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- Aug 18, 2020
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I mean I am only the one who asks the question. I have close to zero knowledge on it.
I looked up some "elite US colleges"
Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Standford, MIT; Berkeley, Chicago
UK: Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College, London School of Economics and Political Science, King's College
The sole reason for this thread was the following. A guy who I like in college has the ambition to go an elite college. He told me he does not want to go to a US elite college. Due to the fact many US colleges prefer sports talents their quality would be questionable. Personally I barely know anything. But it is an interesting question.
I have quite good grades but I never imagine to attend such a college. Multiple reasons. I am way too ill and cannot move somewhere else. I would never have the money for it. They demand insane amounts of money in other countries. Personally I would be extremely glad to find a job where I get 2,500 euros per month that does not make me ill and I would be fine. Though I think this is a niave dream. I have the feeling I won't even achieve the bachelor degree. However I must say that studying is way more interesting for me than working. In this sense I enjoy it to a certain degree.
I would even contemplate to start a career at a university. However the working conditions for young scientists seem to be horrendous in my country. Anyway this is nothing more than a naive dream. The maximum that I will reach is the bachelor degree. And I would be quite old when I reached that. But it is more likely that I relapse and kill myself prior to achieving that.
Maybe one thing to add. Today I listened to an article that described how much the US is better prepared for economical changes in the following years compared to Germany. The bad thing and main issue of the US is the following in my opinion. The US is extremely good at fostering top executives/ top talents/ extremely gifted individuals. For example there are extremely good scientists and doctors in the US. The price they pay for it is the following. The average and poor guy has a way worse life quality compared to the equivalent in Germany. You can see that with US colleges and the health care system. There are the elite medical specialists in the US. But does this help the average person? I don't think so. I don't want to get too political but the mentality in the US is different to it in continental Europe.
Do you have knowledge on US elite colleges? Are they overrated?
I looked up some "elite US colleges"
Harvard, Princeton, Yale, Standford, MIT; Berkeley, Chicago
UK: Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College, London School of Economics and Political Science, King's College
The sole reason for this thread was the following. A guy who I like in college has the ambition to go an elite college. He told me he does not want to go to a US elite college. Due to the fact many US colleges prefer sports talents their quality would be questionable. Personally I barely know anything. But it is an interesting question.
I have quite good grades but I never imagine to attend such a college. Multiple reasons. I am way too ill and cannot move somewhere else. I would never have the money for it. They demand insane amounts of money in other countries. Personally I would be extremely glad to find a job where I get 2,500 euros per month that does not make me ill and I would be fine. Though I think this is a niave dream. I have the feeling I won't even achieve the bachelor degree. However I must say that studying is way more interesting for me than working. In this sense I enjoy it to a certain degree.
I would even contemplate to start a career at a university. However the working conditions for young scientists seem to be horrendous in my country. Anyway this is nothing more than a naive dream. The maximum that I will reach is the bachelor degree. And I would be quite old when I reached that. But it is more likely that I relapse and kill myself prior to achieving that.
Maybe one thing to add. Today I listened to an article that described how much the US is better prepared for economical changes in the following years compared to Germany. The bad thing and main issue of the US is the following in my opinion. The US is extremely good at fostering top executives/ top talents/ extremely gifted individuals. For example there are extremely good scientists and doctors in the US. The price they pay for it is the following. The average and poor guy has a way worse life quality compared to the equivalent in Germany. You can see that with US colleges and the health care system. There are the elite medical specialists in the US. But does this help the average person? I don't think so. I don't want to get too political but the mentality in the US is different to it in continental Europe.
Do you have knowledge on US elite colleges? Are they overrated?
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