I don’t know…
Appears, yes , York has college system like Lancaster
https://www.york.ac.uk/colleges/
It’s a bit hard to answer your question, because the schools you are considering are so different. Also, I don’t know the European employment market. In the US, I think employers usually consider a combination of factors. They will want to see a decent school and good academic performance, but they will also look to the person individually, through interviews and so on. In the US, Berry will be known in the South, not so well known elsewhere, and York will sound exotic everywhere. In the US, college alumni networks, internships and the college career development office may be helpful in the job hunt - I am not sure if there is a UK equivalent. I would look at the websites for both schools and see what they say about where recent graduates have ended up, what sort of support the university provides, etc. If it were me, I’d pick York, but you need to think it through from your own perspective.
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The reason I bring it up is that the college system will give you a smaller group within the larger University community. My D studied at Lancaster her junior year (from a liberal arts school with 2700 undergrads) and she loved the college system, her college and her time at Lancaster especially the War of the Roses competition with York. Your modules may start out large but as you progress they’ll become smaller with more student/professor interactions.
On the flip side, Berry will provide you with a very interactive and close-knit college experIence that is incredibly distinct from a UK uni by almost every metric. My D attends St.Andrews and is considering transferring back to the US because she really misses the student community and professor-student interactions that are more commonly found here, as well as the ability to take classes in a wide range of subjects outside her major. She didn’t anticipate missing those classes but she does, as much as she loves studying her main subjects.
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Have you visited Berry? It’s a gorgeous campus as previously stated - unlike any others we have toured here in the US. Much of it feels like a giant farm, but the academic and most of the residential areas are in one very walkable area. The town of Rome (about a ten minute drive from Berry) is really cute with local restaurants and storefronts, but it’s otherwise a long ways from a larger city. The Atlanta airport is an hour and forty minutes away, so travel from there isn’t easy. I think Berry is a school where it would be VERY helpful, if not necessary, to have a car.
The two choiced are totally different:
Berry offers a wide choice of majors with lots of general education classes, a beautiful Southern campus, lots of teacher/student interaction, a conservative/Christian vibe.
York allows you to focus on your favorite subject, has the “college”, system, no gen ed’s, excellent reputation (Russell group), nice city well connected by trains.
It really depends on what YOU want.
Personally I think Id pick York but try to study “abroad” in the US for a summer or a semester. The summer program for psychology is in Sri Lanka, and during the year psychology students can attend Beloit, Drexel, GMU, Uiuc, or uRochester.
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How would you feel about attending a Christian university? In the South? One that states " Religious Life remains a focus of the Berry experience that is encouraged and prioritized for our students".
I think that the “religious life experience” at Berry is going to be a little different than what you would find at a place such as Bryan College or Liberty University.
To the extent that you are insinuating with your question that every church-affiliated college south of the Mason-Dixon Line is some sort of oppressive, fundamentalist bastion of anti-intellectualism, you are unfairly and wrongly painting with an overly broad brush.
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I’m implying that someone coming from Europe should definitely look into the cultural differences of an extremely small southern Christian college that freely states they prioritize religious life vs. a large university in a fairly large city.
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