here i come !!</p>
<p>When I said St.Andrews was no different than an ivy league it was in reference to my previous comment concerning rah's. I don't think st.andrews is different than any ivy league in the number of rahs who go there</p>
<p>I go to University of Bath :)</p>
<p>King's College London is also considered a good uni. SOAS is also great in it's area.</p>
<p>[bruno123] Yea, you right about the money, but why is "Harvard more selective in the sense of having a much lower acceptance rate than Cambridge" ?? Can you explain? :)
[hakunamatata838] "I'm not a huge fan of the British system" whats the problem? You know, I`m just interested in this opinion.</p>
<p>I will be applying through the UCAS at the end of next year with my International Baccalaureate scores. I am predicted a 43 so I suppose I could just chose up, problem is the financial aid part which is really rare in the UK, although I lived there for 4 years so I assume I can work something out. Ones I will apply to:</p>
<p>Oxford
LSE
Manchester
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Warwick/Leeds or Strathclyde</p>
<p>looking towards getting a degree in Political Sciences and perhaps a second degree in Geophysics/Geography</p>
<p>I lived in Glasgow BTW, which is why I will be applying there.. I kinda don't really wanna go to Oxford, though. I mean, LSE I can get in directly, Oxford I still need to do an interview and a further test and there isn't a big Jewish community there...Manchester has the largest number of courses in the UK (Politics & Criminology must be awesome e.g.) and then I am left with Warwick, Leeds or Strathclyde for my final option.</p>
<p>[Alissa] What I meant is that Cambridge accepts on average 25 % of the candidates who apply for entry as first-year students. For certain majors (or "courses" in British English), the acceptance rate may be actually higher (even above 30 %). Harvard's acceptance rate on the other hand is uniformly below 10 % .</p>
<p>[njcanen] Have you considered the Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) course at Oxford? That is what the current leader of the opposition in the House of Commons, David Cameron, read as an undergraduate. As the name says, the curriculum is a mixture of political science, philosophy and economics and it looks really interesting. The acceptance rate is rather low though (only 23.1 % on average over the last 3 years) and you will have to take a written test in addition to your A-Levels or IB exams. Further information is available at <a href="http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/courses/ppec.shtml%5B/url%5D">http://www.admissions.ox.ac.uk/courses/ppec.shtml</a></p>