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Why not?
British sent their kids to America.
It is a great opportunity and (depends where they go) a top-notch education. Even for those NOT in the upper-class!
Why not?
British sent their kids to America.
It is a great opportunity and (depends where they go) a top-notch education. Even for those NOT in the upper-class!
You didn't answer my question.
I'm only talking about upperclass who could have chosen Harvard and Yale.
There are excellent schools in Britain, but there are just as amazing schools here in the States. I think the upper classes send their kids to British universities for the same reason that the wealthy used to send their unmarried daughters to Britain in the Gilded Age. Americans always think of the British in an unusual way - it is images of class, wealth, and style. When your kids go to these universities they will meet and socialize with wealthy British people and the parents think some of that poshness will rub off on their kids. Also, remember that people make a lot of social as well as business connections during university and it helps them later in life.
This is a rumor but when Carol Middleton found out that Prince William was attending St. Andrews, she wanted her daughter Kate to attend the same school and the rest is history...
Families may choose a British school for the course of studies and the experience. Many students do a semester abroad or a J-term abroad or even a course abroad, taking 1 or more classes in a foreign university for a semester, for the experience.
One of my sons had a course in Europe. He was there for 3 weeks for an intensive course and was required to write an extensive paper on his experience and what he learned for a 3 credit class.
My other son's major did not mesh with any time abroad. However, my 3rd son hopes to spend a semester somewhere in Europe.
Families may choose a British school for the course of studies and the experience. Many students do a semester abroad or a J-term abroad or even a course abroad, taking 1 or more classes in a foreign university for a semester, for the experience.
One of my sons had a course in Europe. He was there for 3 weeks for an intensive course and was required to write an extensive paper on his experience and what he learned for a 3 credit class.
My other son's major did not mesh with any time abroad. However, my 3rd son hopes to spend a semester somewhere in Europe.
I live in Boston and I know almost all Harvard students receive some scholarship.
Probably that's the reason: it's not for "noble" families in particular. In Britain, I heard royal kids and so on can have a separate program even if they attend the same university as other kids.
It's actually the reverse. Wealthy families abroad try to send their kids to elite American universities. As far as college education standards are concerned, America is perceived as having the absolute best educational system -- It really is where every serious foreign student aspires to get to. To put it another way, if a british person has a choice between oxford and harvard, he or she will almost always choose the latter.
It's actually the reverse. Wealthy families abroad try to send their kids to elite American universities. As far as college education standards are concerned, America is perceived as having the absolute best educational system -- It really is where every serious foreign student aspires to get to. To put it another way, if a british person has a choice between oxford and harvard, he or she will almost always choose the latter.
Again, I'm only talking about upperclass American families, not some English kid who wants to become a biologist.
Yes, America has the best schools. So why do they study abroad?
I'm not at all sure anyone in this forum would know why upper class American families send their children overseas to universities. It would only be guessing, which doesn't really tell anything. if I have questions about something, I don't want guesswork. If such described families choose to take such a path, a negative reflection should not be construed by anyone. It's a luxury of living in a free country.
Regarding the daughter of a political couple who has been in news lately (all three of them, plus a baby), getting a PhD in the UK made sense because it appears that the time commitment for the degree (or at least the time spent on campus taking classes) was much shorter for the UK program. This daughter had previously enrolled in a PhD program at NYU but didn't last there very long.
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