About Uni In The USA...And Beyond

The Guide written by students for students

...with a helping hand from The Good Schools Guide

Who will the uni suit? What is it like to be a student there? How hard do students work? What about the social scene, the campus, sports...?

We have personally visited all the universities that feature in the Uni In The USA... and have spoken with the people studying there. Our reviews are based almost entirely on the opinions and knowledge of these students. We think that this gives prospective students the best sense of what to expect, and where they would feel most comfortable, but it does mean that our findings should be taken with a pinch of salt....

If the mortar board fits...

Everyone has a different opinion about his or her university. Where we have found a general consensus on a certain issue, we have reported it as more or less the truth. Where there is a large range of opinions, or views are evenly split on an issue, we have tried to capture these nuances. Ultimately, however, we have not spoken to every student at each university. There may be some who would disagree with how we have presented things, and it is certainly possible that your individual taste may clash strongly with that of the students we talked to.

Not quite all the great and good...

95 universities in 11 countries....

Includes expanded coverage of the US
Our pick of uni's in Asia, Europe, Canada and Australia...

In our eagerness to get this guide on the market, to cater to the vast outflux of Brits now seeking education abroad, we have not had time to visit every good university in the world.

Readers should not take the universities reviewed here as a definitive list of good ones to consider. Many others are worth looking into. Let us know what you find!

Quantitative out - qualitative in!

Who will the uni suit? What is it like to be a student there? How hard do students work? What about the social scene, the campus, sports...?

We have not tried to fill our reviews with facts and statistics. All the technical details – the skeletal outline of a university – is available to anyone, on university websites, Wikipedia pages and a large range of other online resources. What is not available online (until now!) is the real feel of a university; the experiences people have there, the everyday life of its students and the accompanying concerns and commendations they have. This is what makes our guide unique, and we hope you will find it a valuable resource in making your decision.

Advice and guidance - not just on entry and admissions but the whole gamut of benefits and pit-falls...

Spoilt for choice

Thousands make it to overseas universities every year and, as Stephen Baldock (formerly High Master of St Paul's) says, he has known few, if any, pupils who have regretted it.

One thing that became apparent to us as we compiled it, and that we hope we will communicate to you, is that one’s choice of university should be difficult precisely because there are so many great options. We hope that picking a uni abroad will be one of those good hard decisions, the kind where you can’t really go wrong, and that your eventual choice will be as rewarding as you deserve it to be! Feedback on this guide is appreciated: please contact Editor@goodschoolsguide.co.uk

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