bewing wrote:
The SAT and ACT tests are for highschool seniors trying to enter college for a bachelor's degree. Yes, they are simple, but there are time limits which do actually come into play -- and for a graduate enrollment, I'm sure they are looking at each 5 points for each missed question.
OK, now I'm totally confused. It seems the US and EU have different opinions of what a bachelor is.
In the UK, a bachelors tends to be a 3 to 4 year course (3 in England/Wales, 4 in Scotland, as their system is slightly different). A Masters tends to be a 4 to 5 year course (Same distinction). Both are done at a university, and you do one or the other (Most universities will let you choose which to do at the end of your first or second year - you select when applying but at that point it's not set in stone).
At College you tend to do A-Levels in subjects related to the university course you intend to take. For example, someone doing physics might take Maths, Further Maths and Physics (OK, it's slightly more complex: Most students do 4 subjects in their first year and drop one in the second, which leaves them with an AS grade which is worth approximately half as much as a full 2 year A-Level)
How does the US system compare?
(As an aside, I don't know what costs would be at UK universities, other than high: While costs to EU students are capped at £3250 a year [The government has just raised them, curses!], generally funded by a mixture of student grants, loans and yourself, depending upon your & your parents' income and circumstances, there are no caps for extra-EU students. In fact, the universities are quite fond of international students for this reason: They subsidize everyone else!)
Just to pick fees from Durham out of the year (Being as they're a top tier university, and basically where everyone who gets rejected by Oxford and Cambridge goes, overseas students can expect to pay £10-13k/year tuition, plus the £3500/year accommodation everyone will be paying unless they live next door, and about £500 a year extra tuition costs)
I'm surprised to hear Australia's student financing agency won't cover any of the cost of going to an international university though?