If you applied to colleges outside the US, why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious what motivates most applicants. Are there advantages? Or do you typically have a family reason?

DD is a couple years out, but we are considering a within-US move for in-state residency purposes and wondering what else to consider.

1. [url]Less expensive (even with the flights back and forth)[b]
2. We have family in the other country our kids applied to

Not anymore it’s $100k a year read posts above.

Depends on the country, and having an EU passport.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our US tours focused heavily on social factors that DS didn’t care about. His Cambridge tour was perfect and convinced him that it was the academic space he craved. He’s now graduated and it was worth every penny!

Same with our kid at Oxford. They were fed up with the woke, race, DEI, crap of American universities. Three years in and veey happy.

In other words, I’ll fly my kid half way round the world in the hope that they don’t have to run into black people on campus

[Anonymous]

Will my daughter be safe there? I keep reading about grooming gangs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our US tours focused heavily on social factors that DS didn’t care about. His Cambridge tour was perfect and convinced him that it was the academic space he craved. He’s now graduated and it was worth every penny!

Same with our kid at Oxford. They were fed up with the woke, race, DEI, crap of American universities. Three years in and veey happy.

In other words, I’ll fly my kid half way round the world in the hope that they don’t have to run into black people on campus

Wanting to avoid black people is racist - which identifies you as such and/or as ignorant. Those wanting to avoid a woke mindset are not purely doing so for racial bias. Mainly its leftist and identity politics most want to avoid and to gain admission based upon their academic strength - not the color of their skin or biased interpretation of gender/orientation. Please keep your kid and self in the DVM, NYC and CA.

[Anonymous]

My kid very much wants to go to university overseas but we are discouraging (my not allow) for personal reasons. Her motivation is that the US is full of conflict, racism, and crime. She also said she'd like to be a teacher but would never want to teach in US schools because she's been doing school shooting drills since kindergarten and because her teachers tell her that their jobs suck. I'm not saying these are good reasons (and she doesn't understand how hard it is to get a work visa outside your home country), but this is what she is expressing (strongly).

[Anonymous]

Relatively low GPA, but excellent APs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our US tours focused heavily on social factors that DS didn’t care about. His Cambridge tour was perfect and convinced him that it was the academic space he craved. He’s now graduated and it was worth every penny!

Same with our kid at Oxford. They were fed up with the woke, race, DEI, crap of American universities. Three years in and veey happy.

In other words, I’ll fly my kid half way round the world in the hope that they don’t have to run into black people on campus

Wanting to avoid black people is racist - which identifies you as such and/or as ignorant. Those wanting to avoid a woke mindset are not purely doing so for racial bias. Mainly its leftist and identity politics most want to avoid and to gain admission based upon their academic strength - not the color of their skin or biased interpretation of gender/orientation. Please keep your kid and self in the DVM, NYC and CA.

I’m ignorant because you’re racist? Got it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious what motivates most applicants. Are there advantages? Or do you typically have a family reason?

DD is a couple years out, but we are considering a within-US move for in-state residency purposes and wondering what else to consider.

1. [url]Less expensive (even with the flights back and forth)[b]
2. We have family in the other country our kids applied to

Not anymore it’s $100k a year read posts above.

Depends on the country, and having an EU passport.

Passport is irrelevant the fees are based on residency over the past 3 yrs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Will my daughter be safe there? I keep reading about grooming gangs.

Grooming gangs target 12 yr olds.

[Anonymous]

my kid is an athlete - but a figure skater which is not recruitable in the US. (obv if you have an olympic medal it's a plus)

so good GPA, excellent SATs and APs, plus very focused athlete with very little "impact"/"passion project" etc = great candidate for UK. plus, great skating there.

also we're full pay so we're looking at schools that are 35k GBP. plus room and board. it's a lot cheaper.

[Anonymous]

My older kid is attending university in Europe and my younger is planning to apply to European schools in a year. DH and I still aren’t sure exactly what led our son to pick an overseas school—it seems very adventurous!—but he’s having a great experience so far. Application process was straightforward; tuition is around $25k per year; he’s made great friends and has interesting classes. Only con is that he has to cook for himself and seems to be subsisting on microwave meals.

[Anonymous]

For the next three years Trump is a big enough reason

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our US tours focused heavily on social factors that DS didn’t care about. His Cambridge tour was perfect and convinced him that it was the academic space he craved. He’s now graduated and it was worth every penny!

Same with our kid at Oxford. They were fed up with the woke, race, DEI, crap of American universities. Three years in and veey happy.

In other words, I’ll fly my kid half way round the world in the hope that they don’t have to run into black people on campus

hello? right now UK is more liberal than US. Have you looked at the Mayor of London? and yes! Soon the Mayor of New York. maybe NYU is back en vogue!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious what motivates most applicants. Are there advantages? Or do you typically have a family reason?

DD is a couple years out, but we are considering a within-US move for in-state residency purposes and wondering what else to consider.

1. [url]Less expensive (even with the flights back and forth)[b]
2. We have family in the other country our kids applied to

Not anymore it’s $100k a year read posts above.

The $100K figure was only for certain majors at Oxford. International tuition and fees for most top ranked UK universities is considerably less than at Oxford.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our US tours focused heavily on social factors that DS didn’t care about. His Cambridge tour was perfect and convinced him that it was the academic space he craved. He’s now graduated and it was worth every penny!

Same with our kid at Oxford. They were fed up with the woke, race, DEI, crap of American universities. Three years in and veey happy.

In other words, I’ll fly my kid half way round the world in the hope that they don’t have to run into black people on campus

hello? right now UK is more liberal than US. Have you looked at the Mayor of London? and yes! Soon the Mayor of New York. maybe NYU is back en vogue!

This person who thinks UK campuses are all white hasn't walked down a London street in the last 30 years, Nevermind know who the mayor is