If you're Scottish, you can go to uni anywhere, and the govt pays for it. I wish i was Scottish. But every time I try to pull off the accent, it sounds pirate.
If you're Scottish, you can go to uni anywhere, and the govt pays for it. I wish i was Scottish. But every time I try to pull off the accent, it sounds pirate.
Well, here we have "government paid" unis and private unis, which you pay for (d'oh). There are entrance exams to almost every uni, the exceptionons being science ... subjects, as most students go to humanities. So if you'd like to study physics here, on a gov. paid uni, you probably would be accepted with no problems, the thing is you'd have to be good enought to stay there, a lot of students quit of their own will or are told to thank-you-was-nice-get-lost. Getting into a private school's here's known for "if you have money, we can teach your kid" policy. Or if your folks have an old friend who's friend knows a guy in the school who owns him/her a favor... this has to be everywhere I guess. Can't say for myself though, was in gov. paid schools only. The only things you pay for in a gov. paid uni are place at dorms and textbooks.
Weird, here the only Unis that have exams to enter are some scientific ones, like Medicine...(thanks God...a bad Languages uni makes a bad teacher or bad translator at worst... I wouldnt want to be cured by someone that entered Uni just because he ddint know what to do for those 6 years...).
Here too, we have State schools and Uni, where you pay (but not much at all at school, just a tax), and private ones, usually owned by religious but not only, where you pay a lot more and they're considered to be for rich people whose kids are too stupid to go to a public school :D (a lot of people fail 1 year at a public school and move to a private one where they'll pass more easily).
And our nice government is giving input and money to private ones (which dont need money at all), while the public ones are in a disastrous state... teachers are badly paid and dont work well, most school buildings literally fall apart...
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Originally posted by IWilKikU
Oh come on, if you couldn't get into good uni's with bad marks how would Bush have been able to get his Master's? Give the guy a break!
I was a little bit surprised when a friend told me that Bush studied at Harvad..hmm :rolleyes: .But I heard that Clinton was a smart one, I mean He only got like one B and the rest were As.
In my place, some universities held entrance exams just for formality, cause actually they accept all those people who registered.. One of the benefits to held entrance exam is that the Univ/college/institute can collect fees from the exam regristration...Damn bloodsuckers :mad:
Are you refering to Universities? If u were, then same thing in here but not with elementary till highschools. In my place most of the religious private schools are considered as the best schools, and that's why my mom sent me to Catholic School. She said Catholic school gives the best education.Quote:
Originally posted by Koa
... and private ones, usually owned by religious but not only, where you pay a lot more and they're considered to be for rich people whose kids are too stupid to go to a public school (a lot of people fail 1 year at a public school and move to a private one where they'll pass more easily).
I don't know for sure whether it's true or not, but one thing that I know is "Catholic School Girls RULE"..
:D :D
Yup Clinton was an A student at Caimbridge University. Do you know how effing hard it is to be an A student in British Uni's? Its pretty effing hard!
And I gotta agree with Sub. Catholic School Girls do RULE! (yes, I know he's quoting a Chili Peppers song, but damnit its the TRUTH!)
I know!!! A friend of mine want s to register to LSE (major in International Relations) and she must have International TOEFL test score around 600..And I also know that to get a scholarship in Cambridge you must have at least GPA around 3.7 / 4.0.
Well I know that it's RHCP song, but I already think like that since I was in elementary school (which is a Catholic school). Kinda narcist, I know :D
And by the way Kik, I'm a She ;)
hahaha that makes it funny. I thought you were a horny guy who likes Catholic school girls... like me ;)
subterranean is a girl???????????????????????????????????
:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: (i wanted to put more faces but I cant post it if there are too many apparently :rolleyes:
Damn, you fooled me for all this time! :D
No, I was referring to schools...the private/religious ones are those where only rich or stupid kids go (or that's what most people think). There are also private/religious Unis but they're similar to the public ones, just much more expensive.
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Originally posted by IWilKikU
hahaha that makes it funny. I thought you were a horny guy who likes Catholic school girls... like me ;)
Yeah, all guys do I suppose :D. Except Elton John perhaps :D :D
Ah Koa, did I make you disappointed ;) :p
we don't have GPA's here. grade point average? What's it mean?
Grade Point Average, in America is on a scale from 0.0 - 4.0. 4.0 being straight A's. My highschool GPA was 1.7!!! :eek:. Now that I'm in college I am doing infinatley better. My year of college in the US was 3.8, and in the UK they go on a different system, but their still pretty good.
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Originally posted by fayefaye
we don't have GPA's here. grade point average? What's it mean?
Are u in college? I think all univs and college in the world has GPA to measure your brain :rolleyes:
Kik, thats a good one (3.8). My GPA was only 3.4 when I graduated :( :( !!! But I think sometimes someone's intelectuality can't be measure with GPA, I mean I have some college friends who are very smart, but their GPAs are only around 3.0-3.5
Grades measure intellegence + motivation + work ethic + orginization. If you only have one or two of these you can get by but school is going to be really hard. If you have all 4, 4.0 is no problem. I started out with 3, and I'm working really hard on orginization.
I guess it's a different thing cause in my place GPA is purely about clas score. Organization activities are not included, and that's why my brother said that I only got 3.4 coz I involved too much in many activities!!
No no no, what I mean is grades and class score is a reflection of those 4 abilities. Also, in your case, I guess priorities also factor into GPA. What I was trying to say was that GPA is not a straight reflection of intellegence. Really really smart people who are lazy don't get good grades. See what I'm saying? Oh and by the way, 3.4 is good!
*sigh* my organisation skills are terrible. I once spent half an hour searching for a book, and nearly twisted my ankle wading through all the junk in my room. You wouldn't believe it.
and lately i've lost all my motivation anyway.
the highest gpa I ever got was a 1.3.
hey you!
ok, so back on topic....
Okays, sorry fayefaye... so did you get your cookie/posting prob solved?
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Originally posted by IWilKikU
No no no, what I mean is grades and class score is a reflection of those 4 abilities. Also, in your case, I guess priorities also factor into GPA. What I was trying to say was that GPA is not a straight reflection of intellegence. Really really smart people who are lazy don't get good grades. See what I'm saying? Oh and by the way, 3.4 is good!
O ok, slightly misunderstood there..
Well me too, but when it comes to organize other people and activities, they said I'm soo dependableQuote:
Originally posted by fayefaye
my organisation skills are terrible. I once spent half an hour searching for a book, and nearly twisted my ankle wading through all the junk in my room. You wouldn't believe it.