US Universities

**Shahed** · 09-25-2004, 18:09

and no mate...you can never aim too high !

what do you want to study ?

**Somebody Else** · 09-25-2004, 18:48

My problem is I've never been good at knowing what I want, which is why I think the US system is rather good, in that the first year at least, is rather broad in scope. I mean, my interests range from classics to science... but I can't work out what it is that I'm especially in to.

**Shahed** · 09-25-2004, 22:24

If u work that out and get back to me, I could help you.

Choose !

**monkian** · 09-26-2004, 08:36

This is not a flame or 'american bashing' etc - I just curious.

I've heard that American qualifications from um.. 'high school' etc (?) aren't considered to be equivalent to European A levels and other higher qualifications.

Is this the case or is it just Old Guard European elitism ?

**Somebody Else** · 09-26-2004, 09:15

It is true - as A levels are much more specialised. The flipside is that we with our A-levels may well be very good at a few subjects, but are very weak at everything else. I'd much rather have had a broader education to a slightly lower standard, than the narrow, high quality one I had.

**Shahed** · 09-26-2004, 10:10

The first question is to decide which area you want the broad education in, for example if it's in business administration, I'd recommend:

1. Stanford: Great reputation, awesome campus, great crowd and ..California... good change from oxford, great faculty, great extracurricular

2. MIT-Sloan..same as above but no california

3. Harvard: boring elite school but hell u got the name

4. Thunderbird: Up and coming, not ivy league, but very good circulum...good reputation, great campus (on a former air force base)...great xtracurricular, great crowd, and.....arizona !

You need to choose a field it will make it much easier...trust me i just went thru this.

btw you are probably to late for a US transfer but you might be just in time for an Australian transfer if you apply in the next two-three weeks.