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« Reply #15 on: February 05, 2005, 08:10:36 PM » |
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SATs are tests you take before you apply to colleges(uni)
What you described sounds like MEAP(Michigan educational Assemsment proggy) I dunno if other states have em(or what they're called) but we take them every few years in gradeschool.
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« Reply #16 on: February 05, 2005, 08:33:03 PM » |
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theres is a distinction between colleges and uni here do you not have both?
quite liked the fact that A-Levels (higher education which is what im doing now) is around the same level as a degree in the USA
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« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2005, 03:01:00 AM » |
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Colleges only have undergraduates here, while universities also have graduate students.  |
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« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2005, 03:20:16 AM » |
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OMG that's the difference? I didn't know that.
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« Reply #19 on: February 06, 2005, 03:21:55 AM » |
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sometimes its good to be young....sometimes
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« Reply #20 on: February 06, 2005, 04:20:32 AM » |
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yeah there is a diff. But when i say "college" I mean "uni" and when I say "community college" I mean "reg college".
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« Reply #21 on: February 06, 2005, 08:58:34 PM » |
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community college = JC
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« Reply #22 on: February 07, 2005, 05:05:23 AM » |
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What's JC? To me, a community college is an excuse to go to more high school.  |
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- I'm scissors. Nerf rock. Paper's fine.
-It's not the mind control that kills people; it's the fall damage.
-Que sera, sera.
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« Reply #23 on: February 08, 2005, 06:57:40 PM » |
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Okay, here's how things are in the UK:
Age: 5-11
Place: Primary school.
Test: "The 11+" English & Maths. Taken in final year (year 6).
(to get into grammar/specialist Secondary schools.)
Age: 11-16
Place: Secondary school.
Main Test: GCSEs. Usually 9 taken, sometimes more. Taken in 5th year (year 11). Determines if you can do A-Levels, and most places want a pass in English & Maths to give you a job.
Other Test: SATs. English, Maths & Science. Taken in 3rd year (year 9), I think. Relatively unimportant.
Age: 16-18
Place: Sixth form. (either at a Secondary school, or at a college)
Test: A-Levels. Usually 3, occasionally 2 or 4.
Except they've now changed it so you do a year of half a dozen 'AS' levels, then specialise in a few for the second year. Or some shit like that.
Eitherway, determines which universities will accept you, and to a minor extent what jobs you can get.
Age: 18+
Place: University
Tests: Diploma, Degree, or Postgrad stuff.
Diploma = HND ~ half a degree
Degree = BSc or BA
Postgrad = PhD, MSc, MA, etc.
There's also GNVQs and other assorted stuff that you can do at uni/college, but I don't really know how that works.
Does that make sense to everyone? :miffed:
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« Reply #24 on: February 08, 2005, 08:29:33 PM » |
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its commonly 4 AS levels but you can do 1-5 then you may drop subjects if you want after the first year
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Yiff Hunter says:
and the last question do u get a sudden eye twicth and shudder wen i say :
CLEAN?
RipperRoo says:
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« Reply #25 on: February 09, 2005, 03:44:42 AM » |
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I'm guessing your college isn't really like our college... or is it?
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« Reply #26 on: February 09, 2005, 07:39:02 PM » |
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college is like an inter-rim stage between secondary school and uni ussually an option for the not so acedemic
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Yiff Hunter says:
and the last question do u get a sudden eye twicth and shudder wen i say :
CLEAN?
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yes
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rite ive declared u imorally peasant like |
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