On Saturday 18 April 2009 1:21:14 pm Tim McConnell wrote: > > I think HS is often referred to as secondary school. Confusing > > enough, it's > > also called "college" in parts of Europe. I'm asking my Romanian > > roommate > > these questions :P What Americans call "college" Europeans call > > "university." > And to make the confusion worse, colleges and universities are > considered different levels in the US. I think colleges are supposed to > be in preparation for going to a university. The part that gets > confusing is universities are referred to as going to college in the US. > It is normal for someone attending Harvard University to refer to > themselves as a "college student". No, they're not. The difference between a college and a university is whether or not they offer graduate degrees. A post-secondary school that offers 4-year degrees but not masters or PhD is a college. One that offers masters or PhD is a university, but that's still just a *type* of college (it's something the schools care about as regards their names, but undergrad students don't care, usually). One that only offers 2-yr degrees (associates) are junior colleges. > > Could say did not finish secondary, secondary, post-secondary, > > vocational. > > > > I also sent a mail to the list with post-secondary broken into > > undergrad/graduate, but I don't know how those translate. I meant I don't know how that translates to Europe. I'm American ;) -- Mackenzie Morgan http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com apt-get moo
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