<p>Thanks Bedhead. Why do you think Rice is the most nurturing among the four? What does Rice have that you think the four don't or lack of? Do Rice grads get into IB as easy as those from Berkeley, UPenn or Warwick?</p>
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He got rejected at Cambridge but made it to Imperial maths, LSE management and St Andrews economics and something. He thought only Cambridge and Warwick would rival those elite US schools for maths, so he's dropping off those other UK unis.
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<p>Imperial actually ranks higher than Warwick in the Times League Table for maths. </p>
<p>For further information on Imperial Maths degrees (both 3 and 4-year courses), I suggest you visit this site.</p>
<p>^ Thanks for your post, bruno123, but my friend and his dad don't think so. They've already ruled Imperial out of the list. As of now, the choices left are Berkeley, UPenn, Rice and Warwick.</p>
<p>any other opinion from anyone?</p>
<p>can anyone rank them please?</p>
<p>I'd say LSE for Econ or Management! One of the best in the world.
Why not Penn for business?</p>
<p>warwick morse MOST DEFINITELY followed by Berkeley econ then Penn Math and Rice probably tied. MORSE is very well known in the uk and by no means an easy ride! It’s very impressive. This is from an international student familiar with british, european, american and asian universities/education system.</p>
<p>spangie are you from singapore? hahhaa… I was going to say the same but it’s irrelevant to the OP’s post hahaha</p>
<p>my ranking is based on the course. It really depends what you are going to uni for. In england for maths, the best are:</p>
<p>oxbridge
imperial
ucl
bath
warwick</p>
<p>this is a known thing for uk students in general. I have watched my friends apply for their subjects (i took a gap year coz i graduated young for my year) and learnt very useful things. But the thing is this. Maths is like law and medicine. No matter what these programs accross the uk will be of similar standing because they are demanding degrees. So AAA should be the general offerherever you apply. For league tables I’d suggest the times on and guardian’s (just google them). For local americans Rice maths and Berkeley econ is already a great thing. For the wealthier WASPY/jewish types (and others) they’d rather ivy. then there’s MIT. If the kid is from eton previously don’t bother with RIce and Berkeley…seriously.</p>
<p>I understand taking out imperial from your list…I myself don’t have much affection for the place largely due to it’s housing and the fact that the interior view of the building pales in comparison to the interior. It’s just a shoddy place on the inside…despite having grand sciency facilities. But you’d be stupid not to checkout those few UK unis I’ve mentioned. If you disagree with some comments here then make up your own mind. I was a former computer science prospective who’s now switched her plans to law so I’ve read, seen, heard a lot of things on both sides. Berkeley and Rice would be a waste of time and Penn too if not for it’s interdisciplinary programs and wharton. Also, “easy” is subjective. Just bloody work for it: show some passion in your prospective major, get your grades, pimp out your app a bit (not the way american kids overdo it), show competency, write well and you’d do fine anywhere.</p>
<p>I lived near Warwick for ages (and two of my siblings graduated from there) so here’s my take: the campus is lovely, but insular, as it’s quite suburban. Coventry (which isn’t so great) and Leamington (better, but quite small) are ~1/2 hr bus rides away. There is not much to do close by in the way of going to the cinema, etc. The people are pretty nice - it’s a very multicultural university. And the weather goes from freezing in winter to balmy in summer.</p>
<p>Good luck choosing :).</p>