My advice as a follows:
Best of luck.
@artloversplus: “Northeastern has a well respected CS program, for a student barely pass the class from UK, they have better choices.”
Doesn’t mean they won’t take him. NEU takes all sorts of transfers who can barely communicate in English, after all:
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/20636278/#Comment_20636278
I think you need to reframe this as having failed to secure your degree in the UK vs being a transfer per se, and that you are pursing a another different, degree. Hopefully some of your physics and maths classes would be applicable, but also check for credit for your IBD if that still counts 4 yrs later. If applicable, the IBD would count for 30 credits at IB friendly unis like Utah and might cover quite a few GEds. What does the UK offer in the way of options?
Right, why are you looking at the US?
Really appreciate everyone for your thoughts.
The UK doesn’t really offer any options at the moment - there aren’t really ways where I could start a degree fresh there. Hence am looking at the US in the hope that its CC system and the more flexible Uni curriculum in general may offer alternative options.
Based on everyone’s inputs, it seems that I have the below three paths:
I understand option #1 will be the “safest” route per se if budget isn’t an issue. However by then I would be at least 26 and I don’t really want to wait around then to join the job market …
US unis can’t give you any firm answer on which of your classes might transfer into your program until you apply, get in, and go through the formal credit evaluation process. Many won’t even give you an estimate up front.
It is likely that some of your classes will transfer. The basics are likely to transfer - things like math, physics. The upper division/more advanced classes may not transfer.
What I’d suggest is that you apply both to a community college in the US that offers housing, has a CS major, and is in a location you’d like. And also apply to some lower level four year unis. See where you get in, see what transfers in, and then decide.
Here is a list of ccs that offer housing, to get you started:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_community_colleges_in_the_United_States_with_campus_housing
And in terms of unis that are, relatively speaking, easy to get into and are likely to offer a CS major (although you must look at each one to see if they actually do), I’d have you look at: Arkansas Tech U, Austin Peay State U, Clarion U of PA, Cleveland State U, Cameron U, CUNY Staten Island, CUNY Medgar Evers, Edinboro U of PA, Bloomsburg U of PA, Montana Tech, North Dakota State U, U Wyoming, U Maine (any campus, with the main one - and the reach for you - being Orono), U Montana, U Memphis, U Nevada Las Vegas, West Virginia State U, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Grand Valley State U, U Texas El Paso, U New Mexico, Texas A&M Kingsville, Penn State Erie, U Nevada Reno, Walla Walla U, South Dakota State U. Some of these are more reach for you than others, but all are possibles.
Since you aren’t going to get into a very strong uni as you are right now, I’d very strongly suggest that you do at least one internship in CS while you study for your degree. Then you can use that work experience to make your CV all shiny and appealing to employers, rather than relying on the school’s brand name.
Good idea, @RoaringMice.
For some reason, they are not on there, but the Richard Bland College->W&M route is a good option.
Also, these UoL International programmes would not be possible for you?
How was the UK funded? IS money a non issue? Is repeating the last year in the UK impossible in order to get a degree? Have you basically been fired from the UK uni with no way of fixing it? If this is the case, why? Which UK uni? Have you used any kind of arbitration to negotiate? What is your citizenship?