Anyone considering the UK?

psmyth000
Mon, 08 May 2006 09:21:31 +0000

Transfering from UK university to UK university is really hard. I would be almost impossible to transfer from the USA to the UK. You would have to start college in the UK or take a JYA.

Financial aid is availabke only to UK students in the form of grants. As far as I know there is no money given to internationals in the undergraduate level. However, financial aid does exist for foreign postgraduates.

Regarding King’s College it is one of the best universities in the UK. it is usual ranked as the 7th or 8th in most rankings. It is also one of the oldest universities in England.

It is very good for Sciences, law, theology & languages. It also has a very famous war studies department.

In the UK the application system is different to the USA. You apply to the course you want in the University and not a general arts degree in which you specialise laiter on. The most popular courses would have many applicants (medicine, law, psychology) while less popular ones would have less (classical studies, modern languages).

Overall King’s last year had 26.879 applicants for 3.214 places. Therefore there were about 8.4 people per place. King’s admitted 13.1% of applicants. which would be about the same as some ivies.