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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UK universities are mostly on what the US calls a trimester system. The terms are shoter than a US semester, and usually are called Michaelmas, Christmas, and Easter.

Except at Oxbridge, UK universities are much more sink or swim than a US SLAC might be. It is up to the student to get academic help, to find the prof, and so on. Fine for a self-starter but maybe not so well suited for a kid who is used to a lot of hand holding. [/quote]

How is Oxbridge different? Are they just set up differently or is it more a difference in academic culture/tone etc. [/quote]

With Oxbridge, the setup is quite different.  Students usually apply to a specific college and (if student is accepted) then that college provides both housing and meals.  Different colleges will support different mixtures of degrees (e.g., history, english, math, physics, whatever).  So one needs to verify that the specific Oxbridge college will support one’s chosen degree - verify before applying there.  Each student has an assigned faculty member in his/her degree field.  This person is called a “tutor”, but is more like a dedicated academic advisor.  Student and tutor meet at least weekly, usually in the tutor’s office inside that college.  So no student at Oxbridge is just a number.  Each student gets some degree of supervision.  It is not so much hand holding, but more supervision.  If student gets into academic trouble, then the tutor should be consulted on how to get out of that hole.  That said, students can anddo regularly fail out of Oxbridge, as with any other uni.[/quote]

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