<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I am studying at Oxford and was an undergrad at Cambridge. Most US students who study here for undergrad come here for one year as associated students. That means they are enrolled at a US university and come here as part of a year abroad programme which gives them credits at their home university, not an Oxford degree. Stanford owns property here (it's called 'Stanford house' and is opposite Magdalen College) for the students to stay in because they have so many students. US students enrolling for the full undergrad programme are relatively rare due to the narrower and more focussed nature of UK high school and university. Search this forum for a thread about studying in England, which was posted about two weeks ago, for more information. Basically the difference is no minors. I study biology and that's all I have studied since I was 18. I have only studied science, no arts at all, since I was 16. That is how it works here. It is really difficult to change ones mind. </p>
<p>There are many more US students enrolled as graduates. There are quite a few scholarships for them. Most famously the Rhodes Scholarships. They are very competitive though.</p>
<p>Cambridge has an official partnership with MIT for certain subjects. If you enroll at MIT you get a year in Cambridge as part of your programme. </p>
<p>websites</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ox.ac.uk%5B/url%5D">www.ox.ac.uk</a>
<a href="http://www.cam.ac.uk%5B/url%5D">www.cam.ac.uk</a></p>
<p>Tuition is a combination of large lectures (from 2 people in some arts - eg Anglo-Saxon - to 100s in most sciences) and small tutorials with the college fellows. There are only 1-3 students in a tutorial so students get a lot of contact time with the professors. Scientists get labs as well of course. </p>
<p>-Cupcake</p>