US Students Applying to UK schools (Discussion Thread)- 2016-2017!

hala.madrid2
Wed, 13 Jul 2016 07:01:18 +0000

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR GIVING A+ ADVICE, LOVE YOU ALL!

Thanks! @collegemom3717 that’s some strong advice. Is there anything else I should keep in mind, since you seem like you have quite a bit of knowledge regarding this matter!

@Conformist1688 While I understand why this may be true, I still must explain my situation in order to get a more personalized answer. My best work/ethic has always been shown in STEM courses, because I naturally am interested in those subjects. So therefore I’ve only taken AP/honors courses in those subjects. That really narrows down the list of teachers/referees, since I’ve only taken two AP’s and two Honors courses. So basically, I really believe that I’ve built a strong relationship with my soph. year Precalculus Honors teacher, and she is one of the most intelligent women I’ve ever met. I have a neutral/goofy relationship with my Calculus teacher, which would have been OK if he wasn’t so busy. All these teachers have to write so many recommendations that’s its truly overbearing on the teacher. My calc teacher probably wouldn’t say no, but I feel the referee has to be more involved. I also don’t think he knows me as well as my pre-calc teacher. My AP Physics teacher is really lazy, so I wouldn’t think about considering him.

Another option I have is to talk to my CC professor for C++ (I had the same teacher for both courses), but again I don’t know how well that would work because he is NOT a high school teacher, instead a COLLEGE professor.

@Conformist1688 let me know what your opinion is? And thanks for your perspective!

@PurpleTitan Exciting, right?! Wow that’s quite a bit for a college, though in high school I end up spending 35 hours of class time a week. But still HS != college. A factor to consider is that while this may seem overwhelming, I would not have as many hours spent on projects/hw (I think). While this may cut down time to work on personal projects in CS (such as building applications/other tech stuff), I think the longer vacations might make up for that. I might be naive, but 30 hours of CS instruction a week sounds quite appetizing HAHA

The biggest negative about Edinburgh is that it’s in Scotland. And Scotland’s football league is worse than MLS (American soccer league). Yes, I’m into football. Really into football. Sigh their CS program is soooo good tho. I guess I won’t have to worry about that decision for a while!