Going to college

RayLee 2015-01-26 07:21:32 UTC #1

Hey, everyone, just letting you all know that I'll be going to college tomorrow! I'm nervous, yet excited at the same time, though I think I'm a little nervous than excited. Dunno why, but I'll try my best to not be.

Anywyays, in the end, wish me luck!

VeloursRose 2015-01-26 07:22:23 UTC #2

Good luck! College is definitely an experience. haha....

RayLee 2015-01-26 07:23:14 UTC #3

Yep. You don't say. ^^

keii4ii 2015-01-26 07:45:55 UTC #4

I had a blast in college. Do you know what you're going to be studying/ majoring in? :3 My major was linguistics, which I didn't even know was a thing until my second year.

Raven_C 2015-01-26 08:22:40 UTC #5

Good luck in college!! I'm currently studying illustration and it's been interesting. I hope you have fun with whatever major you choose!

UltHamBro 2015-01-26 17:06:24 UTC #6

I wish you the best of luck!

However, I think that the term 'college' has different meanings depending on the country. Are you going to get a degree, or is it something else?

jjfresh 2015-01-26 18:16:16 UTC #7

College and University are interchangeable in America. Even when they do differ slightly, I'm not sure "something else" would be aside from a degree or certificate, which are for community colleges.

UltHamBro 2015-01-26 18:55:25 UTC #8

I tend to use college as "university" but I've read that it can also refer to those years between high school and university, so I wondered whether RayLee was going to start university or he has a couple of years left.
Each country has its own system, after all.

jjfresh 2015-01-26 19:27:00 UTC #9

Years between high school and university? Hm? You mean gap year?

From what I know in America, the technical difference between "college" and "university" is that "university" refers to more research-intensive colleges. However, this is not entirely accurate since there are universities that refer themselves as colleges. Boston College for example.

igneriss 2015-01-26 21:11:16 UTC #10

From what my friend explained to me, a college focuses on one field, while university is like a group of colleges c:

UltHamBro 2015-01-26 21:56:24 UTC #11

No, I mean something else. That's why I've said that education systems vary so much.
In my country, after four years of "Secondary Education" in high school, you may take two additional years of Baccalaureate, which may or may not be at the same high school, then you take nationwide exams, and the score you get allows you to enter university.

I think I was told that, in some countries (maybe the UK?) you can be in a "college" while taking the equivalent to those Baccalaureate years (so you're not an university student yet).

elixiadragmire 2015-01-26 22:37:33 UTC #12

thats true, at college in the UK you have a wide variety of courses and course types. the standard are A-Levels wher eyou choose 3 subjects or you can pick a deciated course on one subject (vocational).