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going to university in the U.s from the U.K?
i am seriously considering going to university in the U.S rather than here in the U.K, but i have some questions.
1. can you pick a specific course to study like you do here in the u.k? or are there certain lessons that everyone does? i ask this because on the university website (George Washington university) there doesn't seem to be a way to apply for one specific course. so how do i go about applying for a certain course?
2. what do you do in your spare time? here in the u.k, if you have a week off, you would normally go home to your family, is it the same in the u.s? or do you stay on campus? if you do go home when you have time off, what options would there be for me?
3. what level would i be looking to go onto coming from college? i have heard of masters, bochulars,freshman etc, but i don't know what this all means?? haha.
thank you for reading.
4 Answers
- Anonymous7 years ago
In the US, people "major" (specialize) in a given subject, but they are also required to take classes in non-related or only quasi-related subjects. US undergraduates do not read only one subject as UK undergraduates do. This is one reason why earning a bachelor's normally takes 4 years in the US, not 3.
So, for example, if you majored in history, a humanities subject, you would be required to take a certain number of classes in the social sciences, hard science and math, and foreign languages and literature, if your university followed the pattern mine did. (I attended Yale.) At my university, you could choose which classes you took to fulfill those requirements. Everyone did not take the same ones.
That is to say that undergraduates in the US do not normally apply directly to a department or course of study. They apply to the school as a whole through the undergraduate admissions office and make a final decision about what to major in once they are enrolled. There are a few exceptions: if a student wants to study nursing or engineering, he or she may have to apply directly to the school of nursing or engineering at a given university.
During long breaks -- a week or more -- many people go home, or they might do some traveling. It is possible to remain on campus during everything but the long summer vacation, unless you are taking summer classes, and possibly the Christmas break.
If you have completed secondary school with A-Levels, you will be an undergraduate working on a bachelor's degree. Your first year is called the freshman year, followed by the sophomore, junior, and senior years.
If you already have some university education, then some or all of your coursework might transfer. You'd have to talk to the admissions office about that.
Good luck.
- 7 years ago
Hi, I am English but live in the US. Take it from me; stay in the UK for your degree. The costs here are MUCH higher than in England plus most of the degrees are four years rather than three years
- Anonymous7 years ago
I'd worry more about gainingaccess to the US in the first place
- Anonymous7 years ago
To be honest maybe you should stay in your country for now
If tuition over there is 10,000 british pounds then over here in America it is 16,358.60 dollars
