<p>Alright so I am in the college search and as i'm sure you can imagine it can be tough. I recently decided that I might like to go for microbiology, but looking through sites I have found and began to consider universities in the UK. I like several such as UCL or King's College....etc, but i need some advice. Im not dead set on going there I just want to know if those schools would be good for microbiology or just more biological sciences in general because im not even sure about microbiology just the "biology" part. Any recommendations on schools in the USA as well? UK VS USA?? It was bad enough when I was considering one country's worth of colleges!</p>
<p>Here’s a great link with resources for an American applying to UK schools: <a href="http://www..co.uk/showthread.php?t=2046768&p=38459966%5B/url%5D">http://www..co.uk/showthread.php?t=2046768&p=38459966</a></p>
<p>(those asterisks are “the student room” without the spaces)</p>
<p>The student room is the UK version of CC, so you can ask more specific questions with regards to schools there. </p>
<p>One thing to keep in mind is that you will be full pay in the UK, but full pay in the UK is less than full pay in the US, generally around 40K US dollars/year. If your family can’t afford that, look to affordable US schools and maybe consider UK for grad school. NO school is worth > 30kish in debt (that’s ** total, not ** per year). </p>
<p>If you want to go to medical or graduate school, you need to investigate how well a UK undergrad will transfer to a US professional school - degrees there are only three years long, with a fourth year masters, and do not have gen ed requirements. You will have to specify your major when you apply - you apply for a certain course, not for the school in general. </p>
<p>The UK schools will look more at tests (SAT, APs, subject tests, etc.), and very little at grades/ECs. Many schools have their requirements for an American to apply on their website: i.e. Oxford requries 5s on 3 AP exams and at least a 2100 SAT to apply. But keep in mind that Oxford/Cambridge are the most difficult to be admitted to in the UK, so other universities will be easier. Your exams should be in a field related to what you are applying for (so perhaps AP Bio, AP Chem, APES, AP Calc, AP Stat, etc.). UK universities are very familiar with IB, so if you are in IB that would transfer nicely.</p>
<p>visiting the UK is fun, going to study at oxford for the summer is cool! four years , not so sure! I love england,wales,scotland etc… but, I would recommend studying in the united states!
I do not know your grades or type of school you are looking for !
some great schools I.M.O. to look at would be butler university, drake university, vanderbilt, and wake forest,</p>
<p>OP, I would try to visit the UK at least once before deciding you want to study there. You’ll want to know what you’re getting into, and it can’t really be conveyed through the internet.</p>
<p>as for admission, all the information is on the university websites. like alwaysleah said, they focus very little on ECs. you apply directly into a major (which normally can’t be changed). you can do some research on what particular unis are known for. For example, Imperial is very focused on science wheras London School of Economics offers like one or two science degrees.</p>
<p>EDIT: one thing I forgot to mention, Bachelor degree programs in England (not sure about the rest of the UK) are 3 years long. There are some Masters programs offered which are 4 years long as well (you go right into these masters programs after high school if you apply for them; no prior degree necessary).</p>