I live in Arizona but am completely fascinated by British culture. I have many British friends and I find them much more agreeable than Americans. I love rain. Would it be a mistake to go to school in the UK? I hear it's cheaper and there are many scholarships available to Americans. Is this a good idea? Why or why not? If I wanted to study magazine journalism, where should I go? * University. Not college.
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I am American but one thing I have heard is that they're "college" is really like the latter years of high school. Then they have something called "university" that is closer to college, but I think it starts when you're 19. I'm not sure how that would affect you. Oh and one more thing: You should ask this earlier in the day. Keep in mind it's now after 11 in England.
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I am English but live in Texas now. Depending on how prestigious of a school you want to go can decide where you should go. Unless you are extremely smart, you won't get into Cambridge or Oxford, and so you will be at a university that isn't that well known. You have a better chance of getting into an elite college in the United States. College in England is like the last 2 years of highschool. Then you go on to University which is the same as college here. You start at the same time. So if you're 18 when you're going to go to college here, you'll be 18 there too. College in England ends the same year as highschool here. Hope this helps. Not quite sure about the journalism thing. I'm not sure about the scholarships either, but I do know that it is a lot cheaper. However with the recent decline in the value of the dollar, you will have a crap exchange to pounds...almost half the amount.
