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(Unfortunately, I do not mean that I have $16 billion with which to purchase an educational institution.)

I'm starting my last year of school in 2 weeks. Hopefully around this time next year, I'll be packing up my stuff to leave for university (or college. I never really have figured out the difference. Except I think university is more academic and college is more trades-based, but I could be way off.) I want to major in English (or Journalism, but would prefer English by far.) I would like to be involved with a Theatre program, as well.

However, as it stands, I have no idea where I'm going apply beyond one school (University of British Columbia ... where I decided I wanted to go when I was 11.) I've been thinking about going somewhere farther away from home, and while I'm sure there's some master list of every university in the world floating around somewhere, I have no idea how to find it. And on the other hand, I might want to stay in Canada.

So I put it to you to tell me which universities I should apply to and why. Burgeoning social life? Knitting classes? World's largest penguin statue? Have at it.

Sell me a BCIT (British Columbia Institute of Technology) for free, so I don't have to pay a god damn high tuition fees!

damn Gordon Campbell

UNLV (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

Its a University, but to sound bigger, it names its subject groups as "Colleges", for example, the "College of Science", the "College of Engineering", etc. Its a growing research school, granting PhDs in a number of areas.

Plus, I think there's a basketball team, if you're into that kind of thing.

And for theater, well, Las Vegas is the cultural wastela- uh, I mean nexus of the Southwest. We have all kinds of theater, from progressive acrobratic musicals, to touring broadway shows, to classic drama. The other 98% is mildly pornographic and badly choreographed. Or mildly choreographed and badly pornogra- uh, never mind.

Well, I go to Auckland Uni in New Zealand, if you came to Auckland Uni, we could like hang out together and go to classes together and wear the same clothes....oh my God, we could be like, twins! :fluffle:

Or not... :rolleyes: ;)



I really have no idea where you should go. Did you want to stay in Canada, or see the world? If the latter, do you think you'd want to travel internationally (if so Europe, Asia or Africa would be more advantageous than say Australia), do you want to see landscapes and nature, or more interested in people?

What do you want out of your time at uni (besides a degree). If you can work out what kind of experiance/s you want, you can narrow your search down to the kind of places you can get that..

Hehe...second year of high school for me. =[ (9th Grade)
Goin to STMC..BC Football Champs last year in 2 divisions.
ANYWAY, if a 9th graders opinion matters in the least, I plan on going to UBC if I can maintain my 92% GPA (or higher) for another 4 years.

Victoria(Vic),Wellington,New Zealand

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Well Canada has some good uni's
Come to Ireland-University College Cork
UK-Kings College
New Zealand-University of Canterbury_I'm hoping to do a Masters there in a year :)

Oxford. But never Cambridge. I don't like to speak of "the other place"

Lehigh University. Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (USA).

Stellar reputation. I got my Masters there (in political science).

More importantly, my girlfriend teaches English 1 and 2 (both required courses). If you can make it into her class (and I could tell you the trick) ;) , you would spend the semester watching popular film and/or horror movies.

For what more could you ask?

The free university.

Basically, in order for anyone to sell you a college/university they really need to know you personally. Your personal preferences will probably (and hopefully) be the biggest decision maker.

A quick list of some of my preferences is:

Knowing I'm getting a good value. (I.e. Not paying 40k USD/quarter, but not wasting my time, either. This may be related to paying for my own tuition, independence, etc. Hypothetically.)
Finding people that I can relate to (in all my weird ways,) but also experiencing a wide variety of people. (For me that simply requires further than a few hours from my parents' home and implies an eagerness for international studies.)
The ability to fulfill a few basic needs. (For me, that means it must have a Christian community of some kind or another that I can relate to, and for the purposes of being a home, a fast Internet connection, food, etc.)
A reputable institution. (The degrees reputation rests with the institution, and the Major. Personally, I'd go to the institution just for the learning, but degrees are valuable, so I have to aim for a reputable degree of some kind.)
Feeling excited to go there. (If I'm not excited before I go there, I probably don't want to go there. Visiting the institution often boosts anticipatory excitement tremendously.)
The capability of developing a social network. (For staying sane and for networking.)
Not being babied at the college/university. I am an adult; I am seeking to grow in maturity through independence; my parents did a fine job already. (Sure signs of babying are: authoritarian rules and enforcements, needless expenses added onto your bill, and a lack of campus student initiatives [campuses should be overflowing with student initiative - we're at the wild-psycho-crazy-insane age, remember?])


The hard part, however, is figuring out what you want, and how it differs from other people. Best way to discover that in this thread would be to explain what you expect college/university to be like. Answer questions such as:

Do you expect to go out every night partying?
Do you expect to get carried up in a political movement?
Do you expect to spend all your nights studying?
Do you expect to have no homework?
Do you expect to talk personally with teachers/staff every day?
Do you expect to speak up in class, all the time?
Do you expect to blend in with the other hundred students in class?
Do you expect to spend half your parents’ fortune in extra-curricular goodies?
Do you expect to work while in school?
Do you expect to have a car?
Do you expect to know everyone in your school personally?
Do you expect to go on trips every weekend?
Do you expect to have someone tell you what to do?
Do you expect to figure it all out on your own?
Do you expect to get good grades? (Keep in mind that those very people tend toward the colleges/universities in which that is the hardest to accomplish "good grades," due to competitive grading scales. Imagine if 90% was a C grade. Or an F.)
Do you expect to stay at your parents’ house every weekend?
Do you expect to participate in sports of any kind?
Do you expect to become active in leadership opportunities?
What do you expect to be taught?
What do you expect to be expected of you?

To get the best results, I would recommend answering as wholeheartedly and detailed as possible. You don't need to reply as an essay to the thread, but at least start investigating these types of questions for yourself.

P.S. I don't really know the difference between a "college" and a "university" either, but if I were to venture a guess it would be that universities give Masters/PhD's/JD's/MD's, whereas colleges don't.

i don't get this whole 'majoring' business... in the UK you choose one subject and thats what you study. bah.


anyways, come to Cardiff Uni, where it rains near constantly, the teaching quality is quite shite, everything's falling apart and where you get no pastoral care whatsoever. its shit.

I went to Ohio State as an undergrad and now am at University of Pennsylvania as a grad student. Columbus is a rather boring city to live in, but the campus life was okay. It was cheap for me since I'm from Ohio, but probably not worth the tuition. It's the second largest universities in the US. I wouldn't go there unless you get in the honors program. Otherwise you will be stuck in classes with 400+ students in which you don't learn a thing but still manage to pull of an okay grade. The honors classes are great and if you get into the honors program it may be okay.

University of Pennsylvania is in Philadelphia. Its a great university if you can afford it. It's Ivy league and the 4th ranked university in the US for undergraduate education (beneith Harvard, Princeton, and Yale). Philadelphia is a really fun city to live in. Its an east cost city with a really compact downtown so you can walk everywhere. There is always something going on at the parks or Penn's landing or campus. They have good bars/clubs so I've been told (I'm not really into that sort of thing). It has a lot of culture, the food is good, lots of interesting architecture. It's probably my favorite US city. New York in many ways is better, but seems too big. New York is even more expensive and its universities aren't as good. Though Philadelphia is big, its downtown is small enough you can walk almost anywhere. The college has tons of resources. Seems like they have more money then they know what to do with (that's not true for OSU). I can't speak for the classes because as a graduate student I don't take undergraduate classes. They say Penn is the "social ivy" which means it suppose to be friendlier and more social then the other ivy league schools. Having never been to another ivy league school I can't really tell you if this is true or not.

Drawbacks: University of Pennsylvania is one of the most expensive US universities costing somewhere around 40,000 a year if you include room and board. Also because of this it has a lot of spoiled rich kids.

Not all UK universitys have no majors. I studied Biological science for a year, doing classes in everything from Anatomy to Zoology and all points inbetween before "majoring" in Medical Microbiology during my second year.

University of Newcastle upon Tyne that was btw.

As to the original point. I say the post up above these two gives a very good answer. Remember though Uni is what YOU make it. No matter where you end up.

My personal recomendation, get as far away from home as financially possible. Nothing like geographical distance to really get that independant life moving :)

If you go to Uni in Britain you will be expected to do the work yourself and not spoonfed as in the States. I work in a small Uni College in Edinburgh and the US students who come here don't feel as if the are being taught anything - missing the point that they are here to learn not to be taught! Saddly I would not advise coming here to study English or Jornalism - we don't teach them, but we do teach PR and media studies, we are mainly a health Sciences Institution.

A person like you needs an education like only Bob Jones University can offer. Just look Bob Jones up on the web and you will be surprised. :D

Lehigh also has the drawback of high tuition and spoiled rich kids. :( It's about $40,000/yr tuition, plus room and board.

I'll never forget teaching Marx at Lehigh and asking students about their work experience. One girl raised her hand and said, "Well, over the summer my dad let me work for his credit card company." And that was all they had.

Oxford. But never Cambridge. I don't like to speak of "the other place"Just a brief explanation to all you non-brits, the difference is basically that Cambridge is full of upper/middle class liberal idealists, while Oxford is full of upper/middle class conservative fundamentalists. Which is of course why Cambridge just keep the rivalry going to poke fun at Oxford, while Oxford takes direct offense to it.

It's all about Crazy Go Nuts University! (http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail26.html)
You should definitely apply for CGNU.

Seriously though, I go to CalPoly SLO (California Polytechnic State University of San Luis Obispo.) I'd recommend it if you value similar things to what I posted here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=9493243&postcount=11).

UNLV (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
DEAR GOD NO! Do NOT got to UNLV!

Go to the University of Nevada instead. :D

Seriously, if you are interested in Journalism or English I would highly recomend the University of Nevada, Reno. The Reynolds School of Journalism is rated top ten in the nation and the best on the West coast (US of course). The school has produced 6 Pulitzer Prize winners and currently leads in studies of media and the courtroom as well as non-traditional media.

The Department of English is home to a wide range of world renowned professors who actually teach classes (currently they have the only American professor with a note from the Queen of England allowing him to see whatever Shakespearen artifact he likes (he throws nice after semester parties too)) as well is the founding university for the study of the eviroment and humanities.

The theater department is known for its inovation and is home to three different performance groups. One student, one profesional, and one Japanese (seriously).

The university itself is midsized, nicely priced and settled in a good area. Reno gets all four seasons (sometimes in the space of a week), and is 30 minutes away from Lake Tahoe for sking, swiming, camping and other outdoor activities. It's also 4 hrs from San Francisco and if you REALLY need to go, 6 from Las Vegas.

Oh, and the Wolf Pack not only slammed the Rebels in basketball, they also went to the NCAA Tournament.

DON'T GO to the Charles Darwin University in Australia.
Really bad idea - worst teaching ratings for all the 38 Australian universities.

BUT do go the University of Queensland. One of the top Unis in Australia.

UNLV (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

Its a University, but to sound bigger, it names its subject groups as "Colleges", for example, the "College of Science", the "College of Engineering", etc. Its a growing research school, granting PhDs in a number of areas.

Plus, I think there's a basketball team, if you're into that kind of thing.

And for theater, well, Las Vegas is the cultural wastela- uh, I mean nexus of the Southwest. We have all kinds of theater, from progressive acrobratic musicals, to touring broadway shows, to classic drama. The other 98% is mildly pornographic and badly choreographed. Or mildly choreographed and badly pornogra- uh, never mind.

I believe a University is actually just a collection of colleges. So, UNLV isn't doing anything out of the ordinary, most universities are like that. At least all of them that I have been to.

being that you want to do "arts" at uni i cant offer too much advice, beyond Monash (www.monash.edu) and Melbourne (www.unimelb.edu.au) Universities in Victoria, Australia.
They are ranked 36 and 54 overall Globally, with higher ratings for science, eng, med, biomed at monash (between 12-16) and higher for law, business/economics/commerce, arts at melbourne (around 35-40 i think). I am a graduate from Monash so i suggest going there, but seriously for arts related stuff melbourne is probably a little better. Regarding social activities they are very similar, with Melbourne having a higher mean parental income however (it sources ~60% of its students from 20 specific schools i think) and Monash having more students (30-35k total population, around 1/2 undergraduates.) the most expensive full fee (international students and some local students) course is ~120,000 in total, this is for double degree law, engineering (total length 7 years) (these are of course $AU which is round 70USc.

Ohio University has a good Journalism school.

BTW that is not Ohio State University.

I really have no idea where you should go. Did you want to stay in Canada, or see the world? If the latter, do you think you'd want to travel internationally (if so Europe, Asia or Africa would be more advantageous than say Australia), do you want to see landscapes and nature, or more interested in people?

Not sure where I want to go. Anywhere, really, I think. I've always rather liked the idea of going to Australia, actually. Except for the spiders. Spiders scare me.


I'm so indecisive that pretty much anything is a high point for me, I think.

I'm ashamed to say that the tour guide at Dundee Uni helped me make my decision when he mentioned that all the med students go out for strippers during freshers week. If only the other universities had mentioned something like that things might have been different. Damm I think I need to rearrange my priorities

I'm ashamed to say that the tour guide at Dundee Uni helped me make my decision when he mentioned that all the med students go out for strippers during freshers week. If only the other universities had mentioned something like that things might have been different. Damm I think I need to rearrange my priorities

No amount of strippers could ever make me want to stay in Dundee :D

No amount of strippers could ever make me want to stay in Dundee :D

Argh dont tell me that right after I sign up for 5 years of it

Not sure where I want to go. Anywhere, really, I think. I've always rather liked the idea of going to Australia, actually. Except for the spiders. Spiders scare me.

I'm so indecisive that pretty much anything is a high point for me, I think.

Why not do it all?
Athabasca University (http://www.athabasca.edu/) is an Alberta university that teaches all its courses by distance education. It's accredited in both Canada and the United States, and provides both bachelor's and master's degrees (and is currently putting together a program for a Doctor of Business Administration degree)

Pros:
Fairly inexpensive. Tuition includes all the books for the course.
Individualized support. No classes of people, you call up your prof directly during their scheduled hours (toll-free) and speak to them directly.
Open enrollment. No need to study during the traditional school year. Pick the start dates that are right for you.
Longer courses. You get six months to complete the course, and can purchase up to three extensions if you really need them.
Take your courses wherever. So long as you can get to a phone and the internet (and often even if you can't) you can complete your coursework and exams.

Cons:
Not much for a theatre program I'm afraid, or athletics, if that's your thing. Although I hear a Fine Arts degree may be in the works. How they're going to manage that, I haven't a clue. Lotta music and things that can be scanned, I'm guessing.
If you are not self-motivated, do NOT apply. You will fail. Guarunteed.
If you're looking for student-student interaction, there's not much there. The Student's Union is trying, but the community is still pretty small.
Financing can be a real pain if you're using student loans, because student loans expect a 4 month schedule, not six, which means you have to get finished the courses faster than some of them are intended to be.

A person like you needs an education like only Bob Jones University can offer. Just look Bob Jones up on the web and you will be surprised. :D

Heh. I didn't even need to look it up ... I tried to convince my family to send my 14 year old sister there. They have a high school, too.

My sister, sadly lacking a sense of humour, flipped out and thought I was serious.

Ooh. This looks helpful (I fell asleep and am just checking the forum now >.<)


Do you expect to go out every night partying? No, not really.
Do you expect to get carried up in a political movement? That could be nice
Do you expect to spend all your nights studying? Not all, but a lot
Do you expect to have no homework? No
Do you expect to talk personally with teachers/staff every day? Doesn't matter much to me
Do you expect to speak up in class, all the time? Only sometimes
Do you expect to blend in with the other hundred students in class? I'd rather not
Do you expect to spend half your parents’ fortune in extra-curricular goodies? I can spend $20 on extra-curriculars?! ... since it will be mostly my future fortune, I'd say no.
Do you expect to work while in school? I may be forced to, but I'd prefer not to.
Do you expect to have a car? A bus pass would be nicer
Do you expect to know everyone in your school personally? No
Do you expect to go on trips every weekend? No
Do you expect to have someone tell you what to do? No
Do you expect to figure it all out on your own? I already have, for the most part
Do you expect to get good grades? I'd like to stay within passing range, and I think I could stay above water at a competitive one, but I'd prefer a less competitive grading scale
Do you expect to stay at your parents’ house every weekend? I certainly hope not.
Do you expect to participate in sports of any kind? I'm rather talentless at team sports, so I'd say no
Do you expect to become active in leadership opportunities? That could be fun
What do you expect to be taught? This, I can't think of an answer to.
What do you expect to be expected of you? To do at least some work and manage a passing grade. Also, to be able to use my independence maturely, if that makes any sense.

Is that it? C'mon, there's gotta be more unis than THAT in the world, right?

Well ok.

Texas A&M has both good engineering programs and good business programs and will allow you to be part of a Bush worshipping cult. Who doesn't want to worship Bush and be an Aggie? It also has the best agricultural engineering school in the nation if you want to play with cows and chickens and corn.

OU has a good football team. It is a decent college.

MIT is the best school for engineering and a very good business college and if you are a child prodigy who mastered calculus in 8th grade then you can go there too.

Hawaii has a university, I think it is the university of Hawaii. The good thing about it is that Hawaii is an excellent place to be.

UT is a very good college and has even better programs than A&M and lacks the cult thing. It is just as super massive as A&M is(the colleges both have about 50,000 students and this is not the combined total)

TCC is a community college. It is known for being a community college and does not offer any bachelors degrees. It is also really cheap and filled with high school students and people who could not get into a real college.

How does this work?

EDIT: Oh yeah, I forgot that you wanted to major in English. I tend to focus on stuff such as business and engineering because of the money making aspects of those careers. :D

assuming you want an english language school that really restricts you to 5 countries... the USA, UK, Canada, Australia and NZ.
NZ has at least 3 pretty good unis, australia has 10 or so... dunno about the other 3 countries...

DEAR GOD NO! Do NOT got to UNLV!

Go to the University of Nevada instead. :D


Oh, and the Wolf Pack not only slammed the Rebels in basketball, they also went to the NCAA Tournament.


Oh yeah? Well at UNLV, they've got a 1:3 ratio of Professors to strippers! You Reno people, think you're such hot cheese because you've got a great medical school, and contribute to the preservation of human life, and have a great Comedy Central cop show set in your town!

Well, WE can see Barry Manilow! On a school night! And 87 different Cirque de Soleil shows! Each slightly different! And a Moody Blues tribute band that plays alternating thursdays! Clutch at your eyes with howling envy, Reno.

Thats right. Barry. Freakin'. Manilow.

The University of Texas at Tyler: Hey, at least it's not TJC!

Oh yeah? Well at UNLV, they've got a 1:3 ratio of Professors to strippers! You Reno people, think you're such hot cheese because you've got a great medical school, and contribute to the preservation of human life, and have a great Comedy Central cop show set in your town!

Well, WE can see Barry Manilow! On a school night! And 87 different Cirque de Soleil shows! Each slightly different! And a Moody Blues tribute band that plays alternating thursdays! Clutch at your eyes with howling envy, Reno.

Thats right. Barry. Freakin'. Manilow.

This is turning out to be one of the greatest debates ever! *grabs a chair*

Oh yeah? Well at UNLV, they've got a 1:3 ratio of Professors to strippers! You Reno people, think you're such hot cheese because you've got a great medical school, and contribute to the preservation of human life, and have a great Comedy Central cop show set in your town!

Well, WE can see Barry Manilow! On a school night! And 87 different Cirque de Soleil shows! Each slightly different! And a Moody Blues tribute band that plays alternating thursdays! Clutch at your eyes with howling envy, Reno.

Thats right. Barry. Freakin'. Manilow.
Ah the Rebels have never forgiven the Pack for spanking them. So sad...

Besides, if I REALLY wanted to visit Vegas from Reno, well, Southwest does that nice $78 dollar special so I can get down there and then get the hell out of Vegas.

Besides, YOU might have Barry Manilow, but WE have Lake Tahoe. Vegas, build THAT! (and no, Lake Mead does not count)

And we DO get the same shows as Vegas too. We just don't have to put up with Barry Manilow OR Celine Dion, everyday.

But UNLV does have the best Hotel Managment course. I have to give you that. Reno has better academics, but that's ok UNLV has done well in a half century after being started as UNR's Las Vegas library. :D

This is turning out to be one of the greatest debates ever! *grabs a chair*
Yeah, if you can't tell, the two universities in Nevada REALLY don't like each other. ;)

Lehigh also has the drawback of high tuition and spoiled rich kids. :( It's about $40,000/yr tuition, plus room and board.

I'll never forget teaching Marx at Lehigh and asking students about their work experience. One girl raised her hand and said, "Well, over the summer my dad let me work for his credit card company." And that was all they had.

LMAO.... As a Sociology major, that is one of the funniest things I have heard in a while. THANK YOU.

I'm at my third university and will end up finishing here at The Ohio State University. I love Ohio State so far because the school is HUGE, the professors are great, and you have a ton of different types of people walking around. I think Columbus is a great city and there's lots to do if you just look around. It's the best out of the three schools I've been to, so I highly recommend it. The first school was a private, expensive Catholic school... great for academics, but crappy for your social life. The second school was a smaller state university that was the easiest school EVER. I think Ohio State challenges you, but doesn't kill you in the meantime. If you can avoid it, don't come to Ohio because Ohio in general really isn't special... but if you do come to Ohio, do not go anywhere else besides The Ohio State University!

(Unfortunately, I do not mean that I have $16 billion with which to purchase an educational institution.)

Actually, Harvard is the most expensive university, worth "only" $20 bn. The next most expensive, Yale, is just $12 bn. Tuition may be expensive, but colleges themselves are quite cheap.

Actually, Harvard is the most expensive university, worth "only" $20 bn. The next most expensive, Yale, is just $12 bn. Tuition may be expensive, but colleges themselves are quite cheap.


Although if I had $16 billion, I would probably forgo education, buy a publishing company and do whatever I damn well wanted to, degree or not!

Besides, if I REALLY wanted to visit Vegas from Reno, well, Southwest does that nice $78 dollar special so I can get down there and then get the hell out of Vegas.


$78 special...might as well save the airfare, I'm sure you can get the same watered down drinks, middle aged skanks, and free porno pamphlets up North, can't you?

As for building a new lake, they can't even maintain the ones they've got down here.

Anyway, you're just jealous because you don't have an alcholic ex-mob lawyer in charge of your city. Better academics won't get you that.

Anyway, you're just jealous because you don't have an alcholic ex-mob lawyer in charge of your city. Better academics won't get you that.
DAMN IT! Yes. :mad:

You've got us there. Reno is jealous of Mayor Goodman. I mean, Cashell TRIES, but we just can't top a man who told kids he wants a martini on a desert island. :D

DAMN IT! Yes. :mad:

You've got us there. Reno is jealous of Mayor Goodman. I mean, Cashell TRIES, but we just can't top a man who told kids he wants a martini on a desert island. :D

Frankly, we're just glad he had the good taste not to tell the kids he wanted "a martini, a box of contraband cuban cigars, and a rotating squad of Pahrump's finest". 'Cause thats what he meant.

You know, if the thread poster wants to study English for the purposes of becoming a writer, Vegas really isn't a bad place to study the human condition. Old ladies striking matches on their oxygen tanks to light ciragettes while screeching for a drink from a young lady trying to earn enough tips to pay for the surgery needed to repair the damage done to her by the shoes she has to wear.

An 800 number for problem gamblers prominently posted between the sports book and the restrooms, ignored by the shivering and desperate father, as his glazed eyes are glued to the image of the rapidly tiring horse on which he's bet his daughter's chemo money.

And in the bathroom of the strip club down the road, a taxi driver passes a packet of heroine to a dancer who'll sell it to her friends to finance her degree in Psychology.

Hell with it. Go to Cambridge.

Frankly, we're just glad he had the good taste not to tell the kids he wanted "a martini, a box of contraband cuban cigars, and a rotating squad of Pahrump's finest". 'Cause thats what he meant.

You know, if the thread poster wants to study English for the purposes of becoming a writer, Vegas really isn't a bad place to study the human condition. Old ladies striking matches on their oxygen tanks to light ciragettes while screeching for a drink from a young lady trying to earn enough tips to pay for the surgery needed to repair the damage done to her by the shoes she has to wear.

An 800 number for problem gamblers prominently posted between the sports book and the restrooms, ignored by the shivering and desperate father, as his glazed eyes are glued to the image of the rapidly tiring horse on which he's bet his daughter's chemo money.

And in the bathroom of the strip club down the road, a taxi driver passes a packet of heroine to a dancer who'll sell it to her friends to finance her degree in Psychology.

Hell with it. Go to Cambridge.


Man, now I WANNA go to Nevada, just for the colourful characters.

One problem if I went somewhere in the U.S. would be that I would have to drop a lot of Us from my spelling (colour, honour, flavour, etc.) and switch my Es and Rs around (centre, theatre, etc.)

sooo... you would have no colour, honour or flavour... or do you mean that colour honour and flavour will have no you?

sooo... you would have no colour, honour or flavour... or do you mean that colour honour and flavour will have no you?

And the world would be just that much worse.

One problem if I went somewhere in the U.S. would be that I would have to drop a lot of Us from my spelling (colour, honour, flavour, etc.) and switch my Es and Rs around (centre, theatre, etc.)

You'd probably be okay. A few professors might raise an eyebrow, but I doubt they'd have a problem with your using the spellings to which you are accustomed.

Hell, I spell "theatre" with an "re" anyway. :)

Kinki University! (http://ccpc01.cc.kindai.ac.jp/english/index.htm) :D

On a somewhat serious note, at some point I do intend to audi a class there just so I can claim to have attended. I'll make up stories about what we studied ("Yeah, there was this really sweet lecture on the care and feeding of subs - and the lab practical was... :eek: )

You'd probably be okay. A few professors might raise an eyebrow, but I doubt they'd have a problem with your using the spellings to which you are accustomed.

Hell, I spell "theatre" with an "re" anyway. :)


It took me until I was 15 to start spelling it 're' because I had gone to french immersion for years and thought that 're' was the french way and 'er' was the english way.

Kinki University! (http://ccpc01.cc.kindai.ac.jp/english/index.htm) :D

On a somewhat serious note, at some point I do intend to audi a class there just so I can claim to have attended. I'll make up stories about what we studied ("Yeah, there was this really sweet lecture on the care and feeding of subs - and the lab practical was... :eek: )

I heard about that the other day ... I can't remember where. Man, if it WERE that kind of university, I would SO go. Screw a BA in English, I want a BA in Whips and Chains!

I bet it if you really wanted to, you could put together some kind of "Comparative Diversity Issues in Contemporary Erotic Culture" degree program at an open minded school, and spend most of your time goofing around with bondage equipment. Wouldn't be any more contrived than a lot of "individualized" degree programs out there.

(Before I get flamed by somebody who really did major in some unique counterculture program of study, relax. I have the utmost respect for your madeup degree)

Kinki University! (http://ccpc01.cc.kindai.ac.jp/english/index.htm) :D
And the school song is the KinkiKids singing "We'll always be your Kinki Kids forever!"

(I fell over laughing the first time I heard that)

I bet it if you really wanted to, you could put together some kind of "Comparative Diversity Issues in Contemporary Erotic Culture" degree program at an open minded school, and spend most of your time goofing around with bondage equipment. Wouldn't be any more contrived than a lot of "individualized" degree programs out there.

(Before I get flamed by somebody who really did major in some unique counterculture program of study, relax. I have the utmost respect for your madeup degree)
I thought UNLV already had one of those. ;)

I thought UNLV already had one of those. ;)

Yeah, I think they call it "Kinesiology".

Its not as good as the "Applied Organic Chemistry of (OH) functional groups, emphasis on ways to get tourists bombed enough to forget that its real money they're pissing away, 3 credits, 1 hour lab"

Ooh. This looks helpful (I fell asleep and am just checking the forum now >.<)


Do you expect to go out every night partying? No, not really.
Do you expect to get carried up in a political movement? That could be nice
Do you expect to spend all your nights studying? Not all, but a lot
Do you expect to have no homework? No
Do you expect to talk personally with teachers/staff every day? Doesn't matter much to me
Do you expect to speak up in class, all the time? Only sometimes
Do you expect to blend in with the other hundred students in class? I'd rather not
Do you expect to spend half your parents’ fortune in extra-curricular goodies? I can spend $20 on extra-curriculars?! ... since it will be mostly my future fortune, I'd say no.
Do you expect to work while in school? I may be forced to, but I'd prefer not to.
Do you expect to have a car? A bus pass would be nicer
Do you expect to know everyone in your school personally? No
Do you expect to go on trips every weekend? No
Do you expect to have someone tell you what to do? No
Do you expect to figure it all out on your own? I already have, for the most part
Do you expect to get good grades? I'd like to stay within passing range, and I think I could stay above water at a competitive one, but I'd prefer a less competitive grading scale
Do you expect to stay at your parents’ house every weekend? I certainly hope not.
Do you expect to participate in sports of any kind? I'm rather talentless at team sports, so I'd say no
Do you expect to become active in leadership opportunities? That could be fun
What do you expect to be taught? This, I can't think of an answer to.
What do you expect to be expected of you? To do at least some work and manage a passing grade. Also, to be able to use my independence maturely, if that makes any sense.


Northwestern University, where I'm going to school right now, could be a decent choice. Pretty difficult to get into, but based on my experience it matches nearly all of your answers. Only thing is, it's a fairly politically apathetic school. The College Democrats are active (they brought Howard Dean and several other speakers to the campus last year) and the College Republicans are vocal, if severely short of funds. They're really the only serious political groups we've got, though.

...The Ohio State University...

33-27. Noah Herron sends his regards.

That is all.

Victoria(Vic),Wellington,New Zealand

100% of Harlesburgians are not Teenagers and haven't tried smoking pot. If you arent a Harlesburgian Teenager who hasn't tried smoking pot, copy & paste this in your signature.

Hey Victoria is pretty good, I study European languages there.
100% of Kiwipesoans are not Teenagers and haven't tried smoking pot. If you arent a Kiwipesoan Teenager who hasn't tried smoking pot, copy & paste this in your signature.

(Unfortunately, I do not mean that I have $16 billion with which to purchase an educational institution.)

I'm starting my last year of school in 2 weeks. Hopefully around this time next year, I'll be packing up my stuff to leave for university (or college. I never really have figured out the difference. Except I think university is more academic and college is more trades-based, but I could be way off.) I want to major in English (or Journalism, but would prefer English by far.) I would like to be involved with a Theatre program, as well.

However, as it stands, I have no idea where I'm going apply beyond one school (University of British Columbia ... where I decided I wanted to go when I was 11.) I've been thinking about going somewhere farther away from home, and while I'm sure there's some master list of every university in the world floating around somewhere, I have no idea how to find it. And on the other hand, I might want to stay in Canada.

So I put it to you to tell me which universities I should apply to and why. Burgeoning social life? Knitting classes? World's largest penguin statue? Have at it.
CSUC - Chico State University, CA.

great journalism program, high graduation rate, VERY much a college town. Party school too. Largest city park in the west.

I promise - you visit there you will not likely ever want to leave. A piece of me will always be there.

http://www.csuchico.edu/
http://chico.com/attractions.shtml

and, of course, Chico's very own internationally acclaimed brewery!!!
http://www.sierranevada.com/

sorry I can't sgare more - one hand typing, other holding sleeping child. Now I mus sleep too. g'night.

BU is a good school, and where I am at currently, trying to swap into English education...

lets do the run down.

It is in Boston, which is awesome.

academicly, it is a top university, with some very impressive alumni, such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

There is a downside to being a top university. We have a policy called "grade deflation". Basically, our grades must be curved to fit the bell curve. This means if 5 people are given A's, 5 must fail, and the distribution must be as close to statitically perfect as possible.

Class sizes are not huge. Freshman lectures are large, but at the very least, English classes are small, and all large lectures break up into discussion groups once a week.

Socially, the school varies. The guest policy is rediculous, and that part of the school is run by a buch of nazis. However, it is easy to get around.

Housing can be good or bad. The dorms aren't too bad, however, I am stuck in one again this year. There are, however, opportunities for suites, and on campus apartments. Some of the apartments are in historic brownstones, which are beautiful

Edit: We also have one of the best schools of communication in the country. Our school of management is number one in the country, and all colleges and schools in the university are ranked among the best.