Russian VS American Universities | What are the differences and which are better?

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  • In the new video, I discuss the differences between Russian and American universities, of which there are quite a few. Additionally, I delve into the factors that make universities in one country better than those in another 🙌
    Time codes:
    00:00 - Tour of my American university
    01:06 - University towns in Russia and America
    02:17 - Sport culture
    04:22 - Invited speakers
    05:25 - Events at universities
    06:28 - Classrooms
    07:50 - The relationship between professors and students
    09:28 - Professors' assistants
    10:03 - Inside universities
    11:16 - Food at universities
    11:57 - My compass in Manhattan
    12:35 - The main differences
    15:25 - Where do you study more?
    16:46 - The opinions of other Russian girls
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ความคิดเห็น • 169

  • @DariStep
    @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Friendsss 💜, I really hope that you found this video interesting!
    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT 🥰

    • @letterbox203
      @letterbox203 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Defjnitely will send some coffee for your other video

    • @diIbert
      @diIbert 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dari just going by your great disposition and location. Every prominent company has an office in NYC.
      Follow the money there. Look at hedgefund firms, international law firms, PR firms. Media, tech, and travel companies. For career opportunities.
      Especially companies with countries friendly to Russia. Like China. Singapore, Mexico. Pretty much the entire global south.
      Because I feel you still love and respect your country. As you should. You just a traveling soul. ❤

  • @bulat_shams
    @bulat_shams 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I'm a graduate student in Russia. Professor assistants are definitely a thing, and it's paid. I myself work as an assistant. Minors and majors also exists in Russia. Free water is available too. But it's obviously all depends on your college and might be uncommon for the majority of Russian universities. And it's not fair to compare undergraduate program in Russia with graduate one in the US. In Russia, you obviously will get much fewer classes in a graduate program, like 3 times a week and usually in the evening, so you can work as well.

    • @Englishwithblinddan
      @Englishwithblinddan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I’m from Moscow and I did an associate degree and I’m currently in my 4th year out of 5 to get a bachelor’s one. + I talked to many people who have ever gotten education here and read a lot of stuff about it. In the undergrad program, such thing is minors don’t usually exist.
      As for other cons of Russian universities, people have a lot of classes they don’t need…. Also this flexible system of units and credits doesn’t exist in Russia either unfortunately….
      But you’re right, it might not be fair to compare bachelor’s and master’s programs.

  • @justingray9033
    @justingray9033 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Exellent topic! I studied in the US and in the Netherlands and also noticed that in NL, university was more like a job, but in US it was a lifestyle. Everything revolved around school, classmates, clubs, sports, etc. We also had lots of fast food, that is everywhere in the USA! You basically have to bring your own food to eat healthy.

  • @donallen8414
    @donallen8414 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Another difference is that St. Johns is a Catholic university, while Russian universities are not dedicated to confessions. There are also for example Baptist or Mormon universities in the USA. As I studied with American and Soviet students, the main difference is in my opinion a word called initiative. Russian students wait for instructions, while US students climb monntains, swim across lakes and have good parties every weekend 😉

    • @diIbert
      @diIbert 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Parties, yes. I dont know about the swimming and rock climbing tho. 😂

    • @MariadeJesus-dt4ql
      @MariadeJesus-dt4ql 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Catholic University are not dedicated to confessions. Where did you get that information? The sacraments are done in a Catholic church.

  • @MariadeJesus-dt4ql
    @MariadeJesus-dt4ql 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Dari, you are doing so great at St John's university. You should be proud of yourself. God bless you.! The University looks so nice. Great video.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much!!

  • @danielyang3995
    @danielyang3995 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for sharing, this university difference is really helpful for foreigners!

  • @mikegarza2293
    @mikegarza2293 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks!

  • @ernestconnell8087
    @ernestconnell8087 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Go Dari! 👏

  • @mjeffn2
    @mjeffn2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey Dari. I haven’t seen you since you were in Russia. You’re at St. John’s University in NYC now working on an MBA. Congratulations! Good for you! I’m so happy to see you made it out. I think you’ve got a bright future ahead of you.

  • @heathreeves6327
    @heathreeves6327 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dari is awesome ❤

  • @jnfromiowa
    @jnfromiowa 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was such an interesting video! I'm always interested in what university life is like in other countries, and how foreigners react to college life here. I think you balanced it very well. And I will say that I'm glad I didn't have to pick my major immediately; I chose one but I enjoyed an elective class and the professor told me I should switch majors, and I agreed. 😅
    America is definitely into college sports more than most! Just wait a couple of weeks when March Madness (the national college basketball tournament) begins. It actually affects the US economy by $14 billion! And I was surprised at how early your spring break was (most schools take theirs in mid-to-late March 🤔).
    As usual though, you make us happy to see the world through your eyes. It was nice to get the perspectives of your Russian friends, and it's fantastic to see you looking so great and smiling so much! 😁

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for sharing your thoughts ☺️

  • @REOGURU
    @REOGURU 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very good video, I appreciated your explanation of the differences in educational systems and those of your friends. I'd like to see more content of this nature.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watching 😌

  • @silviunikita
    @silviunikita 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Back in Romania of 25 years ago it was pretty much like in Russia. We studied way too much theory and mathematics for our IT specialization. Besides that, I remember entering some university building rooms and instantly feeling like being teleported in the 60s. The standing ashtray was lying under the "no smoking" sign, the limping IT lab employee was fixing the CRT monitors with his walking cane and so on and so forth. It was such a relief when I finally graduated.

  • @informationcollectionpost3257
    @informationcollectionpost3257 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dari, got 30% of my MBA from Indiana State University and the rest of my studies from Wright State University. ( which is right next to Wright Patterson AFB). About 75% or more of my class mates were married, had gone through ROTC ( Reserved Officers Training Commission) ( ? On what the C stands for) and were Commisioned Officers. Most had worked on technical projects for at a guess 7 years on average after their bachelors degree, most had the USA government paying almost all their graduate school expenses, & most had a STEM 4 year bachelors degree. ( STEM= Science, technology, engineering, or mathematics related undergraduate degree, includes computer sciences) The rest of the non-military class either had a STEM related degree or a business work environment background and most of their work involved management or business plus their STEM related occupation of 7 to 15 years. The interaction of our inclass discussions between us came from our experiences on the professors topic that day. Thus it brought practical knowledge and application to the professor's lecture. While we all started with the same general business classes for the 1st half and beginning of our program; the last half was the self-selections for concentrating your studies to a specific area. ( project management, finance, marketing & sales, entrepreneural, supply chain, or whatever else was offered) Most people including myself graduated with a dual concentration. We were on I believe a semester system. ( two periods of study in a year) WSU didn't place very much emphasis on their sports program. If for instance Twila Paris wanted to have a concert in our sports stadium then they would rearrange their sports team game dates to accommodate her concert. WSU doesn't have a football team and many other sports teams. WSU places its emphasis on educating the students and getting money from their sports stadiums to apply to their student's education. Besides, since most people within all the master degree areas were working; there was little interest in playing sports or going to the games. The school is known as Ohio's university for producing masters degree in all studies besides business. ( performing arts, music, medical, material sciences, linguistics, & if you name it then there is probably a program for it) So, my experience in getting a masters degree was very different than yours. The school produces mostly business graduates, materials sciences, & medical graduates. We had a lot of concerts in our sports stadium that were mostly frequented by the general public. In fact the stadium was built more for hosting concerts than sports teams.

  • @Alexander.Yashkin
    @Alexander.Yashkin หลายเดือนก่อน

    Спасибо, Даша, за видео. Очень интересно рассказываешь, и мне все понятно на английском с моим скромным pre-intermediate уровнем владения

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Рада это слышать!

  • @nikitabanks
    @nikitabanks หลายเดือนก่อน

    also from Russia and studying MSc at Hunter

  • @allanmorton6022
    @allanmorton6022 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Really intetesting video Dari, enjoyed seeing the differences. Looks like russian is more an extension of school while US is more of a life experience to create great thinking people with broader outlook of life. Glad you are studying in US and I think you are too! Will be buying you a coffee very soon.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks a lot 🙌🏼

  • @letterbox203
    @letterbox203 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thank you Dasha to you and your peers for offering such a rare perspective of University in U.S..vs Russia! You guys are amazing and add to our diverse cultural experiences. Your jnsights are both illuminating and delightful and I am most grateful to all of you. Totally agree with you on the magnitude of our sports culture. I can relate to your basketball team spirit as a UCONN Huskies Alumni! aha

  • @diIbert
    @diIbert 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    St Johns is a great University.
    J. Cole graduated from there.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Trueee

  • @PaulFellows3430
    @PaulFellows3430 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dasha, I bought you a coffee as soon as I'd seen this video but I still have not had the link to the food video.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Paul, I just checked one more time, and I sent the link to all the emails provided. Can you please check the spam folder?

    • @PaulFellows3430
      @PaulFellows3430 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DariStep yes, I have checked. I also made sure I had entered by e-mail address correctly. Maybe it only works in the USA?

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@PaulFellows3430 what’s your email?

  • @wayausofbounds9255
    @wayausofbounds9255 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Russian university sounds like US high school with its structure and focus on academics. In the US higher education assumes you have the basic academics mastered so the expectation is to learn practical use for those skills, exploring different disciplines and eventually specializing to gain deeper understanding of your chosen field. The US universities are also a test to see if you can adult, the responsibilities are yours not the schools. Build the relationships, communicate, learn to manage your time and resources.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yeah true!

    • @diIbert
      @diIbert 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thats one way to look at it. Americans at-times though look at Uni as adult daycare.
      No matter where you school. Its up to you to make the best out of the experience.

    • @VicariousAdventurer
      @VicariousAdventurer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm American, but I think that the English practice of specialization at the entry college level in several subjects of choice in high school seems good (and expensive, and placing a premium on teacher training). Then they breeze through college in three years.

  • @LarryHatch
    @LarryHatch 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Don't you all have a departmental grad student office where everyone sees each other every day and bond in your friendships and exchange ideas in your major? I got the impressive from the last speaker there are few graduate student connections at St. Johns and you don't see the same people very often. That is not very typical of American grad schools, especially as attendance at weekly departmental seminars is usually manditory and you all share a crowded office together.

    • @Sunshine-un5ww
      @Sunshine-un5ww 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Maybe they have become online? A lot of Universities offer more courses online. I don’t want to assume of course

  • @juancarloshalo123
    @juancarloshalo123 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Go to universal Orlando or Disney world or Disneyland

  • @RajKumarKaur-id6zx
    @RajKumarKaur-id6zx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi

  • @brianwoods9552
    @brianwoods9552 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I've been to Moscow, so I have a decent idea of what life is like there. But didn't realize how different the university subculture is. Always glad to learn how America compares to other places.

  • @JeffSchwenke
    @JeffSchwenke 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Very interesting comparison, Dari. Some of the larger state universities, especially, in USA, can have a number of other features such as their own hotel, a store where you can buy ice cream and cheese made from cows at the university dairy, an arboretum with miles of walking trails, etc. Oh, and you can buy so much university themed athletic apparel and other merch, and not just on campus, either. The University of Michigan M Den has stores in a couple local malls and downtown Detroit.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So cool!

  • @dan_hitchman007
    @dan_hitchman007 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dari, this was a nice overview of the differences you have found so far between your chosen U.S. university and your Russian counterpart. So far, it seems like you have engaged staff and professors in your MBA program. Count yourself lucky you chose well. Every university or campus is different and some, just like in Russia, have certain teachers who, unfortunately, feel superior to or above their students and keep their distance, and are not as hands-on or willing to create cooperative partnerships. More theory than practice. It really depends.
    Personally, I feel that many U.S. universities place WAY too much emphasis on their sports programs and not enough on real-world, practical academics. Sports programs are BIG money generators, especially if there is a school affiliation with the NCAA, but that is a discussion for another time.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Thanks for sharing ☺️

  • @darellnewsome4459
    @darellnewsome4459 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great comparison Dari and I thoroughly enjoyed the video! Thank you so much for doing this comparison!

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Happy to hear it :) Thanks for watching!

  • @jimallison6125
    @jimallison6125 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Dari, Very interesting video. I graduated from UF and I am impressed by the Russian students you featured on this video. They speak very good English. St. Johns looks like a nice University. UF is very large and spread out.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Glad you enjoyed it :)

  • @blancacordero3998
    @blancacordero3998 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Super cool video!

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you very much!

  • @lorisheheen2198
    @lorisheheen2198 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Dari the one difference that stood out to me was in Russia you need to take ten course's for one semester compared with three course's per semester in the US. Did I hear that right? Wow. Enjoyed watching! Very interesting!❤😊

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Ahaha yeah usually it’s more than 6 courses a semester ))

    • @lorisheheen2198
      @lorisheheen2198 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@DariStep❤❤❤❣️☺️

    • @christinawrobel4869
      @christinawrobel4869 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      😮

    • @bulat_shams
      @bulat_shams 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I believe it's applicable only for undergrads

    • @MartaPartel
      @MartaPartel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      At a majority of European universities it is a standard to have six to ten courses per semester at both undergrad and graduate programs. It is definitely a lot more work because it means you have to take twelve to twenty exams every year (on top of seminars, presentations and midterms that you have to do during the semestar). It can be very hard to have hobbies or participate in any social clubs because you have a lot of uni work. Professors are also much stricter and expect a lot from you.

  • @barneybush
    @barneybush 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    MORE OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE, IN THE US, TO THE INDIVIDUAL, FOR WHICH YOU WILL NOT BE PENALIZED IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A CHANGE DARI. THIS IS STANDARD DARI👍

  • @joannunemaker6332
    @joannunemaker6332 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm glad you are enjoying yourself. I really enjoyed this video. 😊❤

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm so glad!

  • @richardc488
    @richardc488 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dari you are the best!

  • @solconcordia4315
    @solconcordia4315 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    At least something good came out of the temperance movement: the drinking fountain (also known as the bubbler.)
    The free water was intended to preclude people from drinking alcohol instead, when they become thirsty. Doing that, of course, required good-quality water so the U.S.A. generally tries to keep tap water clean and pure enough for drinking. That's a good thing. In Hong Kong where I was born and lived my childhood years, we only drank cooled or hot *BOILED* water.

  • @trevmacc
    @trevmacc 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks Dari interesting video ,take care

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you liked it!

  • @jimallison6125
    @jimallison6125 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Dari, Are you coming to Floruda for Soring Break? We get lots of students from all over for Spring Break.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Not this year 😅

    • @wzukr
      @wzukr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hopefuly not. In your state Karens called the Blue ISIS gang on me for taking photos of birds who sat on the public street while I was standing on the public sidewalk. What a sh!thole FL is no one can imagine.

  • @audiogear474
    @audiogear474 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good comparison video Dari. Your video content has really gotten better in the last year.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you think so!

  • @Tbone1492
    @Tbone1492 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had no clue you were in NYC...Let's get lunch when you get back. If you need any help just ask🙏

  • @curtvona4891
    @curtvona4891 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi Dari! Thanks for the amazing vid. You are a pro at this. Hope you are enjoying our country. ❤

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you! 😃

    • @curtvona4891
      @curtvona4891 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DariStep 🙂

  • @rons3103
    @rons3103 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Dari, this is a great thing to compare (like having inside information, haha). Never would have imagined a bathroom stall would make the top 10 differences list (Don't recall seeing any bathrooms with a floor to ceiling, except at home)! The debate on 10 courses versus 3 courses, in comparison, would you say it is about the same amount of effort crammed into both or is the effort more/less intense, having 3 versus 10 or vice versa (Effort: More homework, more presentation projects, more group student projects, 1000 word essay/week)? I'm glad you love the flexibility of learning, the easy of the professors, and having many speakers come in and talk about their real world experience. So many pluses! What I thought was so sad, was the fact that its a do-over when you realize its not what you expected (Who knows exactly what you want to be at 17, life changes and credits are transferrable😃😃). Saw many friend change their majors because they were not happy with their choices. The best thing was, not only did we hear it from you, but we also hear it from a few other Russian ladies there (Your second interviewee: Did I hear a little hesitation in her answer (camera shy or other. That is OK, I respect her answer!). Break-time! Time to head to Florida, head to the beach and go to Disney World (Or Columbia again)! 😁😁 👍👍PEACE!

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ahahaha I prefer the USA system with less courses tbh 😃

  • @cory9088
    @cory9088 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The universities usually try to have enough entertainment for everyone. I just went to a two year college and they had something to do everyday of the week. It was a great experience. Glad your enjoying it.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s cool!

  • @shirleyboy8859
    @shirleyboy8859 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Most of the best education that I received was from Traveling the World...... Meeting New People is a Great way to Learn..... I am so happy you have found some peace Dari... :-)) xxx

  • @ericsolnitzky795
    @ericsolnitzky795 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very interesting!! Thanks for sharing! Hugs and kisses from Minnesota 😘

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watching!

  • @tomtocz7284
    @tomtocz7284 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Congrats and Good Luck !

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks!

  • @gregbromberg5427
    @gregbromberg5427 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Interesting to hear the differences in universities here in the states and abroad. Continued success, Dari, to you and the other international students.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you!

  • @russmartin4189
    @russmartin4189 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    St. Johns appears to be very modern. Not all universities in the US some like their old buildings. I live near Vassar College and the buildings are mainly 100 or more years old. They give it a feeling of tradition and permanence. In fact, your grandmother or great grandmother may have lived the same dorm as you. Vassar became Coed in 1972.

    • @evegreenification
      @evegreenification 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My mother went there before it became co-ed

    • @russmartin4189
      @russmartin4189 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@evegreenification Good for her, I guess, but I think the girls have a better experience today with the guys. Anyway, I remember when it went co-ed. I was a beginning graduate student in fine art photography at SUNY New Paltz. There was a guy who came over from Vassar to take an undeergrad course. He was one of only a few.

  • @vladimira.1941
    @vladimira.1941 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Все это время мы так и не встретились! Наслаждайтесь пребыванием в городе лицемерия.
    Crescat Scientia, Vita Excolatur

  • @paduapeted49
    @paduapeted49 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Lovely! Very interesting comparison and analysis of Russian / American universities. As for European students generally, I found that in Denmark, England, Germany and Sweden, students were remarkably similar culturally, socially and heh economically... Like they were all the same culture but speaking different languages... 'Students will be students' I guess.
    US college education and of course its sports culture is a world apart from Europe, you'd hardly know there was sport at many European colleges. In Hull England we used to laugh at Cricket and Rugby Club fans singing jeers at each other in the Students' Union pub. And we went out to play soccer on a single pitch after a few drinks. Didn't feel it when your legs got kicked. ;)
    A little linguistic thing - better to say 'bathroom' in America rather than 'in the toilet' (heheh a bit English - someone might say 'huh?' ) ;)

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ahaha thanks for sharing 😃

  • @solconcordia4315
    @solconcordia4315 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Drinking free water also helps with preventing tooth decay. When I was a kid attending primary school, I carried a plastic canteen to hold cooled boiled water but my Mom also gave me an allowance for snacks. What do you think on what I spent my allowance? Sodas (also known as pops or pop sodas.) That was probably how I got toothaches! 😢

  • @09Lives
    @09Lives 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    University athletes also get paid and are allowed to sign with sponsors; before they only got a scholarship

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cool!

  • @William_Hada
    @William_Hada 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for showing us the differences in the two educational systems. St. John's University looks like such an amazing school! You are so lucky to have the opportunity to study there.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I totally agree 🫶🏼

  • @NormanF62
    @NormanF62 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The hard part of graduate studies isn’t the classes and the paper assignments; its the research for the thesis. It can take three to four years to get it done and to write it up. I can’t stress strongly enough the importance of hiring an editor because you will need to make revisions to satisfy your thesis adviser and the other committee members. It will save you a good deal of time, stress and heartache and it can then get approved whether or not you have to actually defend it! Hard work but its all worth it. 😊

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fortunately I don’t have a final thesis ahaha

  • @scottnesbitt956
    @scottnesbitt956 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    DARI Thanks for letting us know about this is great I always appreciate your video and you are amazing beautiful 😍 as always enjoy watching what you got going on happy thing are going great for you please take care of yourself and be safe beautiful hope to see you soon 🤗✌️❤️

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You are so welcome!

  • @jcben
    @jcben 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    US universities are like no others. So interesting.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Trueee

    • @solconcordia4315
      @solconcordia4315 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I like the seminar format available in universities. That came from Germany.
      There are also colloquia where there is no requirement on the attendees aside from their common interest in the topic of presentation and discussion.

  • @ronaldchisholm2268
    @ronaldchisholm2268 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great that you graduated from your university. However, why are you here in NYC and in Queens most private university-St. Johns. You didn't apply to LSE for its programs. And, what about NES? I'm just asking as a soon-to-be concurrent two PhD program doctoral students.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I wanted a specific program + the university which provided full scholarship :)

  • @wizkhalifa3387
    @wizkhalifa3387 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I will subscribe n like if you tell me your favorite food

  • @robbieg416
    @robbieg416 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've been looking forward to this comparison ever since you announced that you were coming to America. Thanks a lot!

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My pleasure!

  • @bigtex741
    @bigtex741 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

  • @ourhudlathome8885
    @ourhudlathome8885 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great comparison video. You are absolutely right about the toilet doors, in my experience it's the same everywhere in the US, not like EU or UK. Once I was in a high class attorneys office in San Fran, their toilets had Gold plated fittings etc, but still the big gaps in the doors. I've always wondered why they do that?

    • @saratemp790
      @saratemp790 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      For safety. So they can see you or remove you if there is a problem.

    • @greble11
      @greble11 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      My understanding is that it is indeed for safety. Also…how can I say this delicately…the gaps provide better ventilation. I don’t think privacy is really compromised. No one can see who is inside the stall, unless they put their eye up close to the gap, which has never happened to me, nor anyone that I know of.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      True…

  • @eunicehenderson9095
    @eunicehenderson9095 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    School Spirit starts at a young age in the USA. Sports, elective classes that you choose based on your interest makes a more well rounded individual.

  • @elenaorlova6172
    @elenaorlova6172 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hello, Daria, it was interesting to listen to your video, but if you had studied at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, I assure you, you would have noticed much less differences with the American system

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I had a few friends studying there, and they had a more or less similar experience like myself

  • @1ouncebird
    @1ouncebird 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video Dari. Very interesting and informative. I also enjoyed very much hearing from your fellow Russians on this comparison.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you! 😃

  • @qwazse4
    @qwazse4 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The challenge of sports scholarships is that it is a full-time job to stay in condition for playing at a collegiate level. On top of that training schedule, study time is narrowly constrained.

  • @gabriellagirardi4741
    @gabriellagirardi4741 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very glad Dari that you are studying at an American University in New York. Comparing the two educational systems I think that a degree obtained in the Usa is much more prestigious and it will help you for your future working life. Great video. I wish you all the best and take care ❤

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think the same! Thank uuu

  • @kwektans
    @kwektans 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The academic comparison is faulty because they are comparing Russian Undergrad with American Graduate school. Some of the differences may be due to the fact that you are in graduate school.

  • @skinnwalker4515
    @skinnwalker4515 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yeah....poor privacy in bathrooms. That's why you must do multiple courtesy flushes to minimize the smell and mask the noises😀

    • @solconcordia4315
      @solconcordia4315 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I understood quantum Physics' wave-particle duality while actively doing my business in a stall trying to discern who was out there. 😂

    • @solconcordia4315
      @solconcordia4315 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There's probably no need for your multiple flushed unless you've deposited pasty stool.
      The U.S.A. building code requires either powered exhaust venting or natural opened windows to the outside venting for the [bathrooms].
      Columbians tend to have come from the working class who have aspirations so "Cleanliness is next to Godliness" and we obsess over hygiene. Of course, we picked up some very stupid and wasteful aristocratic practices such as extensive lawns and swimming pools in extremely water-scarce near deserts.

  • @motorcycleworld5941
    @motorcycleworld5941 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for sharing, there's a big cultural difference, it seems more fun to study in the us, more sports activities, more clubs, more freetime,.the approach is holistic development, and the way you describe studying in Russia feels like too serious which focuses purely on academics, watching from the Philippines good luck with your studies

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So true!

  • @Englishwithblinddan
    @Englishwithblinddan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I’m from Moscow and I did an associate degree and I’m currently in my 4th year out of 5 to get a bachelor’s one. + I talked to many people who have ever gotten education here and read a lot of stuff about it. In the undergrad program, such thing is minors don’t usually exist.
    As for other cons of Russian universities, people have a lot of classes they don’t need…. Also this flexible system of units and credits doesn’t exist in Russia either unfortunately….
    But it might not be fair to compare bachelor’s and master’s programs 1:04 .

  • @sandor7594
    @sandor7594 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I graduated in Budapest 51 years ago. That year, Hungary was a colony of the Soviet Union. Only the Soviet educational model was valid, and every professor was a bigoted party member, folding the ideological speak. Arguing with them was not possible, and was not advisable. We students lived in 1956, and we hated the Soviet Union. (Only those who were really enthusiastic communist could advance to the position in the university too.)
    I think today's Russian professors brought their mentality from the Soviet universities.

  • @joeshmooo5327
    @joeshmooo5327 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I encourage all students like yourself to do your best to get a internship if available. It is very helpful.

  • @ewikgeiwgwe8971
    @ewikgeiwgwe8971 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Stanford student here. Looks fun. In the end it is what you mske of it

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      True!

  • @boinknook
    @boinknook 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Depends on the school policy. Some universities allow courses during spring break and summer to earn your degree faster like I did during my undergraduate studies. It's up to the student which gives them a liberal choice. Before you know it dari, you'll be graduating soon and you'll be well off in the US at such a young age. Better young than old like me. Dari, only 14% of Americans have a master's degree or higher nowadays. So you're ahead of the game. I'm too busy working but oh gosh! I know so much to get that degree and it's only about a year and a half to get it🙏. By the way, I seen an old American movie from the 1940's of a woman in college (and back then if you had an undergraduate degree you were big🤭), and the professor asked her a question. So to answer the professor...she had to stand up and respond!!🤯 no, no I mean why?🤣 also, the bigger the school the more alumni base to help each other.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for sharing :)

  • @jimallison6125
    @jimallison6125 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Dari, Your baseball team, the Johnnies, were just here playing the Univ of Florida. Yiu won.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ahahah good job 👏🏼

  • @Englishwithblinddan
    @Englishwithblinddan 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Greetings from Moscow Dari!
    I’d love to see your comparison of NYC subway vs Moscow metro.
    Thank you in advance :)
    Your totally blind subscriber from Moscow

  • @Sunshine-un5ww
    @Sunshine-un5ww 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Going away to college/ university is a rite of passage typically in the USA

  • @PaulFellows3430
    @PaulFellows3430 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That was really interesting. I'm thinking that you should maybe sign up to become a cheerleader!

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ahaha unfortunately I don’t have free time for that

  • @squeekyclean1644
    @squeekyclean1644 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You look pretty. You going to find foreign husband or russian?

  • @VicariousAdventurer
    @VicariousAdventurer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Spring Break" is really a nonreligious name (at St. John's, shouldn't be necessary) for Easter Break (in the Gregorian calendar)

    • @VicariousAdventurer
      @VicariousAdventurer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I checked and saw break was actually unusually early. World-wide priests know their Catholic cities (Miami, New Orleans, Rio De Janeiro) - Folks least sinful between Carnaval and Easter, due to Lent?

  • @boinknook
    @boinknook 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hey dari, I knew a guy many years ago that went to st. John's and got an undergraduate degree in accounting. He didn’t like the hours working late at night coming back to work in the morning so...he went back to st. John's and became an attorney in Manhattan!😂 like I said before, this is up to the student what they want to do. You have your liberal choice. In this case, it worked out well for him.😅

  • @mnblkjh6757
    @mnblkjh6757 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    👍💐😍

  • @eyecandy7178
    @eyecandy7178 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    marvolous night for a moon dance

  • @ZeeHilal
    @ZeeHilal 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think this was an accurate insight. I think it lowers the education standard . I was the only one in college who enjoyed going to class and learning and everyone else was there to just pass. I went to a football school Wvu and also the college of Charleston and Charleston southern University as well as technical school here. When I studied the sciences at wvu the foreign freshman had learned in highschool chemistry all the way up to organic! I took that my second year of college. It's because the United States media promoted a culture of idiocy and calling people who read books nerds. It was on all the children's media back then like "saved by the bell". Screech was the nerd smart guy. They don't do it as much anymore as the america people are seeing the effects of promoting Bart Simpson as a role model to smart children while showing smart children as uncool and unsocial in any media outside of sesame Street . That was the 80's and 90's and what you are experiencing now is not even the same college to me. Now it's all online and it's all different as you even have your school books online even though you pay to go to a school made of bricks with an address and huge campus. It's like they are teaching more corporate culture and how to behave with new technology in the workforce more than actually teaching the scientific method. It's because of the industrialization of our culture. A good employee thinks just enough to take commands. A universities true goal is to inspire a love in a person for challenging themselves to be a lifelong learner at a more scientific level. Like your travel videos are a much higher content quality than most America travel channels. You don't even have to go anywhere because you mention really interesting topics so it's not entirely your amazing footage even though it clearly sets you way apart when you do your occasional journey. It's because your culture didn't intentionally dumb you down like in ancient China they would break women's feet. Here in the USA they wanted to turn them into consumer plastic Barbies with thoughts from movies not reality. Plus as an individual your unlike anyone else! Yet generally before internet the media in the USA glorified idiocy. Look at Forrest Gump! That was the movie role model from the nineties. I'm trying to say so much in such few words, but it's poetically metaphorically true on some sociological standard. Everything is different now but you won't see the effects until the little kids today are in their twenties then you can see what the one generations teaching methods inspired the next generation to do. Anyways. Love your videos you are such an awesome person I wish more people were like you.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much 🫶🏼

  • @saratemp790
    @saratemp790 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yes very interesting. It sounds like school in the US is a bit more fun, not so much studying, lol.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ahaha can be true 😂

  • @hortonharry3492
    @hortonharry3492 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    St. Johns beat Creighton in basketball recently by 14 points. Creighton was ranked 15th in the country according to some of the NCAA ranking criteria. So, St. Johns accomplished a major victory and upset with this win over Creighton. By the way St. Johns looks like a nice university.

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is a really nice university!! Love it here

    • @hortonharry3492
      @hortonharry3492 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DariStep I'm really impressed with the students. The girl you were talking to in the class, may have been the ceramics class, appears so cheery, gentle in manner, and simply fun to be with. So much of New York is hustle and bustle, rushed, and besotten with anomie, yet the St. Johns students have a remarkable calm & normalcy in their personalities and character. The hallways and class areas are kept very clean, and organized. I hope you are branching out and building relationships that are supportive. It looks like a great environment, and I am so happy you love this American university. And are happy here.

  • @rbspider
    @rbspider 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Guys ,500 views only 182 likes Hit Like . It's free Stay healthy , they say the stomach flu is going crazy in the Northeast. The Russian University looks pretty cool too! Can't believe Russia doesn't have sports. Great video . Buy me coffee!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you so much for your support 😌

    • @rbspider
      @rbspider 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@DariStep You bet , I will be buying you some coffee but not the Colombian kind.

  • @ann3856
    @ann3856 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love the experiences you have in the US University and am super glad if you enjoy it. You have the chance to join different clubs where you'll experience another level. All the different food places you can choose to have lunch, etc. is a big no from me. (Although we have it too) Russians overall eat way more healthy. I have to say, if you're not very active, the effect of the fast food will show quick. 🙃😉 Sponsorship through sport is a big thing. You have to put in a lot of excercise from school days. You miss out on going with friends for other experiences and building stronger bonds with friends. I hope you include Americans in your group of friends. Overall, you must enjoy your classes, studies and friends. I'd like to see you attending a 5 or 10 year re-union. My guess is you'll still be this bubble full of excitement! ♥💜💜♥♥

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ahahah thank youuu

  • @mattfinleylive
    @mattfinleylive 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You DON'T HAVE FREE WATER?!?!?!!! -WtF? (-I mean, the fxck'n ROMANS had free water!..)

    • @mattfinleylive
      @mattfinleylive 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      (-It's kind of fundamental!)

    • @streetThugg2017
      @streetThugg2017 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nor in Europe. You have to pay for water and pay for restrooms

  • @jdur921
    @jdur921 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A US liberal arts university versus a Russian state sponsored university, is a pungent example of the variance that exists within higher education.

  • @jameshenn2051
    @jameshenn2051 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks!

  • @cabbking
    @cabbking 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks!

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for your support !

  • @jamesbrynildsen4844
    @jamesbrynildsen4844 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks!

    • @DariStep
      @DariStep  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for your support !