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College is so confusing

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LittleFoot
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i live in quebec so we generally have 2 years of cegep then university. university is pretty much the same thing as college in the states. but there are colleges that are named universities. and there are cegeps named colleges.
Apr 4 2011 12:10PM
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An10a_Eng
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i was expecting a math question or something but you are actually confused by the concept of college..you are clearly winning at life
Apr 4 2011 12:13PM
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CliffyByro
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hahahaha
Apr 4 2011 12:15PM
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LittleFoot
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think about it.

cegep=college

college=university

so that means cegep=university

But university is the next step after cegep. That's like saying highschool and college are the same thing. This is such a thinker
Apr 4 2011 12:18PM
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-Mugatu
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col....lege?

wat is college?
Apr 4 2011 12:19PM
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Rachy
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Meh

We have:
community college
technical college
state universities
polytechnic universities
Universities
"institutes" - Cal tech, MIT... so forth

Then with in your university... you have colleges.

I was in the college of letters arts and social science with in a polytechnic state university.

My bachelors says, bachelor of science in anthropology from the college of letters, arts, and social sciences granted by california polytechnic state university of pomona

Yes... It is confusing.
Apr 4 2011 1:10PM
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BIGben*
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Ok guys i live in quebec too and ill anser that i guess. In US and english canada they have 6 grades in highschool we only have five (secondaire 5), but we have cegep witch is also called college in french but is they equivalent of grade 12 and/or DEP witch is like a formation (technical college i think). So in cegept we can either prepare for college/university or just do a formation and gt a job. Hope i helped Nd didn't mix you up there
Apr 4 2011 1:33PM
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JayDope
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i swear college tries to keep u in as long as possible, i got fucked so bad when i transfered, all of my bio courses were transfered to my new university as "free electives" (i was previously a bio major) so that is setting me back another year at school because the bio courses i must take for my major now r prerequistes for certain classes in my core curriculum and they r only offered either in the fall or spring, so now i have to wait and take some BS classes.....fuck so frustrating, i just wanna go to grad school for physical therapy already, one word of advice i will give u is TAKE SUMMER CLASSES, because the majority of students do not graduate in 4 years. Im hoping to graduate by fall of 2012, and then PT school starts in the summer.....fuck man, im just pissed off at the whole educational system right now, sorry for my rant
Apr 4 2011 1:36PM
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montageskier
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If you don't transfer and take your 30 credits per year you will graduate in 4 years. Once you start changing majors or transferring you are just adding more time and money into college.
Apr 4 2011 1:39PM
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General_Ripper
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yea man universities are business's man. They aim to make money, and it all goes to the graduate programs. Are you at a research university?
Apr 4 2011 1:40PM
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JayDope
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yes the numbers play out like that, but the number of people who change their majors is outstanding, i find it that if u take summer classes just to give urself a bit of a cushion if u will, in case u decide to change ur mind.
Apr 4 2011 1:44PM
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montageskier
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No doubt about it. I was just saying if you go into school knowing what you want to do, and stay at that school you will have no problem graduating in 4 years. My dumb ass scheduled 14 credits my first semester in school and I failed my calc class, and had to late drop a course my second semester and finished my first semester with 23 credits instead of 30. So I'm in the same boat as you, shitty part is I have a full time job in the summer from a company that has a job offer waiting for me as soon as I graduate. So summer courses aren't an option for me.
Apr 4 2011 1:55PM
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JayDope
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i hear u man, i currently work as a physical therapist aid at a practice, and my boss told me id have a job waiting for me after i graduate grad school, which im super stoked on, and i have 2 friends one also going for PT, and one going to become a chiropractor, and further down the road we plan on opening our own place up.
Apr 4 2011 1:57PM
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Bar_Down
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wtf are you trying to figure out exactly? its not really complicated bro
Apr 4 2011 2:02PM
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FBGM
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hahaha sigged
Apr 4 2011 2:08PM
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Mr.Gaga
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I'm also from quebec, I've heard University in states was 7 years becose they have general stuff to learn, they'll have lots of general knowlege stuff (history, english, latin, etc) and their specific courses (ex if your in med your med courses). College's same level as university but they have less or no general knowlege stuff, they go strait for specific stuff so they only have like 4 years to do. In Quebec CEGEP is where your can get a DEP (diplome d'étude profesionnel) wich is 3 years and with it you can get a job as technician and stuff like that and DEC (2 years) (diplome d'étude collégiale) wich means 'diploma of collegial study' but it's not realy related to college in states its a pre-university course, you cannot realy get a job with it, only go to university. The stuff you'll learn during your 2 years of CEGEP (DEC) is equivalent to the stuff you'll see the 2 first years in states college and university. France have similar system with Prépa (their CEGEP).

Apr 4 2011 2:13PM
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LittleFoot
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lol at all the people who took this seriously
Apr 6 2011 2:00AM
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eheath
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It's just canadian college that is confusing, american college is all the same minus tech schools and associate programs, maybe you shouldn't go to college if you can't figure it out haha.
Apr 6 2011 2:03AM
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Mike-O
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I think it's confusing as well. Someone explained to me that a university is basically a collection of colleges i.e. Harvard University has colleges for Law, Med etc.
Apr 6 2011 2:06AM
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