all_i_want
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this guy is so cool!
also, i know this is going to sound quite out of place, but did you guys consider looking abroad for education? there was this american (ok, floridan) girl i met when i was in the netherlands, she was 18 and she just moved there to study. i mean, even the best colleges in europe and asia are a whole lot more affordable than the US. something i always hear about the US higher education is that it has the best and the worst schools in it. to be fair, there are a couple of schools ive applied to for my graduate degree over there, but i cant help but feel the pain of having to pay 38.000 dollars for tuition.
this is especially high considering the tuition for my school, bilkent university, is around 8000 dollars. its not a very big school, around 10,000 students. lots of faculties, from business to archeology or drama. the school also offers lots of scholarships if you have a high GPA. (25% of the undergrad students have full scholarships, 80% of grad students have fellowships). i am very happy with it since it also allowed me to go on exchange last year. i live at home (the school is just 1 mile away) so my only costs are the tuition and what i spend for other stuff. i am one of the lucky ones, admittedly, since my family can afford the tuition. there are also several international students enrolled here, and it costs them a grand total of around 20 K yearly, 8 K tuition and 12 K everything else. the education is also the best in the country, we have exchange programs with lots of top schools like berkeley, mcgill, copenhagen etc.
i am sure that there are lots of other similar examples from around the world. i guess you guys just have to look a little further to get a better deal on education.
melon said:You know, maybe it's time for this generation to become better organized and more politically active. I mean, you can see what "waiting our turn" has left us with: poor job prospects and tons of debt.
And really...partisan pride aside, does anyone REALLY have any optimism for the 2008 election? You're just going to have the same idiotic "baby boomers" running as always. They promise you the world, but, in the end, they only think of themselves. We should be organizing to take over Congress and, likewise, getting a constitutional amendment to lower the minimum age for the presidency. I mean, these current losers have done nothing but waste our time and money. So let's take over!
Melon
also, i know this is going to sound quite out of place, but did you guys consider looking abroad for education? there was this american (ok, floridan) girl i met when i was in the netherlands, she was 18 and she just moved there to study. i mean, even the best colleges in europe and asia are a whole lot more affordable than the US. something i always hear about the US higher education is that it has the best and the worst schools in it. to be fair, there are a couple of schools ive applied to for my graduate degree over there, but i cant help but feel the pain of having to pay 38.000 dollars for tuition.
this is especially high considering the tuition for my school, bilkent university, is around 8000 dollars. its not a very big school, around 10,000 students. lots of faculties, from business to archeology or drama. the school also offers lots of scholarships if you have a high GPA. (25% of the undergrad students have full scholarships, 80% of grad students have fellowships). i am very happy with it since it also allowed me to go on exchange last year. i live at home (the school is just 1 mile away) so my only costs are the tuition and what i spend for other stuff. i am one of the lucky ones, admittedly, since my family can afford the tuition. there are also several international students enrolled here, and it costs them a grand total of around 20 K yearly, 8 K tuition and 12 K everything else. the education is also the best in the country, we have exchange programs with lots of top schools like berkeley, mcgill, copenhagen etc.
i am sure that there are lots of other similar examples from around the world. i guess you guys just have to look a little further to get a better deal on education.