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Foreign Enrollment Declines at Universities
7even:
it is common knowledge here that our local universities are on a higher level than american universities.
kinda assumable, since every nut can go to college in america, whereas it's more special to go to a university here.
the biggest problem in your education system is that you dont have enough seperation between smart guys and dumb asses.
you might have honor shit in high school, still all you have is high school.
we have 3 different general types of school after elementary school. that's way more effective.
putting retards and geniuses into the same school or even class, isnt helping neither one of them.
Don Seer:
funny how americans come to oxford and cambridge..
*Jamal*:
--- Quote from: 7even the Harbinger on November 15, 2004, 04:58:54 AM ---it is common knowledge here that our local universities are on a higher level than american universities.
kinda assumable, since every nut can go to college in america, whereas it's more special to go to a university here.
the biggest problem in your education system is that you dont have enough seperation between smart guys and dumb asses.
you might have honor shit in high school, still all you have is high school.
we have 3 different general types of school after elementary school. that's way more effective.
putting retards and geniuses into the same school or even class, isnt helping neither one of them.
--- End quote ---
I've attended school both in Europe and here in the U.S., and I'll tell you that primary/secondary school in countries like Germany, Switzerland, England, etc is a lot better than it is in the U.S... The system there is better and the quality of education is. However, when it comes to universities, the U.S. can't be compared to. I mean yea, European countries have some great universities, but that small number is nothing compared to the universities here in the U.S.
When you say "every nut can go to college in America", that's true, but only for community college, not 4-year universities. There's a tough application process for the more prestigious universities. Take UCLA for example, it's not ivy-league or anything, but it's ranked the 4th best public university. Out of 43,000 applicants, 3,900 were accepted. I knew a girl that had a 4.4 GPA, and she didn't get in.
India's ITT is one of the best engineering schools in the world, does that mean that India's universities better than the U.S. or can India be considered as having "great universities".... not really... there's only a couple good schools.
By the way 7even, were you referring to the system of Haupt/Real/Gymnasium?
If you were to name like 2 schools in your country, I could easily just name HARVARD and say the U.S. has the better universities just because I was able to name the best in the world.
7even:
--- Quote from: *Jamal* on November 15, 2004, 01:55:50 PM ---
--- Quote from: 7even the Harbinger on November 15, 2004, 04:58:54 AM ---it is common knowledge here that our local universities are on a higher level than american universities.
kinda assumable, since every nut can go to college in america, whereas it's more special to go to a university here.
the biggest problem in your education system is that you dont have enough seperation between smart guys and dumb asses.
you might have honor shit in high school, still all you have is high school.
we have 3 different general types of school after elementary school. that's way more effective.
putting retards and geniuses into the same school or even class, isnt helping neither one of them.
--- End quote ---
I've attended school both in Europe and here in the U.S., and I'll tell you that primary/secondary school in countries like Germany, Switzerland, England, etc is a lot better than it is in the U.S... The system there is better and the quality of education is. However, when it comes to universities, the U.S. can't be compared to. I mean yea, European countries have some great universities, but that small number is nothing compared to the universities here in the U.S.
When you say "every nut can go to college in America", that's true, but only for community college, not 4-year universities. There's a tough application process for the more prestigious universities. Take UCLA for example, it's not ivy-league or anything, but it's ranked the 4th best public university. Out of 43,000 applicants, 3,900 were accepted. I knew a girl that had a 4.4 GPA, and she didn't get in.
India's ITT is one of the best engineering schools in the world, does that mean that India's universities better than the U.S. or can India be considered as having "great universities".... not really... there's only a couple good schools.
By the way 7even, were you referring to the system of Haupt/Real/Gymnasium?
If you were to name like 2 schools in your country, I could easily just name HARVARD and say the U.S. has the better universities just because I was able to name the best in the world.
--- End quote ---
What is the difference between community college and 4-year universities?
I knew there are a couple of famous universities in the U.S., like Harvard, Princeton, Yale and whatever.
Those might be really good, the more "prestigious" universities as you said. Yet I doubt the standard colleges can compare to them.
Btw you said UCLA has like 50,000 people in it? I can't even imagine that. My school has like 1000 people .. 50 times that much is just plain crazy.
When it comes to German universities I can only name the LMU here in Munich, I've been told it's a good university, I have no real clue myself though I wont look for universities before I've finished school.
And yes I was referring to the system of Haupt/Real/Gymnasium.
Ant:
I think its commonly assumed and perhaps fairly that the US has the best collegiate system. Yes, in many ways it is lacking, I believe we send to many people to colleges, and indoing so dilute college education, but we have a strong base of solid colleges.
For example there are the obvious:
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Stanford
Columbia
But there are plenty other very impressive schools:
MIT
Cal Tech
UPenn
NYU
Georgia Tech
Boston College
and plenty others
Other countries, at this point, just can't compete on the collegiate level, and yes there is a huge difference between a top tier american university and community college unfortunately, but there is a smaller difference between community college and ur avg. american college.
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