Americans applying to university in the UK

You seem to have plumped for several Scottish unis but at least you didnt fall for the London and Scottish uni combo many [Americans] seem to.

What would you say is the combination?

Like I said, a lot of Americans in this thread seem to go for a combo of unis like UCL, KCL, LSE, Queen Mary, St Andrews, Edinburgh especially. Sometimes other London or Scottish unis. Sometimes one other choice but that doesnt make up the majority of their choices most of the time. Some London unis are very good and some Scottish unis are quite good but you tend to miss out on great unis like Warwick, Bristol, Bath, Manchester, Nottingham, Southampton, York, Exeter etc. I won't include Durham in that because a few people have chosen that and it is a great English uni. However there are few good unis outside of England and that's fairly true I feel. In Wales there's Cardiff, Swansea, perhaps Abertswyth. In Scotland there's Glasgow, Edinburgh, St Andrews. It's not a lot when you think about it and its not really their fault, after all they have small populations in comparison to England.

Still, only problem is that some of those schools don't offer the same variety of courses as the London/Scottish ones seem to, in terms of Modern Languages or more obscure choices.

Arguably. Most unis will offer standard(to the UK) European languages which means French, German, Spanish, Italian plus some Asian languages; Japanese, Chinese. Scandinavian languages are rarer obviously. For some courses it cant be helped I suppose, I'm far from blaming those of you limited by subject but it is a shame that those who arent limited by subject dont look more widely.

Actually though its more obscure, title-wise, I'd have suggested Cambridge. They do
'Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic'. Which seems related to your chosen course. And for the record its supposed to be an outstanding department, as you would expect.

I think it's also a matter of location/international student population/cost/scholarships available, etc. A uni like Edinburgh who has a large number of international students, as well as most London unis, is far more likely to offer scholarships to those who need it coming from abroad than some of the other places you mentioned. I'm not putting them down at all but the funds they have may not be used to help international students, rather home students, which is fair but another reason why the bigger schools that are well-known overseas are more likely to be people's options when coming from America or anywhere else abroad.

I just got an email form St. Andrews asking for my AP scores. Do they mean the ones from last year?

I would assume so, since you don't yet have the ones for this year.

I have a question why do the people applying from America want to go uni in the UK.

how do I send the scores from last year?

how do I send the scores from last year?

it's something different.

I have a question why do the people applying from America want to go uni in the UK.

Ok its funny because I hear a lot of Americans saying they want to visit the Uk while me and a lot of my friends want to move to places like NYC and Boston. So what uni are you planning on going here please dont say Birmingham.

Durham, Edinburgh, and UCL seem to be the popular choices.

Do you have the report of your scores you got in the mail? I would scan them and e-mail them over, as that's what I did with Edinburgh.

Ok its funny because I hear a lot of Americans saying they want to visit the Uk while me and a lot of my friends want to move to places like NYC and Boston. So what uni are you planning on going here please dont say Birmingham.

I do! That's what I'll do

Thanks!