Does anyone know if it's hard to get into a UK college or any European college if you're from America?

whoa, you really seem to want to come to Europe!

 

But i have no idea how hard/easy it is to get into european colleges..

It really depends on what you want to do... If its something to do with art / design, then its not all that difficult - just put together a portfolio and apply for an interview, and you should be fine. As for other areas of study, I'm not too sure. And when you say college, do you mean university?

It really depends on what you want to do... If its something to do with art / design, then its not all that difficult - just put together a portfolio and apply for an interview, and you should be fine. As for other areas of study, I'm not too sure. And when you say college, do you mean university?

 

Yeah a university.

part of me thinks it would be easier because colleges like people from all over, but i'm not sure

It wouldn't make a big difference if you were an international student, as long as you meet the entry grades.

 

Although they would charge you an awful lot of money as an international student.

my friend applied to cambridge (as well as UCL and king's college) and got into all of them, and is currently at cambridge. however, she's SUPER BRILLIANT and the whole process (particularly for cambridge) was rigorous, and there aren't very many undergraduate americans at oxbridge, according to her. so i would say its pretty hard, at least for the top-tier unis. though sometimes i hear that schools outside of england are actually LOOKING for american students, but i don't have any concrete source to back that up.

 

the difference with british/european schools (it seems to me) is that you pretty much HAVE to know what you want to do when you apply, unlike in american colleges (in america, the terms "university" and "college" are interchangeable :D) where you don't have to decide usually until you're at the end of sophomore year (second year). if it wasn't for that, i probably would have applied to british schools.

 

but i plan to do a year abroad in london when i'm a junior (third year), which is MUCH easier and MUCH less painful to do application-wise, and probably even money-wise. would you be willing to just do a year or two rather than the full four years?

This country's fucked. Don't come here.

This country's fucked. Don't come here.

 

hahaha you're talking to someone living in America...:laugh3: To you it may be fucked up but it sounds so much better then the US. Plus all my favorite bands are from the UK, something good must be going on.

 

I was doing some thinking and I could die at any time, so i wanted to see some of the world before it's too late, I doubt i'd get in or afford going to a European college but it's worth a shot.

You're probably best off going through an American university if you want to study abroad. From what I understand, the process is less complicated, and you will have assurances that your degree will be recognized in America.

 

I've heard horror stories about British degrees that weren't recognized in North America. Not necessarily something to worry about but better be safe and do your research at least.

It wouldn't make a big difference if you were an international student, as long as you meet the entry grades.

 

believe me, it does.

 

it depends a lot on you're native country but it can be quite hard if you're foreign. my country has a completely different school system. we had to take like ten subject for A Levels and we didnt really get to choose them. this obviously makes it far harder to meet the grades.

 

mrcool011 i don't know if its hard to get a visa if you're american but i doubt it. as far as universities are concerned it depends a lot on the course you want to do and on the universities you apply to. it very easy to get into some british universities and there are a few where its almost impossible to get in. as far europe the language might be an issue unless you're thinking of ireland. i cant speak of most european countries but i know that if you want to study in the german part switzerland, most of your lectures will be in german.

I'm glad I saw this Thread, I've been very interested in studying in Europe somewhere, probably England. If I like it over there I'd love to live there for a while. I'd LOVE any input and thoughts; here's my current situation.

 

Right now I'm just completing my sophomore year studying Multimedia & Graphic Design at practically the top of my class. I would love to live in England for a while after graduating but thought it would be hard to figure out where to live, where to work, etc.

 

I realized that if I perhaps studied abroad for a semester, I could not only save money but get a feeling for the area and maybe even nail a solid design job. I could also discover if it really is for me or not.

 

Anyone know if this is a good plan so far? Perhaps someone knows of a good design university to look into?

 

Thanks in advance :D

^ Wow, I'm doing a really similar course to you actually, Multimedia technology and Design at the University of Kent in Canterbury (UK). I'm liking it so far, but they really do just let you get on and do it yourself. I've actually got an american student in one of my seminars doing the course, I think he previously studied Website Design or something.

 

Also, Kent University is known as the UK's European University, meaning that they are willing to take on students from everywhere really. http://www.kent.ac.uk/

 

The homepahe for the course I'm doing:

http://www.ee.kent.ac.uk/

 

And Canterbury's a nice area, with plenty of history to it.

Theres also a lot of student acommodation around here, so its not so difficult to set up camp here, so to speak.

 

There's also a very good design college called Arts Institute at Bournemouth. It specialises in your area of interest. http://www.aib.ac.uk/

But I went for my current course because it is a lot broader ;)

 

Probably not very helpful to you, but thats my two cents.

This country's fucked. Don't come here.

 

Tis,

 

Regardless though our colleges are quite differcult to get into, universities on the other hand are internationally open, I think colleges or unis to America anyway?

Thanks Zemy101, I've looked into them and Kent sounds very interesting.

 

I sent the head of our study-abroad department an e-mail to set up an appointment, I'll have to figure out how credit transfer will work. It sounds possible since Kent is 18% international. Also that looks like a great area indeed~.

^You're very welcome.

Ooh I'm glad I saw this thread too, interesting to know. I've always wanted to study abroad, in Europe somewhere....but tis okay, it's really early for me to be thinking about college now.

So I've gotten a response from my Study Abroad department head and she said neither are on my college's approved "third party" university. I could apply for them to be, but one on the approved list caught my eye:

 

Solent University in Southampton, England

http://www.solent.ac.uk

 

They offer courses of my interest and is seemingly nice. Anyone know of it and how good a school it is? Is Southampton a nice area?

 

Thanks in advance =D

Why isn't there a translation department, too? :thinking:

i have a question similar to masterkraig's for all you british folk out there. my current uni has a program at the university of east anglia in norwich, and the program there that corresponds to my major (film and television studies) looks incredible. i've always planned to go to london, but norwich is sounding more appealing to me because of the program, and i've never been one for long periods of time in huge cities. does anyone know anything about UEA and/or norwich itself?

norwich has got a crap football team with a wacky chairwoman, apart from that what exactly did you want to know about the place?

a friend of mine's from norwich and she doesn't seem to like it very much. never been there myself so i cant comment.

Remember Alan Partridge presented Radio Norwich! Chris does a great impression doesn't he, he said something like, "You didn't play it ya barrst**d" to Steve Lamacq and kept doing his Alan voice when he presented Radio 1 with Simon Pegg. Going off topic now...

i was just wondering if people had heard good things about UEA. it was kind of a pointless question, i guess :D

but i was also just wondering about the city itself, if anyone had been there. i loved lots of the smaller cities in england when i was there, like york, and was wondering if norwich was anything like it.

ugh, i guess i don't know how to phrase my question...:rolleyes: