US Universities/Colleges?
Imogen
but after watching Close Encounters of the Third Kind today I'm really
confused about post high school. Is the college the gang were looking around
today like English sixth form or is it more like University? And why did
they stay over night there? Is that normal?
Sorry to go back to this conversation but I was just very confused with the
whole system!
Thanx
Imo
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and trust me my UK pal - kids in American usually don't look at college
extremely seriously their junior (3/4 done) year. Most don't even decide
on a college until the middle of their senior year.
I'm probablly going to one of the largest schools in Penn State - a big
american football school which is known for its commuications program.
I'm also looking at Syracuse (another large school) but since I go to a
Jesuit Highschool I'll be pressured into going to smaller, harder, more
selective schools.
A little fun fact, my school is named Rockhurst however its named after
one of the UKs finer private schools named Stoneyhurst.
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Aesha
After high school is college/university- it's the same thing, but
usually colleges are smaller, I think. And we have junior colleges here
(I don't know if they have those in the UK), which are 2 year colleges.
Most (if not all) Universities here offer prospective students the
opportunity to come and check out the college before they apply or
before they decide that's where they want to be. That way they can check
out the city, the students, maybe visit a class or two, etc. Quite a few
of them allow the prospective students to spend the night in the dorms
with a student guide, too. I hope this helped... if you have more
questions, email me!
Aesha
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Aesha wrote:
> Hi Imogen,
> After high school is college/university- it's the same thing, but
> usually colleges are smaller, I think. And we have junior colleges here
> (I don't know if they have those in the UK), which are 2 year colleges.
That's the length of our college/sixth form college courses
>
> Most (if not all) Universities here offer prospective students the
> opportunity to come and check out the college before they apply or
> before they decide that's where they want to be. That way they can check
> out the city, the students, maybe visit a class or two, etc.
i.e.like our Universities
> Quite a few
> of them allow the prospective students to spend the night in the dorms
> with a student guide, too. I hope this helped... if you have more
> questions, email me!
So, their college is our university, just smaller. Like you don't get city wide
campusses like Bath for a college.
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colleges offer only undergraduate degrees. A university is usually
made up of several colleges.
In article <391F31...@continet.com>,
Aesha <sa...@continet.com> wrote:
> Hi Imogen,
> After high school is college/university- it's the same thing,
but
> usually colleges are smaller, I think. And we have junior colleges
here
> (I don't know if they have those in the UK), which are 2 year
colleges.
> Most (if not all) Universities here offer prospective students
the
> opportunity to come and check out the college before they apply or
> before they decide that's where they want to be. That way they can
check
> out the city, the students, maybe visit a class or two, etc. Quite a
few
> of them allow the prospective students to spend the night in the dorms
> with a student guide, too. I hope this helped... if you have more
> questions, email me!
>
> Aesha
>
> Imogen wrote:
> >
> > I know we have talked about this before but it was mainly about
High School
> > but after watching Close Encounters of the Third Kind today I'm
really
> > confused about post high school. Is the college the gang were
looking around
> > today like English sixth form or is it more like University? And
why did
> > they stay over night there? Is that normal?
> > Sorry to go back to this conversation but I was just very confused
with the
> > whole system!
> > Thanx
> > Imo
>
Rachel
In the states they call university college. And here ppl often stay
overnight when they're looking around unis so there's no reason why they
shouldn't!
Rachel
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Imogen wrote in message <391f0...@news2.vip.uk.com>...
>I know we have talked about this before but it was mainly about High School
>but after watching Close Encounters of the Third Kind today I'm really
>confused about post high school. Is the college the gang were looking
around
>today like English sixth form or is it more like University? And why did
>they stay over night there? Is that normal?
>Sorry to go back to this conversation but I was just very confused with the
>whole system!
>Thanx
>Imo
>
Claire Essame
school/college system:
You finish high school at 18 same as in the UK, and go to
university/college. Like in the UK most colleges offer the opertunity to
look around, but since unlike in the UK not everywhere is within about a
days travelling distance more places offer the opertunity to stay overnight.
In the US college lasts four years as opposed to three (normaly) in the UK.
This is because they have completed a year less of schooling when they go to
college at 18, so they get a year more to get up to the same standard as
graduates in other countries. People who are talking about Junior colleges
do not mean like our sixth form/FE colleges, but simple somewhere you can
take the first two years of a degree before presumably moving somewhere else
to finish.
Their visit was pretty similar to one I went on last year when I was their
age, although it seems a bit unusual that they all seem so focussed on
college so far in advance.
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Megan
> do not mean like our sixth form/FE colleges, but simple somewhere you can
> take the first two years of a degree before presumably moving somewhere
else
> to finish.
get at a college/university.
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Megan <meeg...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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: People who are talking about Junior colleges
The degree one gets at a junior college is called an AA degree and is
often equivalent to the first two years of a 4 year college.
Some junior colleges also have specialized training and certificates in
specialized fields, such as hotel management or electronic technician.
So some play the role of 'trade school.'
(This may vary from state to state; I'm reporting from California.)
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