What's in the book?

About this book and the Author

About the US/UK Educational Advisory Service

About The Good Schools Guide

Contribute to Uni in the USA

Foreword by Stephen Baldock, former High Master of St Paul's

Some Useful Background Info:

Accreditation

The Ivy League

Liberal Arts Colleges

Public Schools/State Universities

Community Colleges

State vs Private Universities

What’s an American University Education Really Like?

Advice for Nascent Doctors and Lawyers

An American Education Means Hard Work (if you are after three years of beer leavened with the occasional lecture, read no further)

The Credit System

The Academic Calendar

Money Money Money

Culture Shock

A Shared History?

Fellow Brits

The Dating Game

Fraternities

Pubs and Prohibition

No Smoking Please

Just Don't Inhale (and you too can become president)

Workout Nation

Cold Hard Cash

Hitting the Road

Choosing a University

Academic Considerations

Lifestyle Considerations

Our Guide to Universities

The Universities:

Amherst

Brown

California (UCLA and Berkeley)

Columbia and Barnard

Cornell

Dartmouth

Duke

Georgetown

Harvard

Johns Hopkins

MIT

Northwestern

NYU

Oberlin

Princeton

Stanford

Tufts

University of Michigan

University of Virginia (UVA)

University of Pennsylvania (UPenn)

Vanderbilt

Williams

Yale

On Your Way – Almost!

How to Deal with Long-Distance Family

For Parents - how you can support our child

Money Matters

Health and Safety

Insurance

Communication

What Do I Do and When?

The Application Procedure

Dealing with the SAT

The Format of the SAT

SAT Subject Tests

The ACT

SAT Reasoning Test or ACT?

Getting the Results

Fear Not - there's lots of help available

Words to the Wise - get these exams out of the way early

Applications

Recommendations

For Referees - what to include in your recommendations

Examples of References, UK and US Style

Transcripts

A Special Note to Teachers and Careers Advisors

A Special Note to Applicants

Interviews

Financial Statement

Deadlines

Early Decision / Early Action

Students with Additional Needs - i.e. Special Educational Needs

Practice Materials

Money Matters 2

Athletic Scholarships

Visas, Immigration and All That Jazz

International Student Status

What the Americans Say

The Facts of the Matter

Other Options for Getting to Uni in the USA

Work Exchange / Internships

Gap Year

Undergraduate Exchange

Glossary - for the transatlantic traveller

Reference Section - helpful books and website links to supplement this guide

Higher education in the US

Travelling in the US

Getting a Student Visa

Help with the Application Process

Financial Aid Assistance

Help Choosing a University

Admissions Tests

Taking the Tests

Practising for the Tests

Books

Tutors (in the UK)

English Language Tests

Applying as a Transfer Student: Credential Evaluators