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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just got back from a UK university tour. We covered 8 of the schools mentioned above. They are all so different as it relates to campus/city vibe. My son was targeting Warwick, but after touring he was turned off….campus not that nice and far from civilization. He loved Exeter campus. We weren’t even planning on visiting until we read this thread. Yes it is a beautiful place with a quaint town and close to several beautiful beaches. Most UK beaches are terrible….these were actually pleasant. Bristol seems dirty. But cool city campus. London schools (LSE/Kings - basically next to each other and UCL) are all too sad. That was his comment. He liked the urban environment, but it felt like commuter schools. Oxford was amazing. Tour guide was very impressive. The two best tour guides were Oxford and St Andrews. we felt like they cared and wanted to share and explain their campus, traditions, etc. Durham had a great vibes. Beautiful campus. Unfortunately nobody was available for an official tour. Edinburgh was a super fun town. Probably the best college town of all the places we visited. But campus is spread through the city and there was not a very cohesive university feeling. One of the buildings was probably the nicest building we visited at any UK university. it is their Futures Institute. What an amazing building with some very new and forward thinking programes.

My son left thinking Oxford, Edinburgh, Durham, St Andrews and Exeter.[/quote]

Thank you for taking the time to to go over the visits. Those are all amazing choices. Is you kid 100% set on going abroad for college?[/quote]

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