<p>I posted this in the Parent's Forum but thought I would also try here. Any insight to going to a UK university would be appreciated.</p>
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<p>Do any parents have experience with this organization? Or with a child matriculating at a UK university?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.studyacrossthepond.com/home.asp%5B/url%5D">http://www.studyacrossthepond.com/home.asp</a></p>
<p>My younger d, a HS junior, is being encouraged by her older sister (now married and living in London) to apply to UK universities. My older d has done some research and recommended the Study Across the Pond organization.</p>
<p>I am not certain that this is a good idea for younger d who I think would benefit from a more liberal arts approach. She is interested in engineering but I thought a liberal arts college with a good engineering or Physics department would give her more options.</p>
<p>The general description of university study in the U.K. is that it is much more specialized by subject than college-level study in the United States. So if the issues you bring up in your original post show that diverse courses are a plus, in your mind, for a college education, your D may indeed be better off in the United States for college. </p>
<p>But I do strongly support study and living abroad experiences as learning experiences, so it's cool that you already have a relative in Britain for your D to visit.</p>
<p>Have family friends who are British but have been living and working here for twenty years. Both kids wanted to go "across the pond" for university. One stayed; one came back to do college here. The one who stayed in England had had a hard time socially in the US. She felt her quirkiness was better appreciated in England. The young man who returned is a good friend of D's. He missed American life. Both kids are science-y. Dad is a physicist, mom a science docent.</p>
<p>My D is going to Kings College, London next semester. It has fine liberal arts offerings. Ironically, her field is American Studies. She (and her department) think it will be fascinating to see how the Brits teach us; she's hoping to be the only American in some of her classes.</p>
<p>Another consideration is that the dollar is so weak now. Expenses in England may be astronomical.</p>
<p>There are many summer, semester and year programs that your D could do while still attending an American school if that is her desire.</p>