<p>I'm an American senior looking to study abroad for my college experience. I've already been accepted into several schools, but the one that really catches my eye is the University of Edinburgh. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what the school is really like. It's easy to come by a lot of statistics of the school, but no student reviews go into the intangibles of the school. For example, what's the pervasive atmosphere of the institution? Are the people there friendly? Anti-American sentiments high enough to warrant looking elsewhere? You know, things like that. I'd be really grateful if anyone could fill me on the university; really anything would help.</p>
<p>Oh, I before I forget: I was accepted into the English language department, and I have to submit a portfolio to see if I get into the architecture program. I'm also a varsity track athlete and a fencer, so if you know anything about those two sports at the university, I'd be happy to heart it.</p>
<p>Edinburgh’s a great university. I applied there and got in but I won’t be attending come fall. Instead I’ll be going to either LSE (London) or Wesleyan university (Connecticut).
I’ve visited Edinburgh and I’ve quite a few friends there. My school gets a large amount of pupils in there each year.</p>
<p>Edinburgh city itself is a student’s haven. Big city so one is never bored and not too expensive like London.
The people are great- friendly, outgoing, passionate. In general, just absolutely lovely people. There are a lot of Americans floating around in Scotland. St Andrews University and Edinburgh seem to be very popular with Americans. So there is no anti-Ameican sentiments.
Also, in terms of the kind of people who go there… a part from having quite a few Scots, the English who go there tend to come from public schools (that means private schools in the UK). It is very popular in schools such as Eton, Harrow, Wycombe Abbey, Winchester, Westminster etc.
There is also a good amount of international students there. </p>
<p>Overall, Edinburgh is a great place to be a student!</p>
<p>I’m a current student at Edinburgh, and I’m American, so feel free to PM me with any questions. :)</p>
<p>I really love it here; the university is really welcoming and the city is amazing. There is definitely no real anti-American sentiment, people joke, but it’s rather like the Americans joke about the French or the Canadians. There are loads of us here, especially in the humanities; there are less of us in the sciences.</p>
<p>Overall, it’s totally amazing, and I’d recommend it to anyone.</p>
<p>You know you could have just looked yourself, all the information is on their website. I assume you mean History of Art and English, because there is no Fine Art and English major. Course fees are £11,600 ($17,500) a year.</p>
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<p>That’s not quite right. My d goes there. the quals are on their website. Grades pretty much irrelevant- you need a 600 in each of the three sections of SAT; and either 2 APs at 4 or 2 SAT subject tests at 650 or combination of one AP @ 4 and one SAT subject @ 650 but not in same subject. Meet that and you are probably in. they take 70% of US applicants. But - here is the thing to remember - dont let what looks like an easy place to get into mean that its not a great school- it is ranked 21st in the world (if you put any faith in rankings) and comparable to the lesser Ivies. It attracts the smartest kids in the UK who dont go to Oxford or Cambridge and, in fact, has twice the number of UK applicants as either of those schools (or St Andrews for that matter). It is a very intellectual school - yet a very fun place. (The Scots, generally speaking, are an iconoclastic, fun bunch of people). The physicist Peter Higgs (as in the Higgs Boson particle) just retired from the faculty. Historic alumni include the Alexander Graham Bell, three Prime Ministers of GB; and writers such Robert Lewis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, and the greatest philosopher in the English language, David Hume. JK Rowling got her postgraduate teaching certificate there, and Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) is also a graduate! In short, this is a great “discount” with regard to the competitiveness of admission - because they are looking for US students who will pay $20,000 a year tuition (Scots attend free). But if you go, you will be with a lot of really smart kids in a really great city. By the way, as a fresher, my d had a private room with a private bath in uni housing, and breakfast and dinner for less than her US friends are paying at some universities in major cities in the US (i.e., NYU and GW) for simply a shared bedroom (no meals). She has a flat with two mates this year in a townhouse - which is what most upper class members do.</p>
<p>In my opinion Edinburgh is more intense than ‘lesser ivies’ (if you’re talking about Penn etc). Also remember that many applicants come from outside the UK (the rest of the EU) and tend to be the smartest at Edinburgh as they go there rather than any uni in England due to fees.</p>
<p>But yeah, they will accept most international students because there is no limit on how many they are take, you pay much higher fees and UK universities really do need the money. It doesn’t mean the degree is going to be easy!</p>