Schools in the UK?!

cmb5858
Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:52:07 +0000

Hello all,

I am considering applying to schools in the UK and Canada, if they still have slots available for my program. (I’m a US student). So let’s give you some information.

Currently, I attend The Pennsylvania State University- University Park Campus. I’m really fed up with my current situation here, mostly because I have to take crap courses (read: General Education courses), and all I want to do is math all day everyday. I don’t want to take English courses, or classes on Near Eastern Mythology. I want to do math, and that’s it. I’m also pretty upset, because I haven’t been technically able to enter my major yet. I had to have taken Calculus I and II, and I’m only taking Calculus II this semester.

So the schools I was considering are:
Newcastle University
University of Surrey
University of Waterloo
York University

Preferably, I’d like to switch out for the Fall 2011 semester. I don’t care if I have to start all over (as I technically haven’t started yet). I’ll start as a year 1 student, if I had to. I’ve emailed York and Newcastle about going there. York said to just go ahead and apply- apparently they’re still taking applications for transfers for fall 2011. Newcastle had me send them my information, so they could forward it to the Mathematics and Statistics department. Apparently they too are still taking applications (until 30 June) for fall. Could someone take a look at my stats, and see if Newcastle would potentially take me, and recommend any other places that are “in my potential range” for math?!

High school:
About the High School I attended:
Eastern Lebanon County High School
Located in a rural/farming area. Public school (I’ve been told that’s a little different than “public” schools in the UK, but you folks probably know that). Not known for anything spectacular. Small Advanced Placement Program (six AP classes (English, Biology, Environmental Science, Calculus, United States History, United States government). No possibilities to take classes at a local community college if you met graduation requirements early.

GPA Unweighted: 3.82/4
GPA Weighted: 4.44 (I don’t know this scale)
Rank: 7/200
SAT (first time- junior year): 670 Reading, 570 Math, 590 Writing
SAT (second time- senior year): 660 Reading, 610 Math, 650 Writing
AP Calculus Score: 4
AP English Score: 4
AP Envi. Sci. Score: 3

Freshman Classes:
Honors English I: A
Honors US Cultures: B+
Honors Geometry: A
Honors Biology: A-
Personal Computing: A
German I: A+
Concert Band: A+
Bach to Rock: A+
Physical Education: A

Sophomore Classes:
Honors English II: A
Honors East. Civ. and Geo.: A
Honors Algebra II: B+
Honors Chemistry I: A+
German II: A+
Concert Band: A+
Art I: A
Physical Education: A
Health: A
Driver Education: A

Junior Classes:
Honors English III: A
Honors West. Civ. & Humanities: B+
Honors Pre-Calculus: A-
Honors Chemistry II: A-
AP Environmental Science: B
German III (Online): A-
Concert Band: A+
Independent Music Study: A+
Art III: A+

Senior Classes:
AP English: A-
Honors Physics (Online): A
Spanish I: A+
French I: A+
French II: A+
AP Calculus: A+
Honors US History: A-
Concert Band: A+

Grades from Pennsylvania State University- University Park Campus:
GPA: 3.53
Rhetoric and Composition (Freshman English): A
Introduction to Drawing: A
Chemical Principles I (Honors): B
Experimental Chemistry for Majors (Lab): B
Near Eastern Mythology: B
First Year Seminar in Chemistry: A
Linguistics: A-

Classes currently enrolled in at Penn State, but no grades (yet):
Chemical Principles II
Experimental Chemistry (Lab)
German 002
Calculus With Analytic Geometry II
Matrices – enrolled for a summer semester
Calculus and Vector Analysis in Several Variables – enrolled for a summer semester
Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations – enrolled for a summer semester

Penn State grades on a scale that does not include A+'s (if that’s relevant).

Also, I currently pay $25,000 per YEAR (this is all money due to the school), and from what I saw, tuition for these schools isn’t much more than that.

If you’re at all familiar with the UK system, your help would be greatly appreciated. I’d love to talk to someone REAL, rather than an email (if that even makes sense).

Thanks a bunch!