Harvard/ USA college

Oldernotwiser

Lokolo wrote: »

I'm sorry but I find it difficult to believe someone under 18 has over £60k.......

Nothing against her or you but I just find it hard to believe.

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3 year x 30/35K = 90/95K

Wish I could save that in 5 years, much less between the ages of 13 and 18!

Lokolo

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

3 year x 30/35K = 90/95K

Wish I could save that in 5 years, much less between the ages of 13 and 18!

Yeh I used a currency convertor to convert $100k into £. My math isn't that bad

Stubert

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

3 year x 30/35K = 90/95K

Wish I could save that in 5 years, much less between the ages of 13 and 18!

American University courses are 4 years too!

I studied abroad in US for a semester, but there are so many more costs that you don't really realise until you get there.They often make you take out things such as their insurance and sign up to university health care. Not to mention, signing up to things like meal plans etc.

I went to a State funded university and even that was still really expensive compared to what you'd have to pay for university in the UK. Harvard being a private uni (I'm...), costs are likely to be even higher! The costs for out of state students were $40k a year just for tuition. I'm sure Harvard is a lot, lot higher. I also don't want to criticise, but do struggle to see how she would be able to afford the tuition fees let alone all the other fees (a few of which I mentioned above).

If she was American going to a state university, some states do student loans of sort. But as non-resident going to a private university I don't think she would be able to get anything except a commercial loan (she wouldn't be able to get any student loan funding from this country either).

The academic learning system is very different and as mentioned she will have to take SATs (or equivalent if Harvard have a different one). I'm sure she would be able to do them in the UK though. I wasn't really a fan of the American education system, but I went having done 3 years in England but I guess that's just a product of being what you're used too.

The_One_Who

Stubert wrote: »

If she was American going to a state university, some states do student loans of sort. But as non-resident going to a private university I don't think she would be able to get anything except a commercial loan (she wouldn't be able to get any student loan funding from this country either).

Financial aid, especially in the private universities, is actually quite generous, even for international students. The student may need to be quite special to get it though.

Stubert

Oh yeah I know that. Barack Obama story 'n all that, but yeah you do have to be exceptional as you say!

Oldernotwiser

Lokolo wrote: »

Yeh I used a currency convertor to convert $100k into £. My math isn't that bad

Whoops! I never even noticed the different currencies!

Mankysteve

One of mates is currently doing a year a broad in America and absolutely hating it. They expect him to sit modules other than the subject area and its much harder many more exams and stuff. It could well cos him a grade at the end of his degree.

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If her grades are excellent, she may be in a better position to study more locally in either Oxford or Cambridge and then do a graduate masters degree in the states (which will still set her back a pretty penny). It would be better to have a good University at home than a poor one abroad!!

For English the order in the UK in the Times was Oxford, Cambridge then UCL

http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/tol_gug/gooduniversityguide.php?AC_sub=English&sub=25&x=12&y=5

Cambridge and Oxford also always seem to feature high in world rankings aswell, so would be good to have on an aplication for future study abroad in the US at graduate level.

http://www.arwu.org/FieldSOC2009.jsp

http://www.4icu.org/top200/

Stubert

Mankysteve wrote: »

One of mates is currently doing a year a broad in America and absolutely hating it. They expect him to sit modules other than the subject area and its much harder many more exams and stuff. It could well cos him a grade at the end of his degree.

I was lucky, I wasn't expected to complete other classes when I was there. But certainly all the freshmin (and even up to senior level, but definitely junior) had to take Gen Ed(ucation) classes. So even if you want to be Pre-Med, you have to take the Gen Ed classes in maths or english etc in order to get the credits to pass the year.

There is a LOT of freedom to do what you want though; there are even some crazy classes I could have done like Canoeing to gain credit. I was lucky being an exchange, I only had to do 12 credit hours (the minimum required for the Visa) but lots of the American kids took up to 18 and had to do homework every night. Its a lot of work, compared to the English system.

Voyager2002

Surely she should study English Literature in England?

Academically, places like Harvard are outstanding at the post-graduate level. But undergraduate teaching there is mainly undertaken by teaching assistants while the world-famous professors concentrate on research and graduate students. A far more desirable path would be a Cambridge BA and then graduate school at Harvard.

If money is any kind of issue, then a far more cost-effective solution would be to study in the UK and spend a year in the USA as an exchange student.