University Newcomers

Just wondering if like me there are any other school leavers starting Uni this year? Had an important interview with a very important guy yesterday. As a result, i'll be studying 'New Media Arts' up here at JCU. Photography/Digital Design/Digital Sound/Film/Music. Looking forward to it.

Well I'm going to a community college in september, and then hopefully transfering to Johnson & Wales to study Computer Engineering. I want a change of the whole NJ scenery, its getting annoying. But you know I gotta stay here for a year or two to save money and get my grades up.

I'll be starting 'Music composition' in late Feb. Can't wait.

My life has meaning!

Well I'm going to a community college in september, and then hopefully transfering to Johnson & Wales to study Computer Engineering. I want a change of the whole NJ scenery, its getting annoying. But you know I gotta stay here for a year or two to save money and get my grades up.

just a question: what the heck is Johnson & Wales? never heard of it. is it a small private school in Joisey?

Well I'm going to a community college in september, and then hopefully transfering to Johnson & Wales to study Computer Engineering. I want a change of the whole NJ scenery, its getting annoying. But you know I gotta stay here for a year or two to save money and get my grades up.

just a question: what the heck is Johnson & Wales? never heard of it. is it a small private school in Joisey?

I got a couple letters from them. They are like an university, but have campuses located in several different states; primarly located on the east coast. I think they've got campuses located in Rhode Island, Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, and somewhere else.

They seem to be a pretty big hospitality & culinary arts school from the couple letters they sent me during college recruiting, but I threw them out right away.

When I get a few minutes I will give you a quick run down. But one thing must be stated from the start, UNI is the best fuckin fun on the planet. Get involved and have a good time. I'm about to start year number 4 of 6. Never want to leave, well except to earn some money in the future.

I'm having uni-level education, except at a TAFE. Tafes wouldn't as much fun as a uni would they.

Me, me! Civil Engineering (I'm not sure that's the correct name) in UCN, starting on March

Gotta agree with Ty-land! So much fun and independence you'll never have again. I'm just a month far from starting my third year at university. Though we don't have that much campus based universities in Europe, studying at a city-based one with a whole district just for university purposes isn't bad either (If you manage to get a flat in this district).

Gotta agree with Ty-land! So much fun and independence you'll never have again. I'm just a month far from starting my third year at university. Though we don't have that much campus based universities in Europe, studying at a city-based one with a whole district just for university purposes isn't bad either (If you manage to get a flat in this district).

Europe sucks my friend. Same is here in Milan, there's a small city "inside the city" called Città Studi (Means "City of studies" if you literally translate it to English) and its purpose is to be the most similar to a campus, but the three times I've been there, more than half of the people I've seen were over 30 years old (and even though there are thirty-year olders in Universities, especially here, it's nearly impossible 50% of the students are thirty or older).

I'm supposing they're renting apartments (not larger than 70 square meters) at €800-1000/month like everywhere else in the city, and since there's no way in hell a student is gonna have such amount of money to pay that, considering 90% of them work part-time and the average salary for such jobs is barely 400-450€/month (the average salary for people that work full-time in Italy is nothing more than €1100/month), they're renting or selling them to other people.

Anyways, I've always wanted to frequent college in an Anglosaxon country like the US, Canada or Australia (the UK isn't really anything special for me), and I was wondering what are the main subjects in the International Studies faculty and what are good universities that have this faculty and that will welcome a foreign student, considering my English isn't really fluent at this time (I can hold a short conversation but I get lost when someone uses a word or phrase that I don't know) but it will improve as time goes by, and it will hopefully be better at the time I start college.
Thanks in advance for the info.

Anyways, I've always wanted to frequent college in an Anglosaxon country like the US, Canada or Australia

Canada's way cheaper than the US with colleges and universities with very good programs. It's more expensive for international students, though. I don't know how expensive Australia is, but the cost of living is good in Canada, and international students are very common since it's a multicultural country after all.

Anyways, I've always wanted to frequent college in an Anglosaxon country like the US, Canada or Australia

Canada's way cheaper than the US with colleges and universities with very good programs. It's more expensive for international students, though. I don't know how expensive Australia is, but the cost of living is good in Canada, and international students are very common since it's a multicultural country after all.

There's heaps of international students at universities in Oz. Thats how they make their money, charging the internationals heaps of money up front, where we get to pay off the loan once we start earning a decent income. There's so many international students, so mornings it feels like your walking down the streets of Tokyo or Kuala Lumpa.

I'm probably going to Virginia Tech to study Business Information Systems or something along those lines. I wouldn't be surprised if I jump around in my major a little bit because in businesss there's tons of fields.

After almost blowing my education last year, I'm going into my final year now. I don't see myself being here in 3 years because if given the chance I want to live and learn in the US. Thats my ultimate plan, and mum is really supportive and whats to get me there, the only problem is financial. I haven't looked very deep into it but seeing the way international students get charged over here for education sorta gets me worried.

I want to study Architecture or some sort of Graphic Design and over here both those courses are pretty cheap. I'm sorta torn between staying here and learning without all the expenses then moving to the US or going straight there to learn and live.

I need advice because I feel like I'm at that point in my life that determines the rest of it, and I don't want to blow it.

Also, if anyone could help me find tuition fees for Architecture and Graphic Design it would be really appreciated.

I started College this past autumn and I'm posting here because I just found out I finally past an exam!!!
It was about time cause I failed about 6 before passing this one. I did complete 2 other courses but they were smaller ones only worth 2 ECTS (study points) each.
I'm at 9 ECTS now and I need to get 36 this year.

Go on with this topic, I'm just really excited right now..

If I'm lucky, I'll be getting an acceptance leter to UNC Chapel Hill in the next couple of months!

If I'm lucky, I'll be getting an acceptance leter to UNC Chapel Hill in the next couple of months!

Why are you waiting so long for the response? When did you apply?

nah it usually takes a while for repsonses from big universities. UC (unioversity of california) schools take apps in October and don't get back to you till after March.

That's weird, I heard back from UM and MSU already...

When I applied to colleges I found that Private colleges are usually faster than Public colleges. Like I heard back from Cornell, WashU, Yale and stuff in early Feburary while I waited for my only Public school (and backup) Umass till like late March. (I applied at the end of November/Beginning December)

If I could apply again, I'd do more West Coast schools, and maybe a couple top Canadian schools (for $). I am considering going to UM for my MBA, but thats still a couple years away.

So far, I've been accepted to Howard University, Fisk University, UT-Chattanooga, UT-Knoxville and Middle Tennessee State University. I've applied for alot of scholarships too. I want to major in Business Administration and Accounting/Finance. Not sure on which one I really want to do though.

niiice Mafia...u should come here we're by far the "most fun" of those schools AND we have a great business school here. You get the HOPE scholarship? Catch me on msn or aim sometime and i'll tell u more...

When are most people starting uni or TAFE down here in aus?

I'm pretty sure mines on Feb 27 or around there, gotta check that again.

Enrolment's next Tuesday...my campus is actually a former mental hospital haha. Sunbury campus for VU.

Fuckin massive place too

Yeah I start on the 26th of Feb.

I always have a problem with the way acceptance in handled in the US. Thank god for Swedens system where money isn't a factor.