5 Ways British and American College Life is Very Different
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As someone who spent a fair bit of time on both British and American college campuses, I've noticed some striking differences; here are just five of them.
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When I graduated, "university" was a blanket term for the institution itself. A "college" was a division in a specific field within the university . (College of Business, College of Language Arts, College of Social Science, etc).
Same and I graduated in 2008
Ours used "school" (School of Business, School of Mathematics & Sciences, etc) 😊
Yes. While college and university are generally used interchangeably in the US, there are differences.
A large institute for higher learning is called a university, and has branches within it called colleges. Those colleges are organized by area of study (like the examples above). Each college has it's own advisors (counselors), each collage determines their own curriculum and degrees (with approval from accreditation bodies), and they manage their own faculty (teachers). Students take courses from any college as required but the majority of their classes will be from the college their advisor is part of. Universities usually offer advanced degrees (Masters, PhDs, ...).
With smaller institutions which don't have separate suborganizations for various disciplines, the entire institution is called a college. These institutions general do not offer advanced degrees, just 4 year degrees (and maybe 2-year degrees).
My brother is in a frat (fraternity) and his wife is in a sorority, and they are still active in to this day. My brother is 54 and my SIL is 51. Now, I don't mean active as in they are still hanging out at a frat/sorority house, but active in away that they give back to the community. They may feed the homeless, help with disaster clean up, visit kids or the elderly in the hospital, and fundraisers.
In the US, many times the term university is for an institution that has both undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
It's the number of degrees available. There was a local college who officially had to change their name because they added 3 majors and had exactly 50 majors offered.
This was once true. Over the recent decades most colleges found a way to change their name to "university" for marketing reasons.
I mean Hunter College here in NY has Masters Degree programs... but if you wanted to go for a PhD you'll need to switch over to the Graduate Center (this may have changed since 2007 when I was looking into post-grad stuff).
- A million years ago when I was in college the drinking age was 18.
- I was an undergraduate student for 5 1/2 years. Most of those years I majored in weekends and minored in week nights.
I went to college back than as well. We used to throw keg parties to raise money for clubs.
Don't panic and always know where your towel is. 😊
I know where my towel is, I can't find my degree.
American universities are also comprised of multiple colleges, that's part of the definition of being a university, although ours are academic rather than residential. Dormitories here also generally house more than one student per room, usually two to four. Back in the stone age at least, lots of schools divided the year into quarters, not semesters.
I stayed at a 'residence hall' in college in the US, which was more specifically a 'scholarship hall'. Both 'the dorms' and 'scholarship halls' were considered 'residence halls', but maintained by the university. Private dormitories off-campus were almost exclusively referred to as 'residence halls' as opposed to 'dorms', but also any special requirements dormitory facilites on-campus were also generally referred to as 'residence halls' instead of 'dorms'.
These could include halls like mine, the 'scholarship halls', which included a minimum GPA and other academic requirements, places like the all-women / only-women residences, and anything that was associated with a particular school or major, such as the engineering / STEM dorms.
One similarity I've noticed is that for PhD programs, there are certain programs that people will *always* work into a conversation, and others people will not mention. A Harvard graduate and an Oxford graduate will always tell you where they got their PhD.
I have no idea how the UK feels about students who return to College and/or University in the later years. My first time around, in the early 1980s, I left college because…well…I was pregnant 🤷♀️ Fast forward several decades and many kiddos later, I returned to college in my mid 50s. After receiving my AA (Associate of Arts) in English and Literature, I transferred to University for my BA (Bachelor of Arts) EMLL (English Major w/ Literature and Linguistics focus).
Kudos to you!🎉
Back in the dark ages, when I was in college in the US, my state’s drinking age was 18.
In Virginia, you could buy beer and wine at 18 but you had to be 21 for liquor.
I remember the drinking age in the state my college was in was 19. The drinking age in the state I lived in was 18. I was a beer mule for that first year, buying it legally and filling my trunk with six packs. Then they went and raised the age to 21 everywhere and my career was over lol.
Legal drinking age is 21 for as long as I can recall in Utah.
In the US, universities usually offer post-graduate degrees while colleges do not.
I’ve wondered if that still holds true.
Really?????
All of these University football and basketball players are 20-something post-grads?????
Really?????
@@keithfaulkner6319 they mean in addition to undergraduate degrees, but even this isn’t strictly true, as my alma mater is a “college” that does confer postgrad degrees
@@keithfaulkner6319 No. the institution called “university” typically had post-grad. Offering post-grad programs was what could distinguish a school as “university.”
You must be drinking because many 4 year colleges offer post graduate studies. Unless you're confusing junior college which is a 2 year school. University and college are quite interchangeable. Look up "colleges in the US" and it will have both universities and colleges listed all 4 year institutions that offer post grad studies.
Regarding Greek life, there are indeed alumni/ae chapters. Usually these are tied to one's current location, rather than their alma mater. So, you might join the Chicago Area Alumnae chapter of Alpha Beta Gamma, where you'd meet other ABGs who graduated from various colleges across various decades. The focus of these groups is typically philanthropy with a little bit of socializing. It's a good way to make new friends when you're an adult, which can often be challenging.
In the US, we can get an Associates degree which is considered a 2 year degree. However, this doesn’t have to take 2 years. It is based on the number of credits/hours that are recommended by the school. However, it can still be completed in a shorter/longer amount of time.
Actually, for any of the degrees, it can take as much time as you have available because the credit estimate it’s fulfilling the required classes and in turn the credits which determine if the degree was obtained.
Also, if agreed upon, you can test out of some classes. This means you sit for the final exam but you don’t have to sit through the entire semester in the class.
If not in a hurry, a community college is a good place to get the "general education" requirements out of the way at a low cost. These are usually the "humanities " which are force-fed to make you a "well-rounded person," but offering no practical value or career-related training.
You do NOT have all the time you want to get your degree. You are given about to 7 years for a Bachelors..after that time credits begin to expire and must be repeated! In grad school the restrictions can be even worse!
@@elultimo102 exactly what I did. I paid my way and it made getting a degree affordable.
I've been collecting college t-shirts since I was a little kid. Any time we were on family car trip vacations, if we saw a sign for some small college "exit here," we usually did. We'd hit up the campus bookstore and get a t-shirt. That one thing that people "across the pond" have given me looks for. Why would I, an American middle-aged woman, want a college t-shirt from Uppsala University in Sweden? I'm up to 450 different schools. But yes, finding a college/uni t-shirt abroad is a bit more difficult than here in the US.
When I was in college in the US (almost 60 years ago), the main social distinctions among students were based on type of residence: the Dormies, the Greeks, and the Independents [who lived neither in the dormitories (which were expensive) nor frat/sorority houses (which were infamous for alcohol abuse and poor grades).] The college was surrounded by older houses, many of which had been subdivided into apartments, with or without kitchen access. One of my bosses had lived in a sorority house during colleges because there were almost no affordable private accommodations for students in that city.
In NY State (the entire state, NYC included), the drinking age was 18 in the 1970's, when I attended college. There was on-campus drinking, as it was legal. It's hard to say that it was encouraged by the University, but it certainly wasn't discouraged.
I think many were over their big crazy drinking parties back in HS because there wasn't that much in college. This was at a small cowboy TX college. Yeah, weird.
Universities is the umbrella for the individual colleges.
I would have said the reverse. "College" is what we call it in general, but "University" is the word they all put in the official name of their individual institution.
@@jonadabtheunsightly We call the period of attending higher education for an undergraduate degree "college," but "college" is also used more precisely as an organization unit inside a University where each college oversees various academic departments or occasionally provides some administrative support (e.g. Graduate Colleges that don't have any programs themselves but oversee graduate programs across all departments at a high level).
My father is in his eighties and absolutely still meets with his fraternity brothers.
Not all U.S. colleges have fraternities and sororities. I’m so grateful that my college didn’t have them. My idea of hell.
They are optional. I attended two universities and had friends attend two other universities. All four had fraternities and sororities, I don't know anyone who joined any of the fraternities or sororities.
U.S. universities are supposed to have more than one school or college such as a school of music, college of liberal arts, school of business, etc. But, as you said, we all refer to it as going to college.
So your wife went to Ball State. That's about an hour up the road from me. My mother graduated from there back when it was still just a teacher's college, before it grew up into a university.
My future grandson-in-love just graduated Ball State.
Great video. Learned some new things. Thanks!
In the US, your grades determine your GPA, but to acquire your grades you have to pass your exams. Dissertations are only required for masters degrees or doctorate degrees.
Well, if one's school requires a research paper to graduate with honors in one's major, you may have to do one just to get your Bachelor's. You may want to do it this way if your grades are stellar enough to go to a good grad school for your Master's or Ph.D.
Some Professors will grade based on the term paper, plus the exams, so if your term paper was really weak your grade might suffer so badly acing the exams won't save you.
You also have quizzes, assignments, labs, projects, etc potentially all in the same course. I've seen many classes where you can e.g. get a 50% (i.e. fail) the midterm and the final and still get an 80% in the class because the more important parts of the course were done via projects, labs, and/or assignments.
Also while not necessarily required, some programs do offer a senior thesis/dissertation option in lieu of a senior project (especially if they're looking to do a PhD right after undergrad), and symmetrically, many masters programs can be done (or even only offered) as terminal programs, which don't require a thesis. The terminal programs are usually people looking to switch careers from one field to a related field (so a who new bachelor's degree would be redundant), people looking to "multiclass" to borrow from DND (e.g. there's a lot of people in finance getting Computer Science/Software Engineering terminal masters because they can use programming and maybe some algorithms stuff in their finance work), or people who are just looking for a promotion or a pay bump.
Funny how the nickname for one can be the preferred terminology on the other side. I went to college in Florida, and Dorms and Residence Halls are interchangeable basically
Edit: and the mid-semester test is called a “mid-term exam”
After being assigned a roommate who was a, uh, rented date for the who's who, another who cooed like a dove 24/7, another who bawled her eyes out for bf so much she dropped out with a full ride and another who had been my best friend but was all over my bf, I found out to have a room by myself was $7!!! a sem. I couldn't pay that fast enough.
At most older US colleges or universities, many of the buildings are called halls, and are named after someone, usually a rich alum who donated money. This includes dormitories and classroom buildings. I lived in Cherry Hall and had classes at Haag Hall and Grant Hall.
I was in a fraternity when I went to college nearly 35 years ago. My brothers and I try to get together once a year. We have a group chat where we keep in touch.
We Americans are always confused about the college system in the UK. They seem to play a larger role in university life than dormitories do. You often hear that someone attended Balliol or Jesus College or something, but Americans would never refer to their college dorm this way. And most Americans students move around to different dorms over the course of their four years, or live off campus or in student housing that isn't directly affiliated with the U.
American, here. I had a "typical" four-year undergraduate degree from an American college, but went to McGill University in Montreal for a PhD. It was very much on a British model. Rather than take the many courses in an American graduate program, we only had four, two of which were seminars where current research was reported. Instead, we were expected/allowed to do independent research from day one, under the guidance of a mentor. I was late at the lab many evenings, but got an excellent education. One of the students that was there at the same time even won a Nobel Prize.
In my graduate school (University of California) it generally required two years to complete the necessary lecture classes and examinations to advance to PhD Candidate, when one could commence research for one's PhD. I think that is typical in the US.
@@alanjameson8664 This. If you already have a non-terminal Masters, you may be able to apply for candidacy with less (or no) courses in some programs.
I know that at least one school in the US (Caltech) has three terms rather than two semesters per year. Go Beavers!
I went to University, back in the dark ages. This was back in the age of slide rules. My Major was in Draft Avoidance and my Minor was in Gynecology. This was back in the days where College cost $8.79 a semester. I seem to remember that I was never called, what you might say, a "good student". As a parting gesture, when I graduated, I stole my Cap and Gown. (Still have them)
PS. I was never on "Double Secret Probation".
No, that'd be the twilight ages. Tuition was $3/hr when I attended but it had gone up to $4 after I left and oooh, the pearl clutching and crying over the increase. Of course, that was before you could get college credit in HS but I went year round, worked registration so I could get my classes first and the library to get texts when the bookstore ran out. Graduated in 3 years by taking the max hours and still tossed in some extra summer classes to not have to go home. Wasn't studious, just wanted to finish even though it was a blast.
I watched a certain British Minecraft TH-camr who was convinced he was the equivalent of a high school dropout, because he left “college” without a degree at 20, but after some study, I came to the conclusion this was more like dropping out of what we would call “junior” or “community” college. 🤔
Nice episode. Most Greek Organizations on campuses are national bodies. There very much are conventions, newsletters, and other networking opportunities that can be advantageous to you for the rest of your life. Cheers.
“Dashing Young Laurence” looks strikingly like a Love Actually Martin Freeman…
Universities in the US are a collection of colleges or schools, I believe. Lower level institutions not part of a university are referred to as colleges. Many used to be referred to as community colleges. That's my experience any way.
Universities do research. My girls undergrad only university didn't have dependent colleges, but they did research.
Here in Canada we call them universities while collages are more technical based but we do have a few high schools that combine Collage courses with high school courses. My daughters school has an auto body shop, Hair dressing, cooking and welding to name just a few.
We were so young in that photo... sigh... 0:47
You two are such an adorable couple.
Many colleges and universities in US are attended by people living nearby and that may be a deciding factor in where they attend. My brother attended the local college and graduated from there but I attended for several years and transferred elsewhere to finish my major.
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I think you'll find that most of the colleges that emphasize sports are located in the Midwest and south. Plenty of other schools are more academically focused. Hint hint
Not "The University". Just "University". I went to university in Germany. Fifty-two and 53 years ago. I was last in England 60 years ago. Has much changed? I was an eleven years old.
I was a veteran when I started college, and I found most of the "Greeks" to be irritating as Hell.
I worked long hours at my job, so we won't discuss how many years it took me to finish college.
My profs would say they did the 12 year college program
I got my BA in Elementary Education at Anderson College (now University) in Anderson, IN in 1975. There is a Homecoming Weekend every October where you can meet up with former friends. Next year is my 50th year Homecoming and I hope to go. I still keep in touch with many of my former friends from Anderson on Facebook, phone, and I visit 2 friends in Indiana once a year.
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Good video. my campus didn’t have any Greek life. We did some clubs for example for aspiring teacher.s, debate, ironically English clu.
On lifetime membership - my father graduated college in 1963. He was a member of an organization that wasn't a fraternity exactly but was similar to one. Some of them are still in touch now. Iirc they had a 60th reuinion last year.
My dad explained it to me. Rich man goes to college, poor man goes to work. I went to work, but turned out well. I’m retired and livin the good life👍 My son went to college then he said I can’t make no money with this, he then went to work. My daughters got two degrees one a master, she hated it. Went back now she’s getting into new field hope she likes it.
I'm a teacher, glad that my college days are nearly finished.
I'm teaching high schoolers.
The "operator standing by" never hesitated to accept my application. (Just kidding)
On the residence stuff, you get pretty much the whole gambit in the US: the term "residence hall" exists, and while they're often a dorm, they may also be a suite-style arrangements (that may have 1 or more beds per room). Some (often newer) residence buildings are literally apartment complexes and may referred to naturally as "apartments." One of the schools I went to even had a few cul-de-sacs of detached duplexes that held five students per unit (in 10 tiny bedrooms). A mix of available (loan) money, real-estate opportunity, and evolving standards of decency are actually causing many US colleges and universities to move away from dorms.
So studious and scholarly! ☺️
Great video! Thanks!
I began my major in an electrical engineering program. I had to take a computer programming class for that degree. I loved that class so much that after two years in EE I changed my major.
Along with majoring in a subject in the US there is also a term known as your area of concentration.
University means graduate degrees (Master and Doctorate) are offered. A college only offers 4 year degrees. A university is a collection of colleges. If you graduate with a 4 year degree from a university (which as mentioned also offers graduate degrees) the diploma will have the name of the University at the top in big letters but the body of the diploma will say something like "conferred this degree by the college of arts/sciences/mathematics/history/whatever..."
Not true. Bowdoin College, Middlebury College and Dartmouth College all have post grad studies. Just to name a few.
My cousin received her law degree from Boston College
I went to a "dry" college. No drinking was allowed in any college buildings even for over 21's in dorms. On overseas trips we got a weekly food allowance in cash so that the school wasn't purchasing any alcohol.
HHG2G! Love it Lawrence.
Oooh Lawrence I just got home from school I'm a 44 year old college student and I'm tired
Super excited to watch though 🎉
Kudos to you 👍 !!
I got my BA at UWF after getting my AA at Pensacola State College, but I didn't go straight out of high school. I did a jaunt in the Marines after 9/11. I was 31 when I graduated, so I didn't really experience the young people stuff. No frat, no sports, no revelry (with other students). I went to class, did my assignments (most of the time?), got my degree and bounced.
In Georgia (the state, not the country), University refers to institutions that grant higher degrees (masters or doctorates) and 'colleges' only provide bachelors or associate degrees. For those outside the US, an associate degree is 2 years and generally is more vocational and might be drafting, welding, medical or pharmacy tech, etc.
I am a citizen and resident of the United States. I did not go immediately to college following high School as I was 1. Not sure what I wanted to study and 2. I was sick and tired of the whole school routuine. On the other hand, many people I have known in life assume I have been to college and such. At risk of self aggrandizement I do know a lot of big words and seem to analyze organized entities. (Government - admittedly a stretch - is one such entity.)
In my 30s, I did get a two year (associates) degree in police science. After serving in the U. S. Marine Corps as an NCO and not a commissioned officer I got a job with the Border Patrol. After six years I'd had all the fun I could take and moved to the U. S. Customs Service. People still thought I was a formal, official college graduate. People still assume so.
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I got my MA there, and that mag was literally just sitting on the table waiting to be read. 😂🎉
A dorm is a generic term. When labeled with names, it it typically referred to as (Name here) hall.
US usage usually has college (also school) as a major academic division under a university, but some East Coast universities use college for residence halls, as well.
Also, depending on the institution, you may have semesters, quarters, or terms.
Certain US educational institutions are BOTH Colleges AND Universities. For instance, four year undergraduate Bachelor Degrees are awarded by Harvard COLLEGE. Post Graduate Masters and Doctors Degrees are awarded by Harvard UNIVERSITY.
I have been to three state colleges/Universities in Montana. Montana State University, Montana University State University-Billings (formally known as Eastern Montana College), and University of Montana. Three respective areas of Study Computer Science, Municipal Airport Management, Business Administration. I finally graduated out of the University of Montana with a BS in Business Administration with an emphasis in Small Business. Class of 1986, Go Grizzlies.
Question, why do British put a negative at the end of a statement or question ie…I love fish & chips, don’t I or
She’s doing great isn’t she
In the US there's institutions, such as the College of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the College of English Literature, and the College of Verteranary Medicine, all of which make up the University of Texas.
Digging the beard Dude, digging the beard.
University and College are both used in the US.
University contains colleges and schools. And universities are both undergraduate and graduate education, whereas as standalone colleges normally are just undergraduate degrees.
I was a fan of the University I went to from when I was a child. My parents were, and only my mom actually attended albeit for just a couple years. Applied in high school and got accepted, never applied anywhere else. Am still a massive fan of the University when it comes to sports.
I went to College. It was called a college. At that time, we had "terms". Fall, Winter, and Spring. Spring term was only a month long and you took one course. I had 3 "of age" dates. turned 18 my Sr year of high school--party! They change the drinking age to 19 maybe it was 20, so I had another party birthday, Then shortly after that they raised it back up to 21. So I had 3 coming to the age of majority 3 times. Interesting times.
Maybe it was because I went to a "blue collar" (working class) college, but "Greek Life" was only for the tiny minority of students that came from homes with lots of cash. My college basically created law enforcement, teaching, agriculture and behind the scenes (TV/Movie) professionals. I did belong to a law enforcement fraternity, but it's sole purpose was post college networking for job seeking. To keep our charter, my frat had to do one public service event and a fundraiser (for charity) per year. About the dorms, at my college, from the 1960's to the 1980's, most of the dorms were just very basic, but checking recently, the dorms now look like 3 star or 4 star hotels. The same goes for food service-in the 80's and before, just functional cafeterias, but now, food service at the college looks like a high end deli or a nice restaurant.
I started college at Slippery Rock State College (SRSC) in Pennsylvania and graduated 4 years later from Slippery Rock University (SRU), so I suppose I've been to both college and university, thanks to the institution's change of name.
My daughter is in her senior year of high school and is applying to several schools right now.
Some US colleges have a blanket “no alcohol in the dorms” policy
Mostly because the younger students aren’t eligible for off campus housing, so like 90% of the dorms will be full of people under 21
The college that I attended, did not have any fraternities or sororities, unless you count the local chapter of Mu Kappa. However, it was a small, private school (about 600 students enrolled when I was there; it has since grown somewhat larger but would still be considered small by most people's standards for such things).
I can't speak for the UK. I can speak from a US Military experience. With several doctorates degrees of which I'll never use, I continue to take courses that are offered to me free of charge. Most of these are post-pandemic through CourseEA.
In the US Universities are Large institutions and are Subdivided into "Colleges", and sometimes "Schools" Where I wen there was the University itself, then there was the College of Liberal Arts, School of Engineering, School of Medicine, College of Social Work, School of Law.....etc!
There's also community colleges that offer two year degrees and trade schools, as well.
Lawrrrrrence
Generally, a College is a unit of study: College of Engineering, College of Economics, etc.
Universities encompass several colleges, each with its own Dean or Head.
Generally.
The grading in the US can be pretty arbitrary even down to a particular professor or instructor. Some may elect to "grade on a curve" and thus, depending on how your classmates do a 40% could be an "A" or "4.0" while other instructors teaching the same class could grade it so a 90%+ is required for a 4.0, and another could make the cutoff 80%. From speaking with some of my instructors the head of the department could also compel the professor to change grades to change the overall distribution or shift the grades. For example if someone did straight grading and no student got above a 3.0 the department head could make them shift and spread grades so there was some percentage of 4.0s.
Hi, Laurence & that gorgeous kitty of yours!
And beautiful Tarah. & precious Arthur.
ANYWAY, I went to 4 years of university.
However, except for my freshman (1st) year, I worked at least 2 jobs, usually 1 of those an on-campus work study job.
I had ZERO funding from family, so at age 17 was managing a very tight budget (I'd grown up doing the same).
No time to party.
We did have sororities & fraternities on campus.
One generally needed family funding to participate.
Also, I started uni soon after the most (back in the late 1960's) violent student protests against the US participation in the Vietnam War occurred.
There was no, "Greek life" during the years of protest.
It was just coming back when I started uni in 1974.
I did graduate in 1978, with high honors.
& totally exhausted.
Was already working in what would become my chosen field, although I didn't realize that when I first began that job.
And, like a VERY handsome young Brit, I did meet my dear husband (together since 1978!) at uni!
Blessings.
I'm going to be 60 tomorrow and am still in contact with my fraternity pledge brothers. These are the guys I joined the fraternity with in the same class. A group are getting together at an away football game this weekend.
Happy birthday! 🎂
My birthday was yesterday!
A'reyt Laurence. I went to one of my five choices, but my original choice would have had a year in US. I actually had St Andrews as my first choice, but after three weeks in bed with flu, my eventual course tutor said he could offer me a place without the year in US. He knew I had been ill, because I had a rearranged visit with him on my own. It did no harm that I got A at general studies, showing my other grades might have been better, had I not missed half a term.
I later visited the city I would have studied in whilst touring US for 3 months. One of the students from there said he had seen a report from one of my minor subject lecturers asking why I had not done that subject. At school I had struggled to follow the teacher, but it seemed much easier taught in lectures. Had I been from US I might have switched. Many of my friends majored in it, including one who later was a UK government minister and knighted.
Canadian Schools are about halfway between the U.S. & UK. Except for the drinking part. They like to have one off the wrist as much if not more than the Brits.
At least in the US, "term" is a more generic word than "semester." A semester is specifically half of an academic year. A term may be either a semester or a quarter, depending on the institution's academic calendar.
After talking with a physics professor about job opportunites for a person with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Physics, I formally switched my major and attended the School of Engineering and Computer Science (SECS). A graduate with a Bachelors degree in Engineering is readily employable, but positions for students majoring in physics usually aren't available until after earning a Masters of Science degree, or even a PHD degree. I didn't want to attend the university for how long it would take to earn those advanced degrees.
Most of ours are universities as well and they generally have many colleges within theme denoting departments of the university
In the US, universities are usually public & colleges are usually private. I went to a college for my undergrad but went to 2 universities for my 2 Masters. Most young people in the US also think colleges/universities are not worth the money. For me, if I could afford it, I’d get another MA in Art History. I love learning! 😀
Very interesting!
Alpha Delta Pi for life! I've worked for the Foundation (where scholarships are doled out), am a member of my alumnae association, and even returned to my own college to help with rituals. Where are my beautiful violets at?
You didn't talk about Junior College in America or public vs private schools. I'd also be interested to hear about the financial differences. I went to 2 public community colleges and one private one to get my AA (Associates Degree) The community College tuition was extremely inexpensive because it's subsidized by the state I live in. I lived at home during that time. Then I moved out of state to attend a University for a Batchelor's Degree. It was a private University and far more expensive, but I finished in 2 and a half years and received grants and financial aid. The total cost was about 90k although I didn't have to pay that much once the grants and financial aid was disbursed.
I still remember that college means high school outside the US. They use university for the bigger campuses. As a former student at a university and a college.... IT WAS A BLOODY HELL OF A HEADACHE! I have lost count of how many credits I had from a college was able
to go to a university! I have lost sleep on it.... ALSO HI KITTY CAT❤
My last year of HS (NYS), drinking age was 18. Some from our grad class went to parties at bars. Sure some got drunk. I didn’t need to. My family started me early. I remember drinking sips from a bottle of Carlson. Did I spell that right? I didn’t feel the urge to drink heavily.
When my family moved to Pa., my brother was nt very happy that the drinking age was 21. I’m a couple years older so at that time, I was able to drink, just didn’t feel like boozing it up.
I changed majors and schools three times as an undergraduate here in the United States.
At one time in California, universities offered doctoral degrees, colleges did not. So San Jose State College upgraded to San Jose State University shortly before I was there.
A college in a university in the United States can also be a division, like the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences at George Washington University, where I got my BA. And, of course, there are also colleges within Universities in Britain, like Christ Church at Oxford. But the divisions are different.
I had decided I was going to major in Computer Science and Accounting. For my last semester, I needed one more class for both degrees. However, each class was the same hour and day. I had to choose one and I chose Accounting.
One school I went to, the University of Illinois at Chicago, divided the school year into quarters instead of semesters. These were named after the seasons, so it probably had a summer quarter, but I never took any classes during the summer. I've also heard of schools having trimesters, but don't know what this system entailed.