University! British VS American | Evan Edinger & Meowitslucy
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- University is SUPER different in thE UK VS USA! I personally prefer the US!
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Hearing all this detailed shit about college and university, as a junior in highschool, makes me want to run away to the woods and become a forest person.
+αναℓση It is intimidating but don't worry, people generally want to help you (atleast in the UK) and it is extremely overrated for the money you pay in the UK, all you pay for it guidance and the degree certificate, that's it pretty much.
you are me😩😭
Go into uni in Ireland its really cheap and fun. Theres sports teams and options some of the tops universities in ireland are University College Dublin, National University of Ireland Galway , University College Cork , University of Limerick , Maynooth University and Dublin City University
let's go together
same
Lucy u r so cute and smart smart smart smart
luuuuuuuucy moooooooon
+doddleoddle Dodie I described you as "the taylor swift of youtube" earlier
Is it bad I ship it
No offense but dodie and Lucy would be cute together ❤️
+doddleoddle RIGHT!
As a current university student,
I thank the British government for loaning me their money…
That they'll probably never get back
#RobthisEngland
Ohhhh they'll get it back... No matter which way *cracks whip*
LaytonChronicles OMG NOOOO NOT A RACE JOKE I SWEAR IM SOOO SORRY ARGHHH WHAT HAVE I DONE
Lucy Allsop Ahaha,
Somehow, without knowing what you look like, I imagined your reaction
It's all good :')
LaytonChronicles my head was on the table.
In Denmark university is free. From you are 18 you get paid by the governtment to go to school (High school and university). It's not very much in high school, but in university it's 900 dollars each month. We don't have dorms so you have to rent a place yourself.
Also we can drink from what age we want. We just can't buy alcohol until we are 16. (16: Light alcohol and 18: strong alcohol.)
Okay that's awesome
Mum, we're moving to Denmark!
It's free in Scotland too and if you stay on in school for 5th and 6th year (being 16-18) and your parents don't make a certain amount of money then you get paid every week and same for college...not sure about uni though
Amanda Egebjerg-Møller Im moving
Scotland: a plastic bag costs more than your education
+ Jane Doe Same in Germany.
Same in Finland!!
paranoid android no they didn’t....
Isla Lawson yes they did, scottish mp’s were under the Labour whip back then, and so they voted with Labour to introduce them in England but not in scotland
@David Clinging david go fuck yourself.
US university sounds like literal hell
It is
You're right, it's awful
The money part of it, but that shouldn't define your whole experience.
skipped it. Went to a 2 year conservatory (still mad expensive)
+chocolatecoatedllama no they are nice, other than being in serious debt for a crazy amount of your life, it is an amazing opportunity and you can really branch out and learn so many different things while still focusing on you major and minors etc.
This is more to do with English Universities. In Scotland our degrees are 4-5 years long depending on the degree, and they are completely funded. There are also several bursaries available so if you're paying rent with your student loan you can still afford to live comfortably. Most people also choose three subjects in first year (including their main degree), continue two of them in second year and then focus on their main degree or a joint degree in their honours years. Also, the ancient universities tend to be more spread out around their cities than campus based; for example, Edinburgh University owns over 700 buildings around the city.
@hufflepuff harry potter lover scotland is in britain so your comment is completely redundant. Wales didn't even get a bloody mention!
You guys are assuming that someone with a PhD is a good teacher. Teaching is a skill that is entirely different. I have multiple degrees(5) and some of the best instruction came from people with Masters Degrees. Some of my absolute worst classes were from idiots with a Doctorate. They were very knowledgeable in their field but had no clue how to disseminate the information and make it interesting. I had a calculus professor that was a genius and could do any math problem or scenario, however he could not teach what he knew to the class. We all just looked at each other and said we are screwed. He should have never been allowed to interact with students.
Here's me just being like..... Scotland's education is free for Scottish students....
Sky Lark Also for EU students, but not for fellow Brits :p
I was also thinking that when she said that basically all Universities in the UK cost 9 grand xd.
*high five*
If you’re not from Scotland and you go there to study, the fees you pay are the ones you would pay at home. In Ireland it’s technically free because there isn’t tuition but here is a €3000 registration fee but in Scotland that isn’t counted so it’s free for Irish people in Scotland.
here is me being like, WHAT? WHY? NO?
Sky Lark it annoys me Scotland is completely different and much better and then that go call it the uk and Britain yeah we are part of it to I wish we weren’t tho I fucking hate England
Wow Evan, that shirt looks phantastic on you
+mpk0422 Ayyy
and plus it's Phil's t-shirt too
+Naomi Ruth ;) you know it
No
Phan Army so much yes
+Mktrenton the sun if the universe wbu (but you should subscribe- amazingphil)
i always forget university is that expensive for the rest of the UK. the welsh government capped it at £3000 and i don't understand why england didn't just do that too?? fuckin clegg. but like whuuuuuut how does anyone in america even afford to exist and learn ANYTHING
+OhItsJustKim It was £3300 until 2012 or so wasn't it? I absolutely hate the government for the amount we have to pay in England. I sort of want devolved powers in England too so they only control things that are essential for the whole country but we'd still end up with Tories in charge so it wouldn't help much.
+OhItsJustKim In the US we can get loans, grants, and/or scholarships. Evan said his community college was free because of scholarships, without those it would have cost him at least $2000 a semester. My first year of community college I had to pay some out of pocket, but grants covered most of it. My second year was free because I got a tuition waiver because my mom got a job at my school, so I only had to pay for books which was covered by my grant. Paying for it is possible, but it can be kinda difficult.
Waaaales❤️❤️
And, you know, in Scotland it's free *cough*
+Emma SAME! urgh god my sister was born in scotland (happpy holiday accident) and she'll get her uni fees for free, it's ridiculous. It shouldn't be so expensive in Britain, it would be helpful if the people in our government actually understood what money means to ordinary people...
Evan looks like a blonde, American Phil in this video XD
(He even has the same T-shirt)!
I'm so happy I'm not the only one to notice XD
I thought I was the only one who thought that omg
my mind was just blown
As soon as the video started, I paused to look for these comments lol
I think we all thought this tbh
The way you guys talk about this and the background music is so relaxing but then I realize I have to start applying to colleges **starts hyperventilating**
Aww poor Basking
Ayla R AWWW really? Thanks so much! Love you!
Same D:
I have an essay due by midnight ;_;
I live in Scotland & we don't pay for university here, a thing called SAAS funds for every students university education which is amazing!
+Bronwyn Byrne LUCY LED ME ASTRAY
+Evan Edinger if you are from England you do have to pay if you go to a university in Scotland
i know thats why i said in Scotland we dont pay which is amazing
Amazing when I go to unerversity il move to scotland xD
WAIT WAIT WAIT - the book situation isn't the same for all UK universities. It is in fact a new thing now (starting this year) in some universities to have your core books for free but for many it isn't. Although, our books are rarely that expensive (referring to the physics book).
+llinossmiles The difference is, in the UK the lecturer will never say "turn to page 241 in your textbook". They're expected to provide all of the information in their lectures and write assignment questions themselves. So its often useful to own textbooks to help you, but you don't *need* to have them really. And usually the university library will have copies of all the main books so you can just borrow them if you want them to help with an assignment or something. From what Evan said, I get the impression that in the US you literally need the textbook because the lecturer will refer to it directly and if you don't have it you won't know whats going on.
Oh yeah I mean I get that, I was just pointing out that not all UK universities are the same
+Emerald Ibis Nah, half the time you never even need the book on they syllabus they tell you to get the first two weeks of class in the US. Unless you are in a class where you have to bring to book to class and that part of your grade, you can just borrow them for free from the library. I only purchased and rented a handful of books my entire undergrad life. I used the library and its scanner/photocopier.
+Emerald Ibis well it depends on your course and uni still. Eg, I'm doing English lit at a small uni that has a tiny library. We did HAVE to buy £100 worth of textbooks in first year, that we read in class, or we had to have read for the next week because discussions. And yes you can borrow from the library, but with over 300 students doing eng lit, with about 10 copies in the library there's not much you can do but buy them. In addition, we always have 'set texts' that we have to read that aren't at all provided and aren't available in the library. In my 3 modules this semester I've had to buy 10 books on Amazon amounting to about £120 doing it the cheapest way. Without the books I wouldn't be able to do any of the assignments or go to any lectures because you are expected to discuss the texts in length during the lecture/seminar.
marija
Ah OK, I guess that makes sense for a course like yours. I did a science course, so I hadn't really thought of that!
In the video 2:53 to 2:56
Lucy: (questioning)"Who pays for that?"
Evan: (screaming) ME!!!!!
Lucy: "Where from?" and "No one has that money"
Evan: (screaming) "I DON'T KNOW!!!!"
Did anyone else imagine David tennant screaming “I DONT KNOW” from his first full ep
Just Subscribed! You're living my dream as an American in London. Went there couple of years ago and it has stayed with me since!
Loved listening to you both talk! Very interesting
+HiFelicia thanks!
I can't stand London...
+Evan Edinger bye felicia
+Chloe Blake HOW 😵
Why??
So usa high schools are so crappy that you have to spend time at university to learn the stuff students from other countries learned when they were actually IN highschool? That must be so annoying...
LenaWolschaap no no we learned that stuff in high school too... they make us re learn it because apparently that makes us more "well rounded". Its bullshit.
Evan just touches on it! The system is actually broken. For example, an american student can do well in high school and even take advanced courses called AP courses (along with the AP exams) that are suppose to actually clear the student from having to take the course at university, only to find out that the number of universities that actually allow these AP courses are quite small. There are so many ways that american universities force students to take extra courses it is ridiculous. It is always about them making more money.
In my school you could go to a community college for free during your last two years of high school so about half my class finished high school with all their generals done which transferred to almost any college in my state
LONG LIVE SCOTTISH FREE UNIVERSITIES
YESSSS
David Clinging wow dude you must be fun at party’s eh stfu
@David Clinging wtf
and please bring them to ulster
EDINBURGH REPRESENT!!!
I've actually been looking at universities abroad and this really helped! :)
+Eve Bennett I genuinely recommend at least studying abroad in America for a semester or 2! It's a good experience! :)
Evan Edinger It's on my list of options!!
+Eve Bennett +Evan Edinger I go to University in England but studying in America for a year at the moment, loving it!
hey eve! love ur channel so much! cant believe evan replied to u!
In Sweden we get paid to go to school actually. Like the mandatory nine years and gymnasium you get a certain amount every month and then in Uni you can loan money.
It's literally 4 AM and I'm watching this. I'm gonna be screwed when school starts again with this sleeping pattern.
owch, I did two years of my degree at a £6000 a year college/uni which was community college equivalent and I wouldn't call it one of 'the bad ones' at all and I very much wanted to go there. Not about the status of where you go, just what you make of it!
I thought this too!! I actually study with the OU, so god knows what she thinks of that.
2 years of college down in America and already $20,000 in debt. 'Merica
I know the feeling.
Unless u get a pell grant and then the government pays for the college or scholarships or u work for the college in exchange for it paying the tuition.
And you will graduate with far less knowledge than if you pursued a trade. I know...it sucks
@@syrinacrockett8290 that's only of you're super poor
Lauryn Howell I’m not super poor and I get pell grants. 🤷🏻♀️
I found this very interesting! And also really glad that I went to Uni in UK, it sounds so expensive getting a higher education in America.
Watching videos about higher education in other countries always make me appreciate the Danish system. Both the fact that education is free, that we get S.U and that we, as in the UK, do one specific subject while at university. Also, friday bars ❤️
ok scottish people we get it your universities are free omg
Ikr
Stfu let us vent
It's one of the only good things about living in Scotland versus living anywhere else. Shut the fuck up and let us have our moment.
and then we're sitting here in Scotland going to uni for free...
Yup and us English pay for it! Fun!
I know no one cares but it's my birthday tomorrow.
Also these England vs America videos are so interesting!
+Mary - happy birthday for tomorrow xx
Happy early birthday!
Happy early birthday!😊
+Mary - as a lame birthday present, as you are a member of the phandom, you now have an excuse to re-watch dan and Phil's 2014 baking vids. Bc Evan is wearing Phil's ghost shirt!!!
and i just learnt how chill Australian uni's are ooft, whole new appreciation
is it just me or does lucy kinda look like keira knightley?
a little bit?
I'm actually really excited to go to uni in 2 years 😁
I hope you're enjoying it!
In France it's almost free : you pay 184 euros when you start university and then that's it. And if you have a scholarship than you don't pay anything. We're lucky
Alice Foulquier you guys are!
As a Canadian, it's interesting to really see how we are a mix of both (in my experience)
It's so weird watching these videos as an Australian. Everything is so different but really similar at the same time
she looks like Helena Bonham Carter
+Victoria Daisy who dat
also why is Uni so expensive in the UK and US in my country we pay like 300€ a semester lol
+Evan Edinger the woman who played Bellatrix Lestrange in Harry Potter.. and the Red Queen in Alice in Wonderland (Tim Burton).. and a lot of other things..... please tell me you were joking..........
+Isabela Br Germany
MCR FEELS
I just released how cheap University's are here in South Africa (around R40000-R60000 a year or $2500-$3800 per year however this excludes books and student housing which would double your costs )and that our system is somewhere between the UK and USA.
We have student unions in America. And I had 4 girls in my room, no joke. Not in a suite. A room about the size of a standard hotel room.
+gracieliz95 That sounds like it really sucks. How is each room attached to the other rooms?
In the UK each student has their own (very small) room, which usually comes with a tiny en-suite bathroom. There are are usually 6 identical rooms per apartment, and each apartment comes with a shared kitcken. There are usually hundreds of these apartments in a single building. A room usually costs about £110 ($170) per week.
Students usually only stay there for the first year though, and then after that rent a 5/6/7 bedroom house off campus with friends.
+gracieliz95 Oh wow . . . I so would have hated the rooming with strangers thing.
+Emerald Ibis 6 rooms?!? I wish it was 6 people, we have 12 rooms in our flat and nowhere near enough kitchen space. It makes me sad. And considering I'm paying £5000 a year for this room, you'd think there could be a washing machine in the kitchen.
Emma
Haha wow, that really is a lot! I've seen places with as few as 4 (very big and expensive rooms) and as many as 8, but never anywhere near 12!
+gracieliz95 Geeze! Where do you go?
This is one of the only insightful videos about the US university lifestyle.Thank you for making it. Its really helped with my decision to come and study in the US
It's so crazy how different everything is. In Australia, to get into university you do your ATAR exams in year 12. Then you apply to different universities through something called TISC and list your first preference major at a certain Uni and then you list your second preference etc each major has a minimum ATAR score to be able to do the degree. After your exams you get a score and if your score meets the minimum requirements for your first preference then the Uni offers you a spot. If you don't make it then you get offered your second preference then your third and fourth. So no personal statement for me. It's pretty easy.
Uni in Australia is so different! At least the uni I'm attending. You don't need to write any kind of letter or essay for admission for a Bachelors, you just need a certain ATAR (australian tertiary admission rank) either from your HSC (high school certificate, which is year 12/the last year of highschool) or from another form of study like TAFE. Harder degrees or degrees in fields that have surplus people seeking employment in them need higher ATARs to get into. We also have HECS debt, which means you pay off your student debt once your income reaches a certain amount. Super interesting hearing what it's like in England and America.
This is so helpful for me because I'm going to be an exchange student in England and I'm from Canada (so it's like an in between of Canada and America)
So American uni is just expensive advanced high school? At least it gets you out of home.
That bachelor's degree sounds almost worthless. My mechanical engineering degree was 4 years of laser focus.
The Australian system sounds half way between the us and uk. About 30k for a degree but the loan is interest free and you dont pay it back til you make 70k a year (it comes out automatically)
Well that's if u want to stay and live there u don't have to
+Em Bridget So basically the Universities take up the slack of shit high schools?
I thought american universities had performance-based admissions? Shouldn't that mean everyone is at least on the same level upon enrollment?
Yes basically. You do take some focused courses in the last two years, but the first two years are very general stuff - similar to high school only more expensive and you're away from home usually.
Rob749s In the US engineering tends to be in a specialized college with very few "breadth" requirements, also laser focused.
They do, but a large amount of people just dont go to college.
It's so interesting to see these as a Canadian! In my experience, it's a bit of both! 😄
The comparison in their dissertations is because of their subjects. I am a history major in America and its a huge paper on individual research that is almost 50 pages long at my school.
In Scotland you don't pay for university. Student loan is an entirely different matter
David Clinging alright ya dick I’ve seen u on literally every Scotland post just cause u get fucked over in ur country doesn’t mean u need to take ur anger out on us
David Clinging why the hate Sassenach?
David Clinging wow you uneducated lot are the reason the countries in the shit now, we ain’t nowhere near the power we were before and now we’re gonna be thrown into a recession when we leave. As for Sponging of England we don’t just sit on our asses we contribute to the economy and get our subsidies back so technically we also pay for you.
David Clinging ah ffs you were sold on lies “brexit means brexit”means jackshit when there’s absolutely no plan on how to implement it
David Clinging and with the way it’s currently going the boats fuckin sinking pal
Re: Marks and being limited to "a 70", one of my computer science lecturers had quite the opposite policy. If you produced a solution that was what he had in mind, executed well, you'd get a 100, good. If you managed to think up a *better* solution than he had in mind then you could score over 100. This apparently did happen at least once and of course messed up the course weightings, so the office staff weren't too happy.
I liked the humility of admitting that even he, the lecturer, an expert in the topic (this was Functional Programming IIRC, we used Prolog for the exercises), could be bettered and he'd reward it.
As an American, my university did have a student union. I rarely entered that building except for the food court inside it, and I paid absolutely no attention to anything else that went on there XD
In Austria university is for free lol (I'm still gonna go to England 😂)
Aber Österreich ist schöner als Großbritannien :D Die Berge sieht so schön aus. Sie haben auch nette Städte wie Wien, Salzburg, Innsbruck und Linz. In Großbritannien haben wir Liverpool, Glasgow und Milton Keynes (sie sind nicht so gut)
Kann schon sein, das weiß ich nicht (Ich mag Österreich auch voll gerne, besonders Wien), aber England hat viel bessere Universitäten, die auch mehr Wert auf Soziales legen und ich will mein Englisch perfektionieren :-)
Julia Hörmayer Heutzutage muss man nicht in England fahren um English zu lernen, besonders in Europa. Die Meisten Leute sprechen English :/
Tom Price Das ist mir schon klar, hahah? Aber nur seeeehr wenige sprechen es auf dem Niveau, auf das ich gerne kommen würde, nur die allerwenigsten mit britischem Akzent und es geht mir ja nicht nur um die Sprache?
Julia Hörmayer haha das Stimmt. Es ist immer besser wenn man eine Sprache lernt, dass man mit Muttersprachler sprechen kann ;)
Lucy seems to really look down on American education and she's not even hiding it. Keep in mind that everything is based on Evan's interpretation and experience. She could have at least pointed out flaws of the system here as well.
Speaking of A levels, in some colleges you don't have to take them. I'm in a Sixth From college and they have an option for you to do BTEC courses. Basically you get assessed in lesson, so NO EXAMS where you sit in a room and write everything you learned on paper and you don't wait many weeks for your results.
This video is great!!
I study in France. College in France is a joke x) compared to what you go through in the UK or the USA: not only is it quite easy most of the time (depends on the course or the university, but anyone can access literally ANY course, but then you have to study your way through the rest of the course), but it's extremely cheap (usually around 350€/year on a bachelor) and most people get grants that make all uni fees free ^^
$300 for one book?? wtf was that thing made of
+Katie pure science
+Evan Edinger i had to pay £25 for one of my a level books and i thought that was expensive wow
Capitalism
+Katie must've been made out of bill nye's fucking tears man
u have the same shirt as phil omg
Yeah he dressed up as Phil for Halloween last year :D
Nope Phil has the same shirt as Evan 😜
I was looking for someone who noticed
The phandom is everywhere
The capitalism bit had me at shits and giggles
It's interesting, I do realize that University or College is different in the US. I've rente 90% of my books sometimes only paying $80 for like 6 books if they need an access code I buy the access code seperately. Dorms in my University there's options of living alone or with one roommate, and there's a kitchen, living/dining room, full bathroom bedroom and closet. But I hear not all Universities do that.
I think the reason colleges have you write more of a creative story instead something on the subject matter you plan on studying is because they want to know what you can add to the school environment and how you stand out from others. They already know you can succeed in chosen subject matter based on you grades and test scores such as SATs, AP exams, semester grades, and so on so forth.
I love Evan's hair in this vid not to mention his shirt (Phil's)
You can often rent books instead of buying them. Textbooks are typically revised every three years, not every year.
The whole Scottish curriculum is very different. You should talk to a Scottish UA-camr..........
@David Clinging
It was John Logie Baird a Scottish engineer and inventor that demonstrate the first working television systems on 26January 1926.
David Clinging how the hell would it be in color it was 1926 most Hollywood movies didn’t have colour shut up you moron I bet your english or America that why didn’t get a great education and your now butt hurt over it stop complaining over the Scottish and get a job ffs
all i could think was "Phil has that shirt"
I would just like to point out that as a Northern Irish person studying in Scotland that the degree structure for Scotland and the rest of the UK is different, but obviously with Lucy not going to university in Scotland it wouldn't be something she'd know an awful lot about. The US university system is based on the Scottish system (I think that's right). Uni here is 4 years and is free for Scottish students but still £9,000 per year for everyone else in the UK with the 4th year being free. We study 3 subjects (usually) in 1st and 2nd year and then choose one or two as our honours subjects.
In Belgium you just go to whichever uni you want as long as you graduated high school. You can do any subject you want. So you can do something you know nothing about. If you fail you fail. That's basically how it works here.😜 I can't imagine having to pay to apply!
when she said "hummus society" I THOUGHT SHE SAID HOMELESS SOCIETY
In Scotland uni is free it's just accommodation that you have to pay for, you just need the grades to get in :)
I go to university is Scotland, we don't pat tuition fees and because I'm a nursing student, I get paid a bursary which is none means tested and I don't have to pay it back, I'm so thankful that I was born in Scotland
I'm jealous of the Scottish universities, they don't pay! Well it's only if your Scottish you don't pay. If I wanted to go to one of their universities I would have to pay. I believe that's correct? Can someone from Scotland let me know if I've got that wrong?
true! you have to be a scottish citizen to get free tuition
+Amy McLaughlin You actually don't, any EU citizen except non-Scottish UK citizens can get free education in Scotland! It's illegal under European law to descriminate based on EU nationality, so they *have* to treat other EU citizens the same as Scots. But there's no law about Scotland having to treat English/Welsh/Northern Irish citizens the same as Scots, so we have to pay.
Wow really!! I didn't know that, that's cool. So someone from Germany could study here for free but someone from Wales couldn't?
Yep! It's a really strange system haha
Regina Filipa Well we are EU citizens, but the law only applies to EU citizens from other countries. I think the intention of the law was really just to stop countries giving their own citizens preferential treatment over people from other EU countries, so I guess they weren't too bothered about situations like this.
"brotherhood" and "sisterhood" sounds like a cult
as someone doing a humanities bachelor (incidently in Asia Pacific Studies - most of my teachers, if they didnt study abroad, studied at SOAS - i freaked slightly when you mentioned it) i am dreading my final year dissertation
And I do have to buy my language books - £9 a piece, 2-4 books a year. very little money compared to America... and the only reason i know what a subject and predicate is is because im a language student.
In Romania you have to stay in a room with 3 or in some cases with 4 other room mates in your first year of university, so I think 1 or 2 other room mates is more convenient :P
It should really be English vs American
I'm really thankful for being Swedish right now, since that means I can go to uni for free in Sweden, and only have to pay back a part of the allowance we get. Both the UK and the US sound really expensive
Everyone should just move to Wales, because if you're from there you only have to pay around £3,000 on tuition fees! Doesn't matter if you study outside of Wales, you only have to pay back the £3,000. So basically it's three years for the price of one in England!
university is free in Scotland... which is part of the UK. I think you should change the title
In the UK they call private schools 'public' because of archaic reasons. When schools like Eton first opened their doors many hundreds of years ago, they were called 'public', with the idea that they were open to anyone... Whom had the funds of course to be taught their. But so long as you had the money, they didn't care where you came from.
The term is therefore still used as a result, but not interchangeably between different sectors of state-funded services.
+Lawrence Bilton P.S. Also Student Unions are there to represent the student's voice to the University, especially there to help disputes between students and the university on all matters. Academic, overall policy or decision making that affects the student.
*there
Jess Finlay ?
+Lawrence Bilton
They have Student Unions at American Universities as well. Both the Unis I attended had one. I guess Evans school was just different.
You can get free college in the US. You just have to work for it. I got a full-paid academic scholarship because I worked my rear off in high school. I knew I wanted a scholarship so I didn't have loans so I worked towards that goal. My sister did the same thing.
Sly3n hi, do you mind my asking which uni?
Both my sister and I had full paid scholarships to Transylvania University (a private college in Lexington, KY). Most schools offer merit and/or need-based scholarships. They only have a limited number available though.
Thanks for replying. :)
this video was so informative, thanks lucy and evan!
I did my uni course studying at a college and it cost around £6000 a year so yes you do pay to go to those ones and they are not the bad ones!
i kinda want to go to uni in the uk, since even though i'm american i'm a citizen of ireland!
Here in Ireland its I think about 2000 tuition, with the chance to get grants so it can end up being half that in tuition fees. Plus community college can be as cheap as 200 depending on location, and the courses you study their are all generally well taught. You do have to pay accommodation, which be expensive but house shares are possible and usually cheaper. We have good campus' with a good environment. We also have things like freshers week so basically in the first we there are all these events where you can make friends easily with people in your course. There are some really good clubs as well like tea or skydiving clubs. I think we have university fairly sorted here to be honest.
Meanwhile I'm like EVAN LOOKS LIKE PHIL TODAY WHAT
Tuition in the Netherlands is like 2000 euros for 4 years of college. I can't imagine having to pay 10.000+ on tuition every year
Lucy's experience of university was very different from most mine. In N.Ireland uni is about £3500 per year.
Other things seem to be course specific, like I did 'need' to buy my own books, dissertations are only required for specific courses, so I never wrote one studying computing and IT, and many other differences.
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The "Capitalism" tune is so funny.
ive just graduated and have only been to my student union for food, the nights out were so terrible and never catered for every music taste...
What she said about the pricing cap was wrong. In wales the pricing is capped at £6000 and in scotland uni is free for scottish citizens
i'm 15 and i applied to uni so drinking can't work for me 😂 my personal statement was the bomb though, i talked about all of my majestic music stuff (or lack thereof), all of the plays i've been in, all my volunteer work so i basically seemed like a really good person
My high school had a few day towards the end of the year where the different colleges and Universities would come in have booths and then throughout the day, you could just go up to them to apply and they would waiver the application fee
In England, well at least the university I went to, the library was very well stocked. So need to buy books.
If your welsh, the government pays a partial amount of the £9000 tuition fee. We only end up paying roughly £3600 a year.
Did Politics at UK uni at a top 5 uni for the subject and never had to do a dissertation for my Undergrad. Felt great until I did my Masters and had to do a dissertation aaah!
I was born I Scotland, lived there all my life. University is free in Scotland, however there is only one university in Scotland that does the course that I am doing, and I didn't make their standards so I've had to go to England, I'm having to pay my fees, which is £9,000 a year!
*laughs in Estonian*
Ahh, our system here is so awesome.
in scotland you dont have to pay for tuition and if you choose to go abroad you get a lot of it paid for you (or something like that)
Community college is great! So much cheaper to get your core subjects out of the way. Then you can transfer to a university if you want. That’s what I am doing!
A Master's degree in the United States is NOT six years. I know, because I have a Master's degree. Many Master's programs have about two years of classroom work. You get a total of six years to COMPLETE your Master's. I finished my coursework, and took a year and a half to write my thesis. Some people can write their thesis while doing the coursework. My course of study was too intense to do that.
Being good at writing is essential for all fields. Not just the humanities.
The my course I'm currently doing at university (UK) I also didn't need any books, we often got recommended books that would help you for the specific subjects you we're doing. The book I bought for maths module cost me £30 on Amazon and the different version of the book simply improved small mistakes in the book or information that had been missing, it questions in the book weren't changed if they didn't need to be for correctional purposes. However my university has a several story library building in which you can probably loan any book you need for any course the university offers, probably even ones they don't.
Also she isn't 100% accurate on the structure of courses in the UK. Most courses in the UK focus on a specific subject however you will be required usually to do other modules.
These modules will be small slices of other subjects that are relevant to your primary subject. I.e programming courses often have a maths modules along with computer related subjects. You'll often need to pass every module individually or you will not be accepted to continue to study in the following year.
Not sure this accurately depicted American universities. You have to take courses in all ranges of areas in an effort to help expand your world view and give you a well-rounded education. Then you specialize in a specific degree/program like engineering, biology or other sciences, journalism, history, etc. That's all for the bachelor's degree that takes about four years. Then people can choose to go on to a master's degree program that typically takes two years and the courses are focused in your specific area of emphasis. Then you can take on a PhD if warranted. A lot of American universities have similar opportunities like cultural meetings and presentations, opportunities to explore career opportunities through internships that students can be connected to through their university, etc. The main difference is the admissions process and that Americans take a larger range of courses once admitted. The same emphasis on academics is pushed and not all students are there just to party.