How to choose the application for studying in Britain and America?

As the most developed countries in higher education in the world, Britain and the United States have always been the first choice for most students to study abroad. However, although the two countries speak the same language, their styles are different. On the one hand, low-key gentlemen have connotations; on the other hand, there are many famous schools with enthusiasm, each with its own advantages and characteristics. So how to choose, we might as well make a comprehensive comparison before making a decision.

Below, the home page bacteria will be compared from the academic part, employment part and life part, and each part is subdivided into several small points. The article is a bit long, please read it patiently!

Part 1

: academic part

Britain and the United States are actually two different education systems, and there are many differences in the education system, training methods and grading methods for students. Specifically, we will compare them in detail in six parts.

1

School choice

In terms of the number of schools, there are nearly 65,438+0,000 universities and colleges in Britain, of which about 65,438+020 are listed in the British Local Times and 965,438+0 are listed in the World University 2065,438+07 (980 schools in the world). In addition to the five top BRICS schools such as Oxford and Cambridge, there are many excellent universities such as Edinburgh, King's College, Manchester and Bristol.

The United States is rich in educational resources. There are many universities in each of the 50 states, such as state universities, liberal arts colleges and community colleges, and there are more than 4,000 universities in the United States. In addition to eight rattan schools such as Harvard and Columbia University, there are many famous schools such as MIT, BU and BC in Boston, new york, Stanford on the west coast, the University of California system in the south and the University of Texas system. In the world university ranking (20 17 world university ranking), American universities also rank first in the world with 239 universities.

Therefore, in terms of quantity and quality, the choice of American study abroad schools is richer and better.

2

educational system

The academic system of British universities is generally short, and the undergraduate course is generally 3 years (4 years of medicine); Master's courses are generally 1 year, and some majors with internship courses are 2 years; Doctoral courses generally last for 3-4 years.

The undergraduate course in American universities is generally four years, and it usually takes about two years to study for a master's degree and five years to study for a doctor's degree after graduation.

three

Cultivation mode

Students in British universities have a preliminary understanding of the majors they want to study in high school and have a certain foundation. After entering university, they will deepen their professional knowledge. Therefore, students' learning direction is clear and single-minded. After entering the university, the compulsory courses, elective courses and credit arrangements of various majors are relatively fixed, and it is not easy to change majors.

However, American universities usually do not decide their majors in the first two years, but carry out general education in various fields. They didn't decide their interests to take professional courses until their junior year, so it is relatively easy for students to change majors or cross-majors.

four

Curriculum and examination methods

Most courses in British universities are taught in the form of lectures, which are divided into large classes and small classes. Large classes are generally taught by professors, while small classes need students to discuss. English classes don't often have exams, but usually only homework (but homework requires a lot of reading and tasks). The final grade basically depends on your final exam results or some courses will have mid-term exams.

In the United States, professors attach great importance to class performance and group cooperation, and the forms of class and assignment are also very diverse. Papers, class reports, group discussions, class tests, etc. It's very common. The final grade of a student is the sum of all the grades on weekdays and the final exam results.

If British universities put all their eggs in the basket of the final exam, then American universities put eggs in multiple baskets of multiple exams throughout the semester.

five

method of marking

Some people say that studying in a British university is frustrating because 75 is the highest score here. Feel this inhuman rating scale:

Difference–70-75%

Advantages–60-69%

Pass–50-59%

Failure–less than 50%

Bad failure-when failure is not strong enough.

American universities are much better at this point. Most of them are graded according to A/B/C/D/F, and the corresponding scores and GPA are as follows:

a–90- 100–4.0

b–80-89–3.0

c–70-79–2.0

d–60-69– 1.0

f–0-59–0.0

Of course, whether in Britain or the United States, it takes a lot of effort to get high marks, but relatively speaking, we still prefer to see a hard semester get 90 points instead of 60 or 70 points!

six

tuition

In Britain, liberal arts students have different degrees and different fees. Most of them are teaching courses and most of them are experimental courses. The fees are as follows:

British undergraduate study abroad fee

● liberal arts students: 1. 1- 1.5 million pounds per year (RMB 1 1- 1.5 million yuan)

● Science students: 1.4- 1.9 million pounds/year (RMB 1.5-0.2 million yuan).

British postgraduate study abroad expenses

● liberal arts students: 1.5- 1.7 million pounds/year (RMB 1.5- 1.7 million yuan)

● Science students:1.5-20,000 pounds per year (RMB1.5-200,000 yuan).

In the United States, except for arts, medicine and other majors, the fees of various schools are usually different, but the tuition fees of private schools and public schools in the United States are very different, and the fees of schools in different regions are also different, as follows:

American undergraduate study abroad expenses

1. Undergraduate tuition of public universities (yuan/year)

● Northeast America: 200,000.

● Northwest United States: 200,000.

● Midwest of the United States:1.5-2,000/200,000

● South America: 200,000 to 250,000.

2, private university undergraduate tuition (yuan/year)

● Northeast America: 250,000.

● Northwest America: 250,000.

● Midwestern United States: 250,000.

● Southern United States: 350,000.

American postgraduate study abroad expenses

1. Tuition for master's courses in public universities (yuan/year)

● Northeast America: 250,000 to 300,000.

● Northwest America: 250,000-300,000.

● Midwest of the United States: 200,000-250,000.

● Southern United States: 1.5-0.2 million.

2, private university master's course tuition (RMB/year)

● Northeast America: 300,000 to 350,000.

● Northwest America: 300,000-350,000.

● Midwestern United States: 250,000.

● Southern United States: 250,000.

From the cost point of view, the tuition fees of British universities are much cheaper than those of American universities. Coupled with the short academic system in the UK, purely from the economic point of view, British universities are more affordable.