University abroad - experience?

[SuzieHomemaker]

Hi
Looking for any advice or experience here. My DC is thinking about going to university abroad. It's a long way off at the moment.

Do any of you good people have any advice or experience to offer please?

Thank you, will check out thier website.

Skihorse - that's where DH went!

Maastricht not Waterloo that is.

Here's the US News and World Report ranking for US universities for 2009. Here's another page where you can navigate to rankings in particular categories. Rankings are not the last word, though, just a general guideline.

frakkit As long as he wasn't at the hotel school between 2001 and 2002 in the flat over mine I forgive him!

Hi Skihorse
Brilliant information, thank you. We used to live near Rotterdam so DD is currently drawn to the Zuid-Holland province - Leiden also has a big international department. Accomodation will be a problem wherever I think - glad to hear that Dutch students are houseproud, this was something which didnt rub off onto DD!

Interesting insight into Dutch student life, our experience of the Netherlands was of it being a far more sober place (in behaviour rather than beer drinking terms) than Britain. So far DD has not turned into a party animal (though there is still time!).

We are keen to encourage DD in this venture if it is what she wants to do. Where we live now is very parochial - go to the local school, then local college then get a job locally. She is keen to move away and stretch her wings.

I do remember from student days that fellow students undertaking part of their study abroad came back a lot more mature than those of us who stayed in the UK.

No he wasn't at hotel school! Might have been one of his friends though

About top class Universities in the US - there are many which aren't called Universities, but Colleges (in other words, only have Undergraduate departments). Don't overlook those, as they too offer top class degrees. US News and World Report also ranks these here.

It's worth noting that Barnard College (for women) is closely affiliated with Columbia University and many courses are jointly taught. It's a very well-regarded women's college in NYC.

Just to add, Williams college is in a lovely rural town in Massachusetts. We've traveled through twice and loved it, great coffee sop/bookshop too

Thanks for all the information it is fantastic.

Please can you let me know what ages are what
How old are students in
10th grade
11th grade
Undergrad

Thanks

10th grade - 15
11th grade - 16
Undergrad - 18/19-21/22

Just to give another plug for Liberal Arts Colleges - they are smaller and more intimate as they do not have graduate departments. The teaching is (imho) better for undergraduate students as they are done by the professors and not by teaching assistants, which is the case in many universities until the upper level courses. And, as I said in my previous post, top Liberal Arts Colleges are as prestigious as their University counterparts.

Have just joined Mumsnet and was looking at post about foreign uni's I know a little about Canadian uni's especially McGill at Montreal, I think where my young cousin is. Very good uni and cheaper than US - her Mum and Dad live in the US.

I have a question - my daughter will be speaking next year at a French uni as a year abroad and she is studying French.
She has a variety of choices including Sorbonne iv, Montpelier, Lyon and Dijon among others. Any advice please

Just wanted to give a plug to Trinity Dublin. A well regarded university and a great city.

This is a link to a list of English medium degrees in the Netherlands. There is a push to provide more such degrees over the next few years I understand. One such opened last month in The Hague, but is offered through Leiden University. My Dutch friend's daughter who is doing Law at Leiden is a student mentor to International students to help them settle and learn what they need to about life here. It seems pretty well set up to encourage and support international students who come here.

www.nuffic.nl/