Regent's American College London

Honestly, if you're there to travel or just experience the place. Just try to get an odd job and live there for a while instead of doing study abroad. When i was there, i found school just held me back from doing what i really wanted to do. You could do alot of travelling or live fairly comfortably with the money you spend on tuition there. Take advantage of Heathrow while you're there, you can fly to alot of exotic places for cheap (compared to fares from the US). I went to Dubai after Finals. Also, try to rent a car on a trip to Italy or France, it's tons of fun. there's all sorts of picturesque winding roads and quaint little towns that no one else visits.

Do lots of internet research when looking for cheap travel deals--it's time-consuming, but it pays off! Also, if you don't take the tube very often, buying the 10-ticket cachets is cheaper than getting a ticket every time you take it. Walking is the best way to get around, though, because then you get to see everything, and central London is smaller than it looks. And it rains a lot, but it's cheaper to buy an umbrella there than in the US. Have fun!

If your bank charges per transaction for ATM withdrawals, take out more money at once--like, enough for the week instead of for the day. Eventually, the fees you save add up to a pretty significant amount. All the books you'd need can be found in the college library, so you really don't need to buy any. The computer labs are pretty busy, but if you're patient, you should have no trouble getting online. Also, credit cards are good to have because the exchange rates are often better than what you get with ATMs--just don't go overboard with spending. I got back almost a year ago, and I'm still paying my balance off!

this trip was great, and it was worth the experience I had

Since its a small school it becomes its own little community. Even if they tell you not to bring your laptop you should still bring it a lot of people used it to play music, or you can connect to the regents server and use the internet. Also great(but expensive) shopping, i thought better than Paris, especially at Topshop.