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lottitheunicorn Vice Captain
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 Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:16 pm
Okay...so I'm just gonna make another not-rp-thread, I hope you don't mind ^^;
Yeah, actually, I've got some questions concerning the American school system and cause you're very American I'm sure you're able to help me =)
Sooooo~
What are SATs like? You've already taken them, right? Do you also got the study guide, this 997-pages book (it's huge! O.O)?
And after you finish highschool do you first have to go to college before you can go to university or is it the same basically?
And what's a comunity college?
Do all colleges have tuition fees? Do parents pay them?
I really want to study in the USA, preferably at Yale (. . . ^^; ) and...uh...ya, would be great if you helped me =)
And I'm sure I'll ask even more questions later...
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:58 pm
1.997 pages?! O-O
I don't know about other schools, but I've never had to do a giant work-book/study-guide thing for SAT's. Maybe thing a few pages but nothing more than that.
2.You can go to both I think, but they're basically the same thing.
A college is usually a smaller school that may issue bachelors, masters or even doctoral degrees, specializing in one or two areas largely, like the arts and education for example, or psychology.
A university generally has many departments with many different specialty areas (engineering, mathematics, science, philosophy, arts, theater, music, literature, sociology, etc) is much larger, has undergraduate (bachelors degrees) as well as graduate (masters and doctoral degrees) programs, and may have law and medical schools as well.
3. All in all a community college is sort of like a junior college.
If that doesn't clear it up enough here's something I copy and pasted
In the United States, community colleges, sometimes called junior colleges, technical colleges, or city colleges, are primarily two-year public institutions providing higher education and lower-level tertiary education, granting certificates, diplomas, and associate's degrees.
After graduating from a community college, some students transfer to a four-year liberal arts college or university for two to three years to complete a bachelor's degree.
Before the 1970s, community colleges in the United States were more commonly referred to as junior colleges, and that term is still used at some institutions. However, the term "junior college" has evolved to describe private two-year institutions, whereas the term "community college" has evolved to describe publicly funded two-year institutions. The name derives from the fact that community colleges primarily attract and accept students from the local community, and are often supported by local tax revenue.
4. YES. Very much so. Every college has tuition fees, but if you get a scholarship for being super smart or for sports or somthing, it goes down quite a bit. Some people can even get a "full-ride" to college through scholarships, meaning they get everything for free except for things like school books and food.
Also, yes parents do generally pay tuition for their children, but many kids prefer to get a job or use some of their own money to pay for most of it.
Hope that clears most of it up! If you have any other questions about what i typed here, or something else I can help!(hopefully)
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blueloving-vampire Captain
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lottitheunicorn Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:05 pm
Thank you very much! You're being a great help ^^
I was talking about this book http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/0874478529/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=
I see ^^
The tuition fee-thing sucks, though v.v My parents don't have much money...
Um...you can go to college or university after finishing hogh school, right? You don't need any extra stuff, do you?
Students in the USA take the SATs more than once, right?
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Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:06 pm
((I'm in need of sleep so I'm going to bed, sorry xD ttyl~))
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lottitheunicorn Vice Captain
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blueloving-vampire Captain
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Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 5:10 pm
I've never done one before *shrug*
Yeah but everyone gets some sort of scholarship, and I'm sure that'll be the same for you
exactly, you go straight to college or university
Yeah we do
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 1:11 am
Okay ^^
Gooood. Do you need to be 21 to be of age in every state? Cause that kinda sucks...
God, there's so much stuff I gotta take care of v.v
Like, maybe a green card? *~*
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lottitheunicorn Vice Captain
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Tigerlvr_Bailey Vice Captain
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 3:27 pm
I think we only have to be 21 to drink xDD but ive taken the Pre SAT, not the actual SAT. It sucks... and i think we consider college and University the same think. we basically use Undergratuate and Gratuate i think. Community College is basically for prerequisites and then University/Institute is for getting the actual degrees. For example, i have to take some basic art classes at community college before i can go to the Art Institute and take Set Design. =D and you can get scholorships for tuition. and i have to pay part of mine but my parents are gonna help me lol. There! now you have two points of view(s? eseses?) on the subject xD
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Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 5:44 pm
Do you actually wait that long? O.O
crap, I gotta make sure to be 21 when I go to the USA *~*
What's Undergraduate and Graduate?
What were the Pre SATs like?
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lottitheunicorn Vice Captain
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Tigerlvr_Bailey Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 9:53 am
hahaha yes. yes we do. lol
undergrad is i think the first set of classes you take and grad is after you've done undergrad. You could do grad right away but its almost impossible without undergrad. I dont really know how to explain it well.
and PSATs were really long and boring and i think i failed it xDD i think its all multiple choice questions and what sucked was i took it as a freshman so i hadnt learned much that was on it yet.
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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:31 am
Seriously? O.o So...you don't party at all?
Okaay...and graduate programs are at universites while undergraduates are at colleges, right?
Ever heard of The New School?
Oh. That sucks. Why'd they have you take it in the first place? *~*
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lottitheunicorn Vice Captain
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Tigerlvr_Bailey Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:50 am
Eh. kinda. We go to parties, but im a good child and don't really do that. lol. i stick to bday parties and hanging out at the mall xDD
and i think so but im not positive.
and cuz it was practice. we take the PSAT Freshman and Junior year in high school to prepare us for the actual SAT we take Senior year. in my classes though we also have HSPE this year, and every year we have Cambridge Exams >_< last year i got an A* on my English Exam and a B on the Biology. lol.
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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:53 am
wow. really, wow XD
we go partying every weekend, but we're allowed to drink at the age of 16 so it's no problem at all ^^
It's in New York, I just found out about it. Sounds really good, looky~
http://www.newschool.edu/lang/literary-studies/
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lottitheunicorn Vice Captain
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Tigerlvr_Bailey Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:58 am
hahaha niice. i probably wont drink anyway though. my mom let me try it once and i spit it back out into the cup xDD
and that does look cool! Where's it at?
side note:Im drinking caramel hot chocolate =DD
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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 11:01 am
xDDDDD oh you will. Someday you will XD
New York City’s Greenwich Village...I have no idea what that is or where exactly it is but that's what the college's homepage says xD
*sigh* I really wanna go to America...there no such thing as caramel hot chocolate in Germany crying
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lottitheunicorn Vice Captain
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Tigerlvr_Bailey Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 11:08 am
hahahaha idk. xDD im a good child xDD i hate getting in trouble and stuff so im always like really good xDD
and that sounds cool! ive heard if that place but idk where exactly it is either xD
and its delicious =D its basically just hot chocolate with a hint of caramel in it xDD
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