US lessons and Laura Spence 4

Your article on the advantages of studying at US universities ("The lure of the broad horizon", August 6) stresses the appeal of a diverse curriculum. Many North American universities were modelled on the broad, four-year Scottish system that still exists in Scotland. If this is indeed the attraction of institutions in the US, it would be a much cheaper option to study in Scotland where one can take up to five different subjects in the first two years before specialising in an honours subject.

Graham D. Caie
Glasgow University