<p>My father’s british, so going to England junior year in college is an important factor when deciding on my college.
But a lot of the colleges I see say they have study abroad programs… but it’s really just a center run by THEIR school, taught by THEIR professors to THEIR kids, and you’re not immersed at all into the culture of the country.</p>
<p>Is Bucknell the former, or do you actually get to study a BRITISH University?
THNX!</p>
<p>there is a program called ‘bucknell in london’ thats pretty much what you described… but you dont have to do that. you have the option of applying to whatever program/university in the world that you want to go to for a semester or a year. you just need it to be cleared by bucknell, but most of them clear with no problems. theres a list of 100 or 200+ programs/universities that have already been cleared by previous students that you can choose from. i took a look at the list and there are plenty to choose from in england. also, program reps come to bucknell all the time to speak about their program, so theres never a lack of information/places to go.</p>
<p>Study abroad in England?!?! DO IT DO IT DO IT!!!</p>
<p>I did a study abroad in conjunction with my undergrad university…it was the BEST thing I’ve ever done in my life…so far :)</p>
<p>Btw, I went for animation. I went to the University of Central Lancashire in Preston. Tho if you can go someplace closer to London, I’d reccomend it…not that UCLan was bad or anything, it’s just far from London. But talk about immersion!! When you’re there, go to the BAF festival in Bradford…fantastic! Tho quite a trek from the South…</p>
<p>Don’t hang out with the American kids. You can do that at home. laf</p>
<p>a lot of colleges advertise their own study abroad programs because there is a certain assurance of faculty quality, the students will be going with people they know and all the credits will transfer. so it is bucknell in london.</p>
<p>obviously, this isnt the type of program everyone wants. but as tiff pointed out, there are hundreds of programs that have already been cleared by bucknell, a trait common to any school that encourages students to study abroad. the only problem with these programs is that credits are not guaranteed to transfer… a friend of mine had a hard time getting a spanish literature course taken in spain to count towards his spanish minor (though everything else transferred without problem). something to keep in mind.</p>