If you applied to colleges outside the US, why?

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Anonymous wrote:It's wild that you can have an undergrad and a taught masters in the total of four years in the UK compared to six years here. Ton of savings!

I thought 4 years just gets you a BSc. Hons.

In the UK it's 3 yrs for a BA or a BSc. You can get an MSci in 4 yrs with integrated programs as well as separate 1 yr MA/ Msci offerings. My DD is going to do that this coming Fall. She will arrive as a 17 yr old and have her Msci while 21 and go straight into an PhD for 3 further years (fingers crossed).

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Anonymous wrote:I have one kid at Bristol and one at ESCP. My 3rd has just applied to Edinburgh, Bristol and Exeter. Awaiting results.

You may know this but Edinburgh are notorious for waiting til the last minute for certain subjects before putting out their offers. My DS had an offer from Edinburgh, Bristol, Warwick and York about 3 wks after applying, but he is a humanities kid, not STEM.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s cheaper if full pay, and it’s not in the USA. Better education.

Yes, this is key as well.

Is it? I have degrees from both (grad in at a highly-reputable school in Europe; undergrad in US) and I never had the impression my classmates had great educations compared to US

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Anonymous wrote:I have one kid at Bristol and one at ESCP. My 3rd has just applied to Edinburgh, Bristol and Exeter. Awaiting results.

I forgot to add….My wife and I are both Americans. But met at LSE during grad school, lived in London for 5 years and moved back to the states when 1st kid was born.

It is just so much cheaper considering most degrees are just 3 years. When you do a cost/benefit analysis, there is just no comparison.

If you had a one year program and choosing between a school in London and U Bristol, which would you choose?

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Anonymous wrote:I have one kid at Bristol and one at ESCP. My 3rd has just applied to Edinburgh, Bristol and Exeter. Awaiting results.

I forgot to add….My wife and I are both Americans. But met at LSE during grad school, lived in London for 5 years and moved back to the states when 1st kid was born.

It is just so much cheaper considering most degrees are just 3 years. When you do a cost/benefit analysis, there is just no comparison.

If you had a one year program and choosing between a school in London and U Bristol, which would you choose? [/quo


Not that poster but Bristol has a campus in the best part of town and is an hour train from London. London university (depending on which college) is scattered and there's no central campus. If your kid is very independent and longing to spend a year in London they will be fine and I assume will have a year guaranteed Hall residency. Some halls are a schlep to the college though, like 20+ mins on the tube / train / buses.

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Anonymous wrote:I have one kid at Bristol and one at ESCP. My 3rd has just applied to Edinburgh, Bristol and Exeter. Awaiting results.

I forgot to add….My wife and I are both Americans. But met at LSE during grad school, lived in London for 5 years and moved back to the states when 1st kid was born.

It is just so much cheaper considering most degrees are just 3 years. When you do a cost/benefit analysis, there is just no comparison.

If you had a one year program and choosing between a school in London and U Bristol, which would you choose? [/quo


Not that poster but Bristol has a campus in the best part of town and is an hour train from London. London university (depending on which college) is scattered and there's no central campus. If your kid is very independent and longing to spend a year in London they will be fine and I assume will have a year guaranteed Hall residency. Some halls are a schlep to the college though, like 20+ mins on the tube / train / buses.

Thank you for your thoughts! For living, he's applying to a residential college that's a 15 minute walk to this program. He was leaning to Bristol at first but after learning about the likely res college he's back to being unsure.

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Anonymous wrote:I have one kid at Bristol and one at ESCP. My 3rd has just applied to Edinburgh, Bristol and Exeter. Awaiting results.

I forgot to add….My wife and I are both Americans. But met at LSE during grad school, lived in London for 5 years and moved back to the states when 1st kid was born.

It is just so much cheaper considering most degrees are just 3 years. When you do a cost/benefit analysis, there is just no comparison.

If you had a one year program and choosing between a school in London and U Bristol, which would you choose? [/quo


Not that poster but Bristol has a campus in the best part of town and is an hour train from London. London university (depending on which college) is scattered and there's no central campus. If your kid is very independent and longing to spend a year in London they will be fine and I assume will have a year guaranteed Hall residency. Some halls are a schlep to the college though, like 20+ mins on the tube / train / buses.

Thank you for your thoughts! For living, he's applying to a residential college that's a 15 minute walk to this program. He was leaning to Bristol at first but after learning about the likely res college he's back to being unsure.

They are both in the South and it is easy to get to places from both, in case he wants to do that. Bristol is prestigious and it varies by London college as you'll probably know. Which London college is it?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have one kid at Bristol and one at ESCP. My 3rd has just applied to Edinburgh, Bristol and Exeter. Awaiting results.

I forgot to add….My wife and I are both Americans. But met at LSE during grad school, lived in London for 5 years and moved back to the states when 1st kid was born.

It is just so much cheaper considering most degrees are just 3 years. When you do a cost/benefit analysis, there is just no comparison.

If you had a one year program and choosing between a school in London and U Bristol, which would you choose? [/quo


Not that poster but Bristol has a campus in the best part of town and is an hour train from London. London university (depending on which college) is scattered and there's no central campus. If your kid is very independent and longing to spend a year in London they will be fine and I assume will have a year guaranteed Hall residency. Some halls are a schlep to the college though, like 20+ mins on the tube / train / buses.

Thank you for your thoughts! For living, he's applying to a residential college that's a 15 minute walk to this program. He was leaning to Bristol at first but after learning about the likely res college he's back to being unsure.

They are both in the South and it is easy to get to places from both, in case he wants to do that. Bristol is prestigious and it varies by London college as you'll probably know. Which London college is it?

LSHTM. Thanks for your replies!

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Anonymous wrote:I have one kid at Bristol and one at ESCP. My 3rd has just applied to Edinburgh, Bristol and Exeter. Awaiting results.

I forgot to add….My wife and I are both Americans. But met at LSE during grad school, lived in London for 5 years and moved back to the states when 1st kid was born.

It is just so much cheaper considering most degrees are just 3 years. When you do a cost/benefit analysis, there is just no comparison.

If you had a one year program and choosing between a school in London and U Bristol, which would you choose? [/quo


Not that poster but Bristol has a campus in the best part of town and is an hour train from London. London university (depending on which college) is scattered and there's no central campus. If your kid is very independent and longing to spend a year in London they will be fine and I assume will have a year guaranteed Hall residency. Some halls are a schlep to the college though, like 20+ mins on the tube / train / buses.

Thank you for your thoughts! For living, he's applying to a residential college that's a 15 minute walk to this program. He was leaning to Bristol at first but after learning about the likely res college he's back to being unsure.

They are both in the South and it is easy to get to places from both, in case he wants to do that. Bristol is prestigious and it varies by London college as you'll probably know. Which London college is it?

LSHTM. Thanks for your replies!

OH goodness me he has to go there. Absolutely no brainer!

[Anonymous]

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!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have one kid at Bristol and one at ESCP. My 3rd has just applied to Edinburgh, Bristol and Exeter. Awaiting results.

You may know this but Edinburgh are notorious for waiting til the last minute for certain subjects before putting out their offers. My DS had an offer from Edinburgh, Bristol, Warwick and York about 3 wks after applying, but he is a humanities kid, not STEM.

So I’ve heard. My kid in more interested in Bristol’s 4-yr integrated MSci in Management and Innovation. There Edinburgh’s new Future’s Institute interdisciplinary program, which looks amazing on paper. Exeter is a 3rd option. Kid just applied on UCAS during Christmas break. Wonder when we will find out the results.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's wild that you can have an undergrad and a taught masters in the total of four years in the UK compared to six years here. Ton of savings!

With AP credits & community college classes taken in high school it’s not hard to get a bachelor’s in 3 years in the US.

Also quite possible to find master’s degrees you can finish in 1 year in the US.

But you have to shop around—colleges vary widely on their AP credit policies & master’s degree time frames.

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Anonymous wrote:It's wild that you can have an undergrad and a taught masters in the total of four years in the UK compared to six years here. Ton of savings!

You can do it US too, if you take AP/IB in high school.

Heavily depends on the college you end up at. Many prestigious schools won’t even touch your ap classes.

Many? How about “a few”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have one kid at Bristol and one at ESCP. My 3rd has just applied to Edinburgh, Bristol and Exeter. Awaiting results.

You may know this but Edinburgh are notorious for waiting til the last minute for certain subjects before putting out their offers. My DS had an offer from Edinburgh, Bristol, Warwick and York about 3 wks after applying, but he is a humanities kid, not STEM.

So I’ve heard. My kid in more interested in Bristol’s 4-yr integrated MSci in Management and Innovation. There Edinburgh’s new Future’s Institute interdisciplinary program, which looks amazing on paper. Exeter is a 3rd option. Kid just applied on UCAS during Christmas break. Wonder when we will find out the results.

What are your kids credentials in terms of SAT / AP exams and general GPA?

Both my DS and DD heard from Bristol a while ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's wild that you can have an undergrad and a taught masters in the total of four years in the UK compared to six years here. Ton of savings!

I thought 4 years just gets you a BSc. Hons.

In the UK it's 3 yrs for a BA or a BSc. You can get an MSci in 4 yrs with integrated programs as well as separate 1 yr MA/ Msci offerings. My DD is going to do that this coming Fall. She will arrive as a 17 yr old and have her Msci while 21 and go straight into an PhD for 3 further years (fingers crossed).

Nope, I was right:

https://www.bradford.ac.uk/courses/ug/computer-science-bsc/