Tom Lawrence

Genuinely nervous about going back to university tomorrow. The month ahead could be even more challenging than the one I’ve already faced. I hope I can get my education back on track after already having a one month break, I have a lot of catching up to do and not much time to do it in.

I have a feeling things are gonna get pretty serious and I’m going to be giving up a lot of my spare time usually spent procrastinating on social networks and blogs, talking to my friends and playing video games but I know that in the long run, I’ll be better for it.

10th Oct 2009 at 11:15

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so these are the places i’m looking at for study abroad:

whatwhatwhat:

vanityandpride:

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vanityandpride:

Edge Hill University in Ormskirk, England. It’s located in a cute little market town near Liverpool and Manchester. It’s one of the cheapest choices at $13,135.00 That’s about $4,000 cheaper then what I pay to go here.

CAPA:London in, obviously, London, England. It has courses for my majors and it’s in LONDON. Duh! The housing is really easy, and everything is pretty much organized and taken care of for you.

CAPA:Sydney in, Sydney, Australia. It’s beautiful, warm, gorgeous, far away. The price is also cheaper than my tuition here. They have my majors, also. It’d be from August to December for Fall, so I’d be there longer.

MICEFA in Paris, France. It helps with my major because part of major is speaking French. I could use my 7 years of speaking French, FINALLY! It’s cheaper than my tuition here. I can have some of my courses taught in French. My best friend has family in France, and I want to visit them.

…and that’s it. I’ve always said I was going to study abroad in Ireland, but that program is so much. It’s about $20,000.00 and that’s a bit too much for my financial aid. Plus, the requirements are much more than the other study abroad options. It makes me so, so sad to not even be considering Ireland, but I plan on moving there after college anyways. So I guess it just gives me even more of a reason to work hard to getting my ass over there, right?

This is really funny. I’ve been looking into programs since my freshman year but due to transferring, haven’t been able to pin down one I’m thrilled about. Ironically, some of the ones I’ve considered have been very similar. When are you considering going abroad?

I really want to do it next fall. If I have to, I’ll wait until next spring, but preferably next fall. You should do it next fall too, and we should take on Europe together. :)

Haha! I’m pretty confident I’ll be going next fall because I’m going to graduate the winter of 2011 and I want to spend my last two semesters in the states. Regardless, I’ll be in Europe this summer. Denmark, Copenhagen, UK, hopefully some Italy/Germany/France. Really wherever the wind takes us/we have the money to go. I’m going to use it as scouting for the fall. A head start, if you will. But yeah, I’ve been consistently set on going to the UK since I was a sophomore in High School. I keep drifting away from it, trying to figure out if I should experience something totally foreign instead but it keeps drawing me back. Plus, I know a TON of people who have studied either in London or not far outside of it and LOVED it.

As someone who is from the UK, I can give you information and my opinion of studying in the UK. I can tell you that Edge Hill is considered a bit of a joke as it only received University status as of 2005, but it’s still a university. Studying in London is always a blast, especially for international students as the city itself is a cultural landmark of the UK, though I don’t know of the organisation you’re referring to so I’m unaware of the value of the qualifications they hand out.

Unfortunately, this list only covers universities within the UK and not just places where you can study abroad but we have something called The Times Good University league tables every year. Most people like to boast about high ranked the university they studied at is, but if you look beyond that and actually click on individual universities, they provide exceptional reviews on just about everything you can think of when it comes to reviewing a school.

http://extras.timesonline.co.uk/tol_gug/gooduniversityguide.php

Sorry if I’ve come across snobby or insulting in any way, I certainly do not mean to if that is the case and just hope I can give you any help in one way or another. You might have to give each uni a Google if you wanna know what their stance is on international students. Also, if you have any questions you would like to ask me, please feel free to :)

Good luck with picking a place to study and hope you pick the UK! :p