<p>Hi all -
I felt the urge to set up a thread for all those on this forum who call the UK home - I'm interested to see how many of us are out there.</p>
<p>Feel free to post your details, applications, moans and tea preferences, or just ignore this thread entirely.</p>
<p>Cheers,
rman</p>
<p>Hi… i am a Briton.</p>
<p>I consider myself British, although my parents are both Asian (I’ve been born here, and lived here all my life). :)</p>
<p>Are you guys applying for 2010 admission, then?</p>
<p>Brit here :).</p>
<p>I applied for entry this year, so I’ll be starting this Autumn. I’m so nervous, everyone’s gonna be American and loudd…haha.</p>
<p>Nice one, cdover - where are you headed?</p>
<p>I know what you mean - I like Americans, generally, but they can be a bit… intense.</p>
<p>@rorschachman: Yep.</p>
<p>Is that “yep” to the 2010 thing? If so, where are you applying?</p>
<p>Yes, I’m applying to the class of 2014 to about, oh, 15 schools (I haven’t decided on some of them yet). I like to hedge my bets ;)</p>
<p>Fair enough. It makes a change from the ucas “five uni maximum” thing, I guess.
Any early front-runners?</p>
<p>Well, I’m applying to HYPSM, of course, the rest of the Ivies, some of the top-20s like Williams, and a few safeties like Illinois Institute of Technology. I’m unsure about going for universities like Duke, though, which are good - darned good - but don’t appeal to me as much as the top LACs.</p>
<p>Funnily enough, I haven’t decided on my fifth British university yet. Cambridge, Warwick, LSE, and St Andrews are my first four; I was going to apply to Imperial, but it requires an English qualification from all students, and I haven’t the time to study for one. Besides, London is beautiful, but very expensive to stay in, and LSE is already on my list.</p>
<p>I’m applying to a fairly similar raft, actually (though probably without any real safeties, for financial reasons). Yale and Princeton top my list, but that’s probably pretty ambitious (crappy school record). I haven’t had a chance to visit Duke, but I know what you mean - it sounds a bit competitive and (massive stereotyping alert) southern for me.</p>
<p>I haven’t even started thinking about UCAS - I’m focusing on the US. Imperial’s definitely not my idea of fun - a bit geeky, and I wouldn’t want to be stuck with all science people. Mind you, the LSE’s quite similar in that respect, and I’ll probably end up applying there. I applied to Oxford last year and got rejected, but (at the risk of sounding all "bitter Oxbridge dropout"y) I don’t think I’ll apply again this year.</p>
<p>Probably either Maths or Finance/Economics. Hell, maybe even something like Law or Politics. But I’m not really sure.</p>
<p>If you want to choose American safeties that’ll be relatively cheap to apply to (like me, lol), here are two threads which should help out a lot (well, they put Colgate, IIT and Grinnell on my list, anyway):</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/151609-international-student-aid.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/financial-aid-scholarships/151609-international-student-aid.html</a></p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/444532-list-colleges-free-apply.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/444532-list-colleges-free-apply.html</a></p>
<p>Edit: Hey, you edited your post, so I figured I’d edit mine :)</p>
<p>Hm…
To be honest, I don’t think I’ll bother applying to anywhere below Tufts’ level, simply because I couldn’t afford it. It’s a pity, but not unreasonable, I suppose. Will you be applying for FA?</p>
<p>It’s only going to cost you the SAT score report fee (in the tune of ten dollars) for each safety (if you choose one that’s free to apply to), isn’t it?.. I would personally recommend it (having read lots of threads on here made by people who didn’t have at least one or two safeties). Up to you, though.</p>
<p>I’ll probably need full FA - yet another reason why I prefer the American universities :).</p>
<p>Sorry - I wasn’t very clear. I am perfectly willing to cough up a few dollars for the application, but (by my understanding) very few colleges will give anything approaching full ride for internationals. Are you technically an international in the UK, then? I doubt anywhere (except maybe HYP) will be cheaper than the UK for a British student.</p>
<p>I could be talking complete nonsense (in fact, I’m hoping so), but that’s the situation as I understand it.</p>
<p>My situation’s extra complicated, because my family has very little income, but decent assets (my parents are both retired).</p>
<p>Grinnell was need-blind towards internationals till a few years ago - you could try there. Some of the other colleges on the international student aid thread, while not need-blind, still provided good FA for internationals. I think some colleges assess FA differently, so the more you apply to, the better your chances of getting a good package. Whatever you do, if you’re serious about studying in the US, make sure you have some safeties. </p>
<p>I’m a British citizen, btw :), although I’m moving to Malaysia in a couple of months.</p>
<p>Hm… you’re probably right about applying to more places. I’m not very keen on liberal arts colleges (a bit quiet and claustrophobic for my tastes), which cuts down my options somewhat (including Grinnell, I’m afraid).</p>
<p>Are you moving to KL? Malaysia’s a really interesting country (not that I know it too well) - I’m very envious.</p>
<p>Personally, I like the hustle and bustle of cities (Cambridge - the one in Boston 
- sounds quite nice), but also the serenity of rural places. Never thought about them being claustrophobic, though. I’ve never really lived in a city, although I’m about to - yes, I’m moving to KL (and probably not coming back, but going to the US from there). </p>
<p>See you later, got to turn in now ^^. I have an early routine till June 6th. (My SAT is at 7:45 am, lol).</p>
<p>I’m heading to American University. My first choice was actually Skidmore College (which I got accepted to, as well) but AU gave me free tuition. I found out on the website there’s a British society at AU, so hopefully I won’t feel <em>too</em> out of place.</p>
<p>@python. You’re moving to KL? That’s great! (Or as the Americans say, AHHH-SUM) :P. I’m one of those British expat kids. I’m living in Singapore now, but I think my family are moving to Japan sometime this year.</p>
<p>Anyone gonna bring their own tea to uni? I’m packing my Twinnings.</p>