Moving to the US after GCSEs

From one **** hole to another.

How? Both aren't.

There not? We all have preferences, I'll leave it at that.

Fine, but you live in the UK right?

Yeah mate, I'll move one day, I hope anyway.

Where to? And why?
if you do mind me asking.

*sigh*

So many young, easily influenced teenagers see America as a country full of big, lush states which are crammed full of showbiz and superstars. They dream of nothing more than to live somewhere like New York, California or Florida, simply because their favourite celebrity lives there and it allegedly looks like the best place to live, 'ever'. These 'personal reasons' are merely that they want to escape to a country which emanates false perceptions of itself.

In reality, only a few places in America really fit the naive criteria these teenagers have. The rest are just your standard. every day cities, like here in the UK - nothing more, nothing less. Not to mention, with the questionable government America currently has, the trigger happy police force and the high crime rates over there compared to the UK, I see no reason why I'd want to move to America; it's big, vast and full of arrogant, egoistical people. That may be a gross generalisation, but our friends across the pond bring it on themselves.

I'd much rather live in my little city called Sheffield, a city where the typical, superficial Americans trying to live 'the dream' would never dream of moving to, and be proud of it - it's my Sheffield I was born and bred in. Not some state over in America trying to big itself up and ultimately failing at doing so.

Rant over.

How? Both aren't.

*sigh*

So many young, easily influenced teenagers see America as a country full of big, lush states which are crammed full of showbiz and superstars. They dream of nothing more than to live somewhere like New York, California or Florida, simply because their favourite celebrity lives there and it allegedly looks like the best place to live, 'ever'. These 'personal reasons' are merely that they want to escape to a country which emanates false perceptions of itself.

In reality, only a few places in America really fit the naive criteria these teenagers have. The rest are just your standard. every day cities, like here in the UK - nothing more, nothing less. Not to mention, with the questionable government America currently has, the trigger happy police force and the high crime rates over there compared to the UK, I see no reason why I'd want to move to America; it's big, vast and full of arrogant, egoistical people. That may be a gross generalisation, but our friends across the pond bring it on themselves.

I'd much rather live in my little city called Sheffield, a city where the typical, superficial Americans trying to live 'the dream' would never dream of moving to, and be proud of it - it's my Sheffield I was born and bred in. Not some state over in America trying to big itself up and ultimately failing at doing so.

Rant over.

From one **** hole to another.

I think the USA and UK are both great places to live with excellent higher education and good job opportunities in scientific research and technology.

Why on Earth a Briton would want to go to MIT or Harvard instead of Cambridge or Oxford is beyond me - you could pay a huge fraction less to study at Cambridge or Oxford, which is just as high up the international university rankings as MIT or Harvard.

Again, it's another one of those 'Ooooh, I wanna go to America!!!' stories, and then people end up paying tens of thousands of dollars for their little trip across the pond, when they could stay in the UK instead.

is it not true that theres a lot more financial aid available at MIT/Harvard compared to Oxford. Also at the American unis you mentioned you get a bigger range of subjects/modules you can pick.

Anyway isn't this derailing the thread abit? does anyone know whether the OP would be fine moving to the US?

I looked at Harvard's financial aid plan; it assumes your parents earn x amount of money and have y amount of money in additional assets.

x is an average amount (£30k), y seems to assume people have $\approx$ £50k in assets.

You'll still be talking thousands of pounds for the average family.

Norway, want to be surrounded by trees, forest etc. High standard of living too.