US to UK Transfer for an Undergraduate student

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Hello Everyone,

Happy Holidays!

I just wanted to ask you a quick question and give you a bit of pertinent feedback on myself first.

I am an Italian national intentioned on transferring my 69 undergraduate course credits from the US to the UK.

I am 51 credits short of graduating from my undergraduate Liberal Arts degree program (120 credits) at the School of Continuing Education at Providence College and I currently have a 3.33 GPA, I won a scholarship for a passed semester, I was on the Dean’s List, I won a small monetary award for my writing in Italian Literature, and I have been a Peer Mentor for incoming students for one passed semester as well, and being a mature non-traditional student I work and seek further technical career training as well in my spare time.

I will be leaving the US in approximately 3 to 4 months (6 at max) and I was thinking that the best place for me to transfer my credits to - was a comparable university/college in the UK.

One important point that I would hereby kindly like to emphasize is that although Providence College is currently the number 1 college in the North East of the US they do not expect stellar SAT’s from its Continuing Education students, and that is exactly my case; hence, if you know of any reputable and same level academic institution across the pond which could facilitate my transfer I would be highly appreciative of your help.

Do you have any of your usual great suggestions, please?

Thank you very much!

DM

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The UK isn’t big on transfers. What is your specific major?

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Hi Sybylla,

Thank you for responding.

My major reads “Liberal Studies” with a certificate in Leadership Development (Leadership Studies), I hope this helps.

It’s probably just me but I don’t have a clue as to what all the UK examinations and various academic acronyms stand for, I feel like I read and read their requirements for hours but they never get to the point, it reads like an entirely different language.

Unfortunately I have to leave the US otherwise I would gladly finish my studies here (in the US). Please correct me if I’m wrong but from what I have seen so far in the UK’s scholastic system it seems as if they only cater to traditional students (both national and international) and do not have it together (and/or are inflexible) for mature students other than having a few non-ranked online universities like the Open University, which only ranks 500th and takes everyone.

I know that I am possibly asking for the impossible but I was looking for a UK based university/college at a par with Providence College and the Harvard Extension School (I have attended both) which are well ranked, tailored for non-traditional students and are recognized worldwide for having some kind of a selecting criteria.

Thank you very much for all the information that you can kindly provide.

Dario