studying in USA (1 Viewer)

[W.M. smokey]

well... im going to migrate to San Francisco next year and i would be grateful if anyone could give me some info about what it would be like to sudy in the USA
(im in year 10 by the way)

 

[Tulipa]

when are you leaving?

you do know the school year is different right? it runs from September to late May/early June the next year.

so if you're going in January, then you're arrive in the middle of the school year and have to probably start in the middle of their year ten.

 

[gracie007]

unless u have a shitload of money, its probably a bad idea.

 

[SamFisher3]

i noe a friend who got a basketball scholarship and went to the university of something or other. said she's having the time of her life. personally i would love to live in the us

 

[dora_18]

i noe a friend who got a basketball scholarship and went to the university of something or other. said she's having the time of her life. personally i would love to live in the us

same, especially in NY.
I would do anything to move over there and do high school there, lol...better than this! Or in europe..not just anywhere though, ive lived in poland...thats nothing special ..id like to go to france though.

 

[James747]

well... im going to migrate to San Francisco next year and i would be grateful if anyone could give me some info about what it would be like to sudy in the USA
(im in year 10 by the way)

I guess it really depends on what school your going to, as would if u went anywhere else. If its one of those prestigous private schools, well then definitely it would be good. But if its one of those shifty local schools in those out reaching suburbs, perhaps it might be better off finishing senior high school at Kingsgrove High School then leave

 

[James747]

unless u have a shitload of money, its probably a bad idea.

Now this is good advice! XD

 

[Nivek]

unless u have a shitload of money, its probably a bad idea.

Yea...it kinda true - according to some material i'd read (dunt ask me when and wat), the average expenditure the US is much greater than in Aus.

well... im going to migrate to San Francisco next year and i would be grateful if anyone could give me some info about what it would be like to sudy in the USA
(im in year 10 by the way)

no idea wats it like to study in USA but i got a imagination that it is of bullying, drug and those American football kinda place (from hollywood movies)

If you want my most personal advise - don't go....we'll miss ya!

 

[Jachie]

unless u have a shitload of money, its probably a bad idea.

This sounds like a family decision, not an individual one. What parents in their right mind agree to send their tenth-grade kid off to complete high school on the other side of the world? I take it their whole family is moving, possibly because of work.

A similar scare recently happened to me. A couple of months ago, my dad was expecting to accept a job offer that would have us living in New York, New York. He actually declined it, because me and my two sisters didn't want to study over there. Their whole system is kind of fucked up, I reckon. Basically, every state's system is different. I did a lot of research on the NY schooling, and I didn't like the sound of it. It actually kind of confused me, because I couldn't find any information on transfer students and every subject had a certain time period that you needed to have studied it (English - 4 years, PE - 2 years, 1 science subject - 3 years etc) and it just did not appeal to me at all. I like the NSW system, where Math and Science are not compulsory and you're given more freedom to study the subjects you're interested in and actually want to do.

I know the SATs are way, way, WAY easier than the HSC though, so that'll be a relief to you. You'll be able to apply to a whole range of universities it would otherwise be difficult to get into if you were completing high school in Australia.

 

[STaLLiNG STooGe]

same, especially in NY.
I would do anything to move over there and do high school there, lol...better than this! Or in europe..not just anywhere though, ive lived in poland...thats nothing special ..id like to go to france though.

LOL high 5 for new york!! i know exactly how u feel... if not NY, then london. if not london, LA =)

 

[Jachie]

Speaking of London, I'd actually really like to go to university there... *sighs dramatically and gets ready to start saving her pennies*

 

[STaLLiNG STooGe]

Speaking of London, I'd actually really like to go to university there... *sighs dramatically and gets ready to start saving her pennies*

totally agree with you. aside from oxford or cambridge, i haven't really heard of a whole lot of other good unis there.

 

[Jachie]

totally agree with you. aside from oxford or cambridge, i haven't really heard of a whole lot of other good unis there.

It depends on what you want to study, really. Obviously Oxford and Cambridge are the big names, but there are plenty of other well-respected schools there. Kings is supposed to be excellent for law, for example. Currently, I'm really intrigued by two totally different courses at different schools - London South Bank University for Writing For Media Arts, and University Of Westminster for Criminal Justice.

 

[STaLLiNG STooGe]

It depends on what you want to study, really. Obviously Oxford and Cambridge are the big names, but there are plenty of other well-respected schools there. Kings is supposed to be excellent for law, for example. Currently, I'm really intrigued by two totally different courses at different schools - London South Bank University for Writing For Media Arts, and University Of Westminster for Criminal Justice.

yep i havent lookd too much into it yet. i dont even know wat i wanna do but a uni in and around london would b my aim. my frend that lives there though, he says the unis there r a haven for sex and drugs. i dunno i think he maybe a little biased. it can't be all like that...

 

[Jachie]

And that's a bad thing?

LOL I'm kidding. But yeah, I went to London a couple of months ago and I have fallen in love with it ever since. Right now, I can't think of anywhere else I'd rather study. I could either live there after university for a couple of years and delay my travelling dreams for another three or four years, or I could kill two birds with one stone. So yeah, like I said, I'm only in Year 10 and I've started saving up! Thank god for a well-paying job...

 

[STaLLiNG STooGe]

And that's a bad thing?

LOL I'm kidding. But yeah, I went to London a couple of months ago and I have fallen in love with it ever since. Right now, I can't think of anywhere else I'd rather study. I could either live there after university for a couple of years and delay my travelling dreams for another three or four years, or I could kill two birds with one stone. So yeah, like I said, I'm only in Year 10 and I've started saving up! Thank god for a well-paying job...

i am so0o0o0o0ooo jealous!! i've been dying to go to london. one day, hopefully, i'll move there. if not that, america. just out of aus lol not that there's anythin wrong with aus, just need to get out there. 99% of all english people i talk to nowadays all say england's crap but wateva... i'll have 2 see for myself.

 

[Jachie]

I'm sure it would be crap if you'd be living there your whole life. All the grey skies and rain... But I didn't even mind that part. Everything about it just fascinated me. It really suits me, if that makes sense. I'd love to live there for a few years, and to study over there would be even better.