Everything you need to know about US vs UK university | The Science of Living EP 16

Once apon a time I had to make the call between going to US university and staying at home in the UK. I had a tennis scholarship offer to a top American college. But made the decision to stay in the UK
5 years later and after graduating I thought I’d go back for deep dive on the differences between US college and UK university. To do this I flew out to Miami and explored U Miami college, from the differences in applications for College/ university, to the differences in getting accepted to university/ college. The differences in social life. How to apply to us college, how to apply to UK university. What American college is actually like. What college football is like. What going to a college in America is like. What university in the UK is like. What social life is like at university/college. How to get into a frat. How to get into a sorority. Differences between frat and sorority and society’s in the uk. I also cover some crazy facts about US college football. The differences in academia at the university. Right from the length of the degrees.
All in all the differences are vast, and the experience is the polar opposite.
I hope you enjoyed the video, if you have any questions feel free to send me a dm!
Have a great day

[@dark_soupy]

Great vid, I’m in community college here in the states, soon to transfer to a uni, so it’s nice to know more about it. It is fair to mention that the university sticker price is before financial aid - most people end up spending much, much less.

[@James____Edward]

Yeh sorry, this is something I definitely should have mentioned. 🖤

[@rererdad9360]

​@@James____Edward iam from Indonesian mr😅

[@TrishaLsg]

Hey, just a few questions as I'm planning to go to studying in the USA as well, but I'm skeptical about these. did you honestly get to work for 20h per week? And how it went after getting your degree, did you get OPT/CPT? Would be grateful if you could help me on those.

[@SanikaPadasalgi]

Lemme tell yall one thing, uni can be stressful, it frickin' is, but dont worry yall got this and im actually going to uni very soon thanks james for another banger video

[@James____Edward]

Ah much love bro and best of luck 🖤

[@aaishashahabdeen3755]

I like the fact that he’s talking about it from an average person’s perspective. Makes it more relatable

[@JUSTME-J-M]

Been waiting for this all day! Great vid can’t wait to watch! Loving this series

[@Bobsthebobster-r1v]

Are you still waiting it?

[@James____Edward]

Much love bro as always 🖤

[@Urmessi28382]

​@@James____Edward please make a video on how you style your hair

[@gabriellatpwk]

I’m from the US and applying to go to uni in the UK for maths and it has been a crazy experience learning the differences!

[@James____Edward]

Yeh it’s vastly different! Have you had to sit a levels?

[@EliMaasbach]

Best series on KZbin

[@James____Edward]

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[@mitarthshah4983]

Hey, so amazing vid, but the college application process in the us is a bit different than what’s described here (probably to keep it simple). There’s three main parts to your application, your academics, extracurriculars, and your essays. Academics: your high school grades + SAT and/or ACT scores + any other testing including ap exams (aps are classes that are deemed college lvl and if you pass an end of year exam you are awarded credits so you can skip that class in college). Extracurriculars: any activities you’ve done outside of academics that show colleges your interests, drive, passion, and why they would want you. Examples include: charity work, volunteering, sports, clubs, jobs, and passion projects. Essays: there’s the personal statement, which is the essay that tells colleges about you and what you bring to the table. Then supplementals and other questions that each individual college may ask, such as “why this school?” “Why this major”, many top colleges ask “weird” questions such as “you have 10 minutes to give a ted talk to a million people, what do you talk about?”. These supplementals are different for all colleges, many have 0 and some can have up to 7. Though these are the 3 main parts, there’s even more. You have your recommendation letters and awards. The rec letters are written by teachers or other adults who can speak on your behalf of what you bring to the community. You usually need two rec letters, but some colleges ask for none and some ask for more. As for awards, you can include any awards that you have received that you think show the college your strengths and talents. That’s about it for the us college application process

[@James____Edward]

Yeh sorry I feel like for the sake of simplicity I was trying to keep it brief. As I could do a video on each section in its entirety. Normally I would have gone into more depth and i regret not doing it as I see there are holes in what I’ve said. Thank you for clarifying though 🖤

[@cottagecorecat]

colleges in the US also vary drastically! I go to a very small school of about 4,000 people with no greek life and no football team. We do have rugby though which is kind of funny. I love my school and know I would hate a school like Miami haha

[@CoasterEverything]

This is such an amazing series man

[@James____Edward]

Much love 🖤

[@eaintmyophyu6770]

Hi James ❤ I like your videos very much.I watch your videos from time to time.I will always support you.All your videos are good.James is very nice.I love you James.❤❤

[@michaelpeli2429]

The thing about this, is that Maimi is in the top division (Division 1), but is know to not generally have a good atmosphere, mainly because their stadium is way way away from campus, and they play in an NFL stadium (Dolphins). NFL stadiums generally feel much more corporate than on-campus stadiums, and many of them have higher capacities than NFL stadiums too.

[@EthanHale-s1s]

Awesome video. I’m flying my son to the UK to preview some uni’s. We love it there.

[@James____Edward]

Hope it goes well 🖤

[@JustAnormal_1]

Keep going, love your vids. Hope your getting high degrees❤❤. Be safe Miami is danger🔥🤍

[@The_bread_123]

Bro the US is CRAZZYYYYY

[@James____Edward]

It’s a whole other world 🥲

[@The_bread_123]

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[@ohaiden4982]

It sucks that the day that you watched was raining because games - especially playoff ones - can easily attract 70k plus in person spectators - especially at schools like Penn State where the stadium is on campus

[@jtr1019]

GPA = grade point average. A correlates to a 4, A- to a 3.6, B+ to a 3.3, B to a 3, and so on 😊

[@James____Edward]

🖤

[@mrclean30]

it would’ve been way more fun for you at a different stadium. miami notoriously has no fans at their games (also college football in person has timeouts every 2 seconds and it gets really annoying)

[@mrclean30]

at the University of Nebraska their stadium holds more than 100,000 people and they’ve sold out every game since i believe 1961.

[@James____Edward]

Yeh I’m gutted It wasn’t a sell out. Just saw the hype around U Miami online and assumed it would be. But will be back again at some point 🖤

[@Waffen511]

About 80% of people receive aid from the university or the government, and a lot of people take college debt for the rest of your life.

[@James____Edward]

Yeh I forgot to mention that. Still scary how expensive it is though 🥲

[@Waffen511]

@@James____Edward college debt makes it more scary at like 10% apr

[@Rammyrich]

OK, but UM is NOT a glimpse into how most unis are here. Look to Dartmouth if you want the party experience, MIT if you want to hang out with smart people, Stanford for a mix.

[@James____Edward]

Yehh I didn’t do as much research as I wanted 🥲

[@CLaFong]

I think U Miami is much more like most universities in the US than Stanford, MIT or the Ivies. Those unis are more like Oxford and Cambridge. UM has pretty average students and faculty doing pretty average work like most US colleges.

[@B4SunriseOfficial]

The difference is uncanny between UK & USA!

[@PearlHand]

I love the quality - what camera do you use?

[@freyaloren]

I miss you man🥲

[@padmeasmr]

Very interesting. Im from Italy but I did my bachelor in philosophy in southern Switzerland paying around 1000 francs per year (only private there) with financial aid and then I went for my master in an italian public uni in Milan and I paid according to my financial situation which in my case was 200 euros per year (the lowest) 😂 and then I went to a private cinema school to study acting and again I paid according to my situation, this time it was around 2000 euros per year. To get in all of those I just had a very simple interview. Only for acting they kinda tested me a bit.

[@thekid7328]

thank you hair man

[@QuixoticSerenity]

do you have any tips on studying and how to go to a good uni?

[@HasproFN]

we got this mogger making videos about uni before *GTA 6*

[@matthewellis7121]

Any chance you do some hockey game day vlogs or sometimg hockey related?

[@James____Edward]

I’ve finished playing hockey unfortunately 🥲

[@psychCkai]

this means so much i cantt 😄

[@jorgealbertorun]

U Miami is cool for the frat & sorority parties, but it isn't a college town. Go to FSU or UF if you want to see a college town in action in Florida

[@James____Edward]

Yeh I think I made a mistake regarding that. Was still cool to see tho

[@laurenceorama]

I go to FIU and it’s great I love it there and the scholarship bright futures/ financial aid covers everything

[@jorgealbertorun]

@laurenceorama Yea uni in US is pretty inexpensive and typically free (especially FL). The problem is that people who shouldn't go to uni are the ones that pay exorbitant amounts of $

[@sebmckinstry1727]

Hi James, any advice for medical biosciences at Imperial? Great vid!

[@James____Edward]

Make sure you take lab in second year seriously. And stay on top of your work right from the get go

[@asmerom3025]

This guy can certainly talk.

[@josephkujo5544]

SATs and ACTs are the farthest things from iq tests. The whole reason they are so much less important than they were decades ago is because most schools recognize A) that they are an incredibly poor indicator of intelligence, ability, and academic record, and B) can be cheesed to the point of absurdity as they are more matters of test-taking strategy implementation. Today, the average SAT and ACT scores for colleges are incredibly inflated for this very reason, so really in today’s academic landscape they mean nothing.

[@James____Edward]

I think from the UK perspective they appear as IQ tests. I understand it’s more cognitive thinking, and you can definitely practice for them 🖤

[@yumyumyucky6313]

Good video but I think I you make some over generalizations about college in the US because they can be very different.

[@James____Edward]

Yeh I do apologise, I had to generalise a lot of stuff unfortunately, as otherwise this video could have been a hour long. I will try to go into more depth next time

[@brandons9469]

Imma be honest it’s just cuz you were at U Miami, go to a Georgia game or a U Florida game. It’s more about the atmosphere, and UM isn’t really known for their atmosphere

[@jasperruzius1676]

Hi James, could you tell me again what you studied in university, was it bio medical engineering?

[@gummypanda5376]

When is your hair product coming out?

[@James____Edward]

Next June 🖤

[@jakubrutkowski3368]

The videos about universities from you are awesome. Those two you posted are so helpful Bro. I wonder how it looks in England to apply as foreigner from Europe. Do you know is it harder to get in? And how expensive are fees and maybe if there are any scholarships? Starting uni next year and I'm looking for options 💀🙏

[@James____Edward]

Fees in the Uk as an international student are super super expensive. But it’s definitely easier to get in because of that!

[@jakubrutkowski3368]

@@James____Edward I checked some websites and it is like 20-40k pounds per year💀 I'll probably stick to some free uni in Poland🙈

[@anonymous-sk4ms]

wow uni in america is expensive, I want to study abroad, so either a scholarship or community college will do for me

[@James____Edward]

Yeh I think it’s differs if your international. There’s also financial aid you can receive and a lot of students do

[@anonymous-sk4ms]

@@James____Edward yeah when the time comes all this info will be helpful

[@Isueusjjd]

How long have u been in USA 🇺🇸? 🤔🤔🤔

[@engineeringismyblood5212]

German University: 0€

[@benboy9554]

is bro sponsord by lacoste?

[@James____Edward]

I wish 🥲

[@AtifAlam16]

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[@katleenbracquene5300]

Wil u ever try a new hairstyle ❤

[@James____Edward]

It’s coming 🫶

[@katleenbracquene5300]

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[@Alp-t7h]

I'm really looking forward to see you make a video in Canada 🤡😆

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[@James____Edward]

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[@psychCkai]

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[@James____Edward]

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[@Stinger1774]

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[@James____Edward]

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[@csfgale]

Clearly need to go back to uni. It’s programme, not program

[@James____Edward]

I have to use a captions ai to help, as is such a long video to do captions for. So it makes mistakes. Still takes 3 hours to do though and mistakes slip through 🥲