I am in need of advisement!

[exsequar]

O flist! O magnificent, multi-national, diverse-perspectived flist!

I am trying to decide where I want to study abroad.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to do this program called TASSEP (Trans-Atlantic Science Student Exchange Program) because it costs SO MUCH LESS than normal Study Abroad programs, and it's exactly what I want in that you're just enrolled in a foreign school as a normal student.

So the choices are rather limited, both by schools that participate in this program and ones where they speak, y'know, English ;)

In a nutshell, it comes down to these three choices:

Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland
Lancaster University in Lancaster, England
University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland

Now, my lovely European friends (and anyone else that happens to know anything!), tell me what you know about these schools - reputations, strengths, anything about the cities they're in... anything that will help me to make a more informed decision. They all HAVE Biochemistry programs (that's my major) so that isn't really a concern, but if you know anything about how strong they are in the sciences that would help too!

Aaaaaand... go! :D

Comments

[ellieptical.livejournal.com]

DON'T DO LANCASTER! Seriously! I looked there, I really thought it'd be fantastic the course looked fab. But the place (uni) it's out of the town, which is lovely. Is just HORRENDOUS. I know 3 people who have gone there, and each one says it's awful, the libary is useless, the staff are useless and it's a thoroughly depressing campus. Strathclyde or Trinity is the way to go (and personally I'd say Trinity) I've looked at both.

[ellieptical.livejournal.com]

I've been to both Dublin and Glasgow (obv) recreationally as well as to look at uni's and both are beautiful, I prefer glasgow because I love Scotland.They're both very cosmopolitan cities, Glasgow has a good transport system. Housing etc in both is fairly expensive now, as they're both on the rise. Trinity has a huge historical importance, as a uni. Also try looking at their websites. Strathclyde (http://www.strath.ac.uk/) and Trinity (http://www.tcd.ie/). A lot of people see Strathclyde as a 'poorer cousin' to The University of Glasgow.