Uni in the USA

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Now being updated: see our editor's blog as he traverses the USA

Whether you find it online as part of The Good Schools Guide International (www.gsgi.co.uk/articles/uni-in-the-usa) or buy the paperback (£12.99 plus p&p) you get the only 100% independent guidebook devoted entirely to American universities. Written in an engaging, no-nonsense, hands-on style, it will leave you feeling you've paid personal visits to some of the world's greatest seats of learning - and come away with a clear view of what being there would be like, and a plan of how to go about getting there.

Use the left-hand menu to look at sample chapters and a comprehensive guide to the book's contents. Have fun window-shopping: after a few minutes you should feel like taking your first steps Westward. Once you’ve seen what’s on offer in America, you may never look at a UCAS Form again.

Now that UK students are being asked to pay large sums for a university education, more and more are looking to the USA. If you have to pay, why not buy the best? In November 2004 the Top 200 World University Rankings in The Times Higher Educational Supplement listed seven American universities in the top ten and another 48 American universities that ranked ahead of Newcastle. Enquiries to the US Educational Advisory Service rose seven-fold between 2002/3 and 2003/4, with more enquiries in the first two months of 2004/5 than in the whole of 2003/4.

Uni in the USA combines the personal experience and eloquence of Alice Fishburn, who wrote it as a British student in her final year at Harvard, with the experience of Anthony Nemecek, former Director of the US Educational Advisory in the UK. Stephen Baldock, former High Master of St Paul's School London, adds his views, and cartoonist Tim Saunders illustrates the book.

And now, Cambridge student and American-Brit John Wallis is spending three months criss-crossing the States, couch surfing and visiting a range of colleges and universities for a newly expanded version of Uni in the USA.  Entries are revised and new reviews of American's top colleges are added weekly.
Just for the summer, follow John as he uncovers America's ultimate higher education institutions at www.uniintheusa.blogspot.com.

Compare the quality of teaching, the quantity of teaching too, the facilities, the range of institutions and courses. Take a wondering look at the breadth of a Liberal Arts degree. See what you get for your time and money in the USA - seriously well-funded universities which may well bear some - perhaps all - of the cost of your degree.

Open your eyes to the opportunities.

Uni in the USA. Don’t go West without it.