Plus/Minuses of American attending UK universities

College Search & Selection
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<p>My D came home last night from a college fair and was buzzing about her conversation with a rep from St .Andrews of Scotland. It's likely just a fun escapist thought (in the middle of a lot of mundane stress) but it got me to thinking...what sorts of Americans attend undergrad overseas and what goes wrong/right?</p>

<p>My initial list:</p>

<p>Positives</p>

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<p>Negatives</p>

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<p>Any of you have experience with this? </p>

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<p>Plus: greater opportunity to focus on your daughter’s special academic interest, fewer gen ed classes she finds boring/struggles with</p>

<p>Minus: less flexibility and chance to explore other subjects she might not have considered
Work experience and internships might not set her up for a career in the US, and she may not be able to stay and work in Scotland afterwards
Or (and a minus for you): she might fall in love and never come home - I know someone that happened to
An additional factor is re finance: if the exchange rate changes it could end up being significantly more (or less) any given year than you’re calculating</p>

<p>St Andrew’s actively recruits US students, so she’ll find plenty of other Americans around and it will be less of a shock than perhaps some other European universities would be.</p>

<p>What subject is she interested in, and what possible careers afterwards?</p>

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<p>Thanks @Conformist1688 The plot thickens as now she’s turned more to the University of Edinburgh…but i hear you…it’s really a long way away…she’s doing foreign service work and had an internship with the state dept this summer in Africa…so we’ve gotten a bit used to her being gone…and I guess a son-in-law with a Scottish brogue wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world…</p>