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Clock-la · Feb 09, 2011 9:47 PM

Thay are? tongue

BTw when Americans say "Grade 8" is that basicly Year 8 in England? XD

in year 8 we are about age 12-13 i think

bmah · Feb 09, 2011 11:30 PM

Phoenix_Flyer wrote:

Based on what bmah said about college for you guys... that sounds like University to me. Here, you can go to University for 3 years as an Undergraduate - or longer than that as a Postgraduate if you decide to do an Honours degree or a PhD. Then there's also Placements to consider (depending on your course) and some people take a 'Year-Out' to join research groups abroad or take part in an exchange programme...
Yeah you get the idea. If you ask me: American College and British Universities are one and the same.

Well I do go to a university, perhaps that's why it sounds familiar?

Colleges and universities tend to be a very analogously used term over here. I still don't truly understand the difference between the two. Other than a title, I believe that the difference between the two has to do with government funding.

riverhippo · Feb 10, 2011 4:08 AM

Phoenix_Flyer wrote:

You've definately done bad if you get a U. In the UK an F isn't a Fail - its a U.
And it means 'Unclassified' actually, it hasn't been called 'Ungraded' since GCE's and O-Levels were scrapped.

So is that what Clock-la means when she says, "No U."

Clock-la · Feb 10, 2011 4:12 PM

riverhippo wrote:

Phoenix_Flyer wrote:
You've definately done bad if you get a U. In the UK an F isn't a Fail - its a U.
And it means 'Unclassified' actually, it hasn't been called 'Ungraded' since GCE's and O-Levels were scrapped.
So is that what Clock-la means when she says, "No U."

NO U

Aceedwin · Feb 11, 2011 6:43 PM

Did my mocks fairly recently. All either As or Bs for me, with the notable exception of Additional Science.

Interestingly, a good friend of mine got all A*s and As (I think he just does easy subjects) and he got £1500 for his trouble. Not bad.

Neotyguy40 · Feb 14, 2011 1:02 AM

But we have Universities in America too. Actually, we sort of have multiple names for colleges with slightly different meanings:

Community College - Cheap, public college that 99% of the population can get into. Usually people go here if they want to pursue a higher degree later (thereby lowering their loans).

State College - One step up from community college. Many people come here since it give them the 'college experience' since it is usually a go-away college.

University - Usually a college that people go to for their higher degrees (sometimes their lower degrees if they have money to toss). These colleges usually excel at social study classes like law and psychology.

Institute - Pretty much the same as a university, except they are more of the computer, science, and engineering fields.

Phoenix_Flyer · Feb 14, 2011 2:36 PM

Yeah. As I said, I'm getting the impression that University and College in America are virtually the same thing besides maybe the available courses to study and where the funding lies.

In the UK they are completely different things. College here is pretty much exactly the same as school, you don't pay any money for it. However, a slight difference is you call the teachers by their first names and don't have to wear a uniform (I don't miss that).
University is a completely different experience altogether; for one thing most people move away from home to go there and for another you have to pay. With the current economic vulnerability Tuition Fees are going up, so it's quite a lot, but you only start paying it back once you start making over a certain amount of money every year and you never notice apparently (I'm not at that point yet). Another difference is that there's much more choice in the courses - both in what course you actually want to do and in the modules contained within the course.

Swaffy · Feb 14, 2011 6:08 PM

It's about the same here.

riverhippo · Feb 14, 2011 8:38 PM

Typical college life in America can be more of a party sometimes.

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