Help suggest some US schools for son's largely foreign list

Whistlingal
Fri, 15 Jul 2022 20:13:26 +0000

I have said this before but the English Unis have very little wriggle room to change subject. Scottish unis are more flexible but only within the broad subject umbrella: science, humanities etc. And even my Scottish godson struggled to move from Maths and Physics to Computer Science. Glasgow and Scotland are large cities. St Andrews is a small town and only because the students add number to the local population.

British unis test differently. The first year is just a pass or fail. Then you are tested half way through the year and at the end of the year. There are papers to handed in but your grade is very much on the final year-end exam. The earlier tests and papers are to make sure you are heading in the correct direction with no bearing on the end result. This does not suit everyone. This might be why some US students struggle.