Transfer in US

In the U.S if you transfer to a school in the same state you got your 2 year degree from you are guaranteed admissions.

EDIT: Oh and I do believe California schools are even easier all need is some sort of gen ed cert that takes you a year to get for guaranteed admissions

In some state, if you go to a community college (or junior college, 2 year schools), you are guaranteed to get into some 4 year state college. While you can work on a 4 year degree after earning 2 year one in every state, the guaranteed thing is not in every state. You're also not guaranteed to get into UCLA or Berkeley.

Congrats on Cambridge, I think you are definitely right to take it.

We send off public exam results and there's also a bit at the top that says if you're house captain/'prefect'/various other odd roles we have, and then another bit for academic prizes you've won at the school.

I know we have a pretty strong relationship with Harvard, not sure about the other universities, but that probably helps as well. Have you got someone who deals with American universities? They'll probably know more.

In some state, if you go to a community college (or junior college, 2 year schools), you are guaranteed to get into some 4 year state college. While you can work on a 4 year degree after earning 2 year one in every state, the guaranteed thing is not in every state. You're also not guaranteed to get into UCLA or Berkeley.

Who knows what goes on in admissions.Anyway, hopefully I will do the one year exchange at MIT for my 3rd year at Cambridge, it'll give me the US experience then I'll see if i fancy doing post-grad there.

yeah, but afaik for UCLA and Berkeley, it makes it infinitely easier to get in (so said the transfer counsellor at one of the schools I attended), and you can start in the third year of four, which saves a lot of $$ because community college units are much cheaper. I finished community college for the most part while also in high school, and I found I learned way more than in my AP classes, and enjoyed the classes there much more.

The one I attend had a transfer agreement with pretty much every other UC, especially UCSD.

Congrats on the admissions all!! And good luck everyone else!!

edit: Oh, and transferring is much easier; I have some friends who plan on re-applying to UCSD and others during their freshman and sophomore years, once they have worked on their grades, lol

we have our careers officer who has a lot of experience with the US, it just seems not a whole lot of sucess. Maybe I am making excuses, it just seems to me that a school that throws out about 10-15% of its year group in oxbridge should be able to manage more that one person a year into an ivy (i was the only one admitted to an ivy, one other chap got into Chicago)

They look for different things. Most British applicants can't compete with American applicants when it comes to the non-academic parts of the application.

I think the fact that Uk students 'can't compete' with non-academic parts of the application is not all that significant because the universities frequently refer to the fact that they are looking for sucess within the bounds of what the students are offered in their countries. They are well aware that we have hardly any academic state or national competitions and such 'research opportunities' are very limited for those without very good connections.

Hey...buddy..I noticed that u r in LAC..How is it??Do LAC do better in undergrad part?
BTW..R U British or American..?

Yeah, but to be honest, I'd take that with a grain of salt. They may say that they will consider these differences. But unlike in the UK, US universities get no financial gain from taking an international student over a domestic one. And because there are so many more applicants to most US universities, they can probably find 100 American students who have perfect grades and bursting CVs for every British student with AAA and not much else.

I'm an American. I post on this board since I'm spending the fall in Edinburgh.

I go Colgate, one of the top dozen or so LAC. I really like it here and prefer this system over large universities. The goal of a LAC is for you to learn how to think and not just to learn a bunch of random fact over 4 year. A liberal arts grad is "trained" in such a manner that he should be able to do any job after school. Most of the classes are very discussion based. I believe this system is quite different from how things are done in most places in Europe. If you want me to clarify anything, let me know.

EDIT: Yes, I think they do undergrad better in general. Maybe if you were doing some weird form of science, your school may not have the facilities and you would be better off going somewhere else.

Thanks for the information...Wooo...Yay...I searched on US News and World Report...Colgate seems quite decent from there....!!
I dont know LAC very well so I didnt apply for any ....REGRETTING NOW!
.....Is the system in LAC the same with the Univs?I mean..2years with general courses and 2years on you major?
Are LACs more expensive than Univs??cuz I heard that they are more expensive but they are more generous to offer u aids...is it??

BTW..r u on exchange in Edinburgh..??program in LAC as well??.....

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