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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]you can't transfer core classes, but you can transfer credits that are likely still relevant to your major, unless you've really done a 180.  kids do year abroad a lot of places including st Andrews  all the time and get the credits to transfer

so you have to take some core credits sophomore year? big deal. [/quote]

[b]No, the fundamental difference is that in British universities you specialize for the 3/4 (st A is unique in that regard) years  You don't do core at all.  It is assumed that you already have a good core foundation coming into college so you apply to "read" a subject and read only that, so should you decide to transfer back to say a US state school, you have no core classes to file and have to start that over. [/quote][/b]

+1. and some colleges won't even accept you as a transfer student at all without core classes done with good grades.[/quote]

this is not true. many universities in the US don't have core.  we all realize about how UK courses work, but kids have and do transfer back here. kids have and do transfer back from St Andrews.  they have credits that also transfer.  some count for required classes, some as electives in their major.  so, sure, kids have to pick up some required classes in sophomore year (like everyone else) and possibly one or two in junior year.  But that Phil or German or Math or English credits just transfer over.  transferring after second year would be harder, but that's true anywhere.[/quote]

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