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I lived in Edinburgh for a bit, so let me know if there's any question you have about the place, and I'll try to help. Feel free to PM me with questions.

Remember our electricity supply is 240 volts, and we have three-pin plugs and sockets. Adaptors are only suitable for short-term use, so make sure your stuff is wired correctly if you get the plugs rewired for the UK. Or consider getting a cheap hair-dryer and stuff.

We don't frown on jay-walking, but we DO drive on the left. And Princes' Street is pretty busy.

And get Skype for free calls home via the Net.

Can't think of anything else ATM... Oh. If you're going to visit England during your stay, most places don't like taking Scottish banknotes, even though they are still pounds sterling. Get to an English ATM as soon as you can after crossing the border (not that you'll know it's the border!).

I'm Scottish! I grew up about an hour from Edinburgh and I've been there a lot, so you can PM me with questions too. xD

We don't frown on jay-walking

This was the WEIRDEST thing for me when I was in Ireland over the summer! I have always been a very careful street-crosser after seeing a girl I knew get hit by a car when we were kids. When I got to Ireland. . . pretty much everyone crossed the street everywhere. Dublin was the only place I really remember crosswalks, and even then, people just crossed whenever, not when the crosswalk said to cross! I spent the first half of my trip in a state of pure panic!

My brother lived in Dublin for a while, and when I visited him I was amazed to learn that Dublin has one of the lowest accident rates in Europe, if I remember correctly. Everyone seemed to be just running out into the street arbitrarily, and the cars didn't seem to care either. Now, I'm Norwegian and as such no stranger to jaywalking, but... jaywalking in Norway looks a whole lot safer than jaywalking in Dublin...

But anyway, back to the topic at hand: I went to the US for ten months when I was 18 to attend high school and I had a blast. It's probably not the same thing, but I would love to study in either the UK or Ireland at some point. In fact, I have a semi-formed plan of going to Trinity College in Dublin for my MA degree. We'll have to see though XDD
Last semester, both my roommates went to the UK to study (Edinburgh & Southampton), and they both had a great time. I went to visit them in March, and I gotta say that I absolutely love the UK!

If I ever DO my MA I would love to do it in the UK! Right now I am in too much debt though, and I am all essay-ed out. Heh.